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Sep 18, 2024 | 
thespec.com | Armine Yalnizyan
There’s a sound drifting into Canada from south of the border, and the rising crescendo will become deafening if we don’t address its source. It’s the sound of shutting down. Against the backdrop of rising unemployment and high costs, public tolerance for newcomers is waning. We need more newcomers to prevent a declining standard of living, but we’re being goaded into questioning that relationship — and worse.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
thespec.com | Armine Yalnizyan
In this three-part series, contributing columnist Armine Yalnizyan explores the connection between wage growth and inflation, and what it means for our future costs of living. As an eruption of high-profile strikes heighten anxiety about more price hikes, the public mood is shifting on wage growth. What was once widely viewed as essential — catching up to inflation — is now seen as potentially hazardous to our economic health.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
wellandtribune.ca | Armine Yalnizyan
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
therecord.com | Armine Yalnizyan
In this three-part series, contributing columnist Armine Yalnizyan explores the connection between wage growth and inflation, and what it means for our future costs of living. Do you have wage rage? A lot of people do. Workers who want payback for years of sacrifice as companies go from near collapse to record profits. Workers covering the tasks of unfilled job openings or layoffs with no extra pay. Workers who are losing ground to inflation as others make dramatic wage gains.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
thestar.com | Armine Yalnizyan
Access to employment insurance is now at its lowest level in Canadian history. Let me repeat. As unemployment rises, access to jobless benefits is at it’s the lowest level. In. Canadian. History. There are now 1.4 million unemployed workers across Canada with only 463,890 receiving regular EI benefits. That means just a third of the unemployed are covered by benefits. The overall jobless rate is 6.4 per cent, with a shocking 13.5 per cent of young people (15-24) out of work.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
thespec.com | Armine Yalnizyan
Access to employment insurance is now at its lowest level in Canadian history. Let me repeat. As unemployment rises, access to jobless benefits is at it’s the lowest level. In. Canadian. History. There are now 1.4 million unemployed workers across Canada with only 463,890 receiving regular EI benefits. That means just a third of the unemployed are covered by benefits. The overall jobless rate is 6.4 per cent, with a shocking 13.5 per cent of young people (15-24) out of work.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
thestar.com | Armine Yalnizyan
Just as food price increases mercifully start to level off, a bigger, more devastating inflation story is emerging: shelter inflation. “Shelter” is the term Statistics Canada uses to describe a bundle of housing costs that include mortgages, rents, insurance and property taxes. Shelter inflation includes everything associated with keeping a roof over your head. Already a Subscriber?
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
thespec.com | Armine Yalnizyan
Just as food price increases mercifully start to level off, a bigger, more devastating inflation story is emerging: shelter inflation. “Shelter” is the term Statistics Canada uses to describe a bundle of housing costs that include mortgages, rents, insurance and property taxes. Shelter inflation includes everything associated with keeping a roof over your head. Already a Subscriber? Sign in The visceral term evokes the most basic of survival strategies.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
stcatharinesstandard.ca | Armine Yalnizyan
Just as food price increases mercifully start to level off, a bigger, more devastating inflation story is emerging: shelter inflation. “Shelter” is the term Statistics Canada uses to describe a bundle of housing costs that include mortgages, rents, insurance and property taxes. Shelter inflation includes everything associated with keeping a roof over your head. Already a Subscriber? Sign in The visceral term evokes the most basic of survival strategies.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
thestar.com | Armine Yalnizyan
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, just bought what appears to be the world’s most valuable analytics firm for data about private equity, Preqin. Pay attention. This deal is gigantic. It is also gigantically important. It could shape the future of ownership, and that could shape what you can and can’t afford to buy. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says data will be an important driver of “the democratization of all alternatives. And this acquisition is the ‘unlock.’ ” Already a Subscriber?
