Since the Bank of Canada (BoC) started raising interest rates about a year ago, economists and market analysts have been discussing the possibility of the country slipping into a recession. Recent economic data make both cases: the Canadian economy is on the brink of an economic downturn, and the nation will avert a recession. But whatever the economic landscape will shape out to be in the coming months, a considerable percentage of consumers are still feeling confident about the state of... [read more]