Oh Canada!
12/20/2012 | | Canada, Canadian debt/gdp ratio, Canadian economy, Canadian house prices, debt-to-GDP ratio, Q3 GDP
Having largely sidestepped the Great Recession, Canada is starting to look slightly shaky. House prices rose for the 19th straight month in October (been there) and household debt/GDP is 90% in Hockey Country while here it’s 77% after topping 90% in 2008. Worse, GDP in Q3 is almost at a crawl and their top-notch central banker, Mark Carney, switched teams and will now be Governor of the Bank of England.