Month: February 2015

Coming Soon: Financial House Arrest

With the new deflationary environment we now find ourselves in, recently confirmed in late January with the drop in the Bank of Canada’s overnight rate (along with the potential of a further cut in mid-April), banks are now scrambling to find creative ways to goose a little more margin out of trapped and indebted Canadian consumers…

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Consumer Debt Levels – Moar! Moar! Moar!

  No, the above is not a typo.  According to urbandictionary.com “moar” is a combination of more and roar.  We thought it to be the best fitting headline when it comes to addressing the Canadian consumer’s apparently insatiable appetite for debt. Debt is technically a noun, but to simple laymen like us here at Case,…

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