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Average duration of unemployment<div class="caption"> <p><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Average duration of unemployment</strong></span></p> <p><strong>What it measures:</strong> The average number of weeks unemployed Canadians have been looking for work.</p> <p> <strong>Where to find it: </strong>Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey. The data are downloadable from its website for a nominal fee. Published monthly.</p> <p> <strong>How to interpret it:</strong> One of the worst aspects of a recession is lost jobs, so much attention is rightly paid to the official unemployment rate. But CIBC economist Benjamin Tal says that figure often misleads when considered in isolation. “It’s very different if 80% of those unemployed have been so less than one month, or 80% are more than six months,” says Tal.</p> <p> <strong>Recent activity:</strong> Before the recession hit in 2008, it was below 15 weeks, whereas for most of this year it’s been above 20 weeks.</p> </div>
Topics  Investing Above the noise By Matthew McClearn  | November 17, 2011 Jobless claims, housing stats, consumer confidence...TMI! Here are five economic indicators really worth watching.
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Topics  Investing Reasons to sell a stock By David West  | August 04, 2011 Ask why you bought it in the first place.
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The price of advice By David West  | From  Investing  | June 23, 2011   A friendly broadside against do-it-yourself investing.
Topics  Politics  /  Election
Will Harper finally move on foreign ownership? By James Cowan  | From  Business Briefings  | May 04, 2011   Amid promises of more of the same, there is slight hope that the Conservative government might finally address a long neglected issue — foreign ownership laws.
Topics  Politics  /  Election
The election that mattered From  Business Briefings  | May 03, 2011   When parliament resumes, it will feature a strong Conservative majority held to account by a solid NDP opposition—an outcome that a month ago would have struck almost everyone as preposterous.
Topics  Politics  /  Election
What the NDP’s popularity could mean By Larry MacDonald  | From  Larry MacDonald  | May 03, 2011   It’s a bit of a shocker to see the NDP surge so much in the opinion polls as the federal election heads down the home stretch.
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Topics  Financial  /  Strategy  /  Politics  /  Election Vote for the economy By Kathleen Harris  | April 29, 2011 For all the debate over contempt and coalitions, here are five things that really matter in this election.
election_editorial 400Canadians across the country are voting in a federal election on May 2, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Topics  Politics  /  Election Editorial: This is an election about something By James Cowan  | April 29, 2011 There are a lot of big issues on the table this election, a fact many pundits and politicians are ignoring.
Topics  Politics  /  Election The impact of elections By Lyndsie Bourgon  | April 25, 2011 Warnings about the impact of elections on economic growth are misplaced.
Topics  Election
Searching for a higher education strategy By Andrew Potter  | From  Business Briefings  | April 25, 2011   Folks over at Higher Education Strategy Associates released their long-awaited analysis of the party platforms regarding post-secondary education.
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