Ben Eisen

5 days ago | wsj.com | Ben Eisen |Veronica Dagher

The Trump administration wants to sell shares in these key financial companies. How it does so will have a big impact on home buyers and owners. The Trump administration wants to sell shares in two government-controlled companies that are crucial for getting a mortgage. First it needs to figure out what it wants the mortgage market to look like. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

6 days ago | thespec.com | Ben Eisen

This week, Premier Doug Ford gave Ontario’s MPPs (and himself) a nice pay raise. Whatever you think of the new salaries, which are easily found online, it’s worth remembering that Ford once called his Ontario PCs the “only party that’s fiscally responsible.”Indeed, there were once good reasons to be optimistic that Ford’s government would tackle the deficits and debt it inherited from its predecessors.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Ben Eisen

Retirement savers traded more in their 401(k) accounts on Monday than any day since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. People typically don't trade in their 401(k)s often, and the movement of money was a tiny share of assets. But it was almost 10 times the usual trading, and the fifth heaviest trading day since at least 1997, according to record-keeper Alight Solutions, which tracks a subset of the plans it administers.

2 months ago | wsj.com | Ben Eisen

How bad was the hit to retirement accounts this week? One estimate says 401(k) balances fell by about 7% over Thursday and Friday, according to record-keeper Alight Solutions, which tracks a subset of the plans it administers. That's less than the stock market decline, which makes sense since retirement accounts also contain bonds, which rallied, and cash. Still, it's a big hit to Americans retirement plans. or Subscribe to get unlimited access to articles.

2 months ago | asianpacificpost.com | Ben Eisen |Tegan Hill

CommentaryBy Ben Eisen and Tegan HillAs has been widely reported, the Eby government’s budget calls for a record $10.9 billion deficit this year with similar deficits in each of the next two years. Net debt (total debt minus financial assets) is forecasted to soar in nominal terms from $71.3 billion in 2023/24 to $155.3 billion in 2027/28. This is the fastest period of debt accumulation in British Columbia history and the fastest currently taking place in Canada.