24 - Do Current High-interest Rates Represent the New Normal?

10/25/23 • 9 min

The highest borrowing costs since before the financial crisis of 2008 have upset investors’ assumptions of asset values, threatening to up-end housing prices. Long-term rates have climbed, alongside the highest policy rates in two decades, but no one expected those rates to scale 16-year peaks. So what does this mean moving forward? BMO Senior Economist Sal Guatieri breaks down similarities between what the global economy is facing right now, compared to what we dealt with in 2008.

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23 - How Housing Unaffordability Impacts Us All

Housing affordability impacts everyone, from home buyers, to renters, to investors. BMO Senior Economist Sal Guatieri delves into the issue for both Canada and the United States, discussing how we got here and where affordability may be going, as well as implications for the economy and investors.

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25 - Whither China's Economy?

All is not well with the world’s second-largest economy. What do China’s recent economic struggles mean for the global economy and investors? BMO Senior Economist Sal Guatieri is joined by Art Woo, Director and senior economist at BMO, to assess whether China’s economy can remain an engine of global growth.

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