Manuela M. Dantas

Mar 6, 2024 | canadian-accountant.com | Anup K. Srivastava |Luminita Enache |Manuela M. Dantas

THE COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global emergency, Canada’s GDP outperformed expectations in 2023, the economy seems to be heading for soft landing after a period of stagnation, inflation is winding down and unemployment has decreased to 5.7 per cent in January 2024 — close to pre-pandemic levels. Despite these positive economic indicators, recent surveys suggest Canadians are dissatisfied with the direction of the economy.

Mar 4, 2024 | theconversation.com | Anup K. Srivastava |Luminita Enache |Manuela M. Dantas

The COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global emergency, Canada’s GDP outperformed expectations in 2023, the economy seems to be heading for soft landing after a period of stagnation, inflation is winding down and unemployment has decreased to 5.7 per cent in January 2024 — close to pre-pandemic levels. Despite these positive economic indicators, recent surveys suggest Canadians are dissatisfied with the direction of the economy.

Aug 22, 2023 | hbr.org | Vijay Govindarajan |Anup K. Srivastava |Manuela M. Dantas

On August 1, Fitch, one of the three major credit rating agencies, downgraded the U.S. credit rating amid yet another debt-limit standoff, removing the U.S. government from the list of risk-free borrowers. In doing so, it made good on the warning it issued during the last debt-limit fight in May 2023, when it put the U.S.’s AAA rating on negative watch.