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Tomorrow’s News: Negative CPI is not Deflation

July 16, 2009

Stephen Gordon writes one of my favorite blogs on economics, and pointed out something interesting about what’s going to hit the news tomorrow.
The CPI will be negative. This does not mean we’re headed for deflation.
Brace yourself for stupid news articles in advance. As Dr. Gordon explains here:
Tomorrow’s headline inflation number will be calculated as [...]

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Employment Diversity After a Recession

July 12, 2009

This recession has shown us the power of investing in towns with a diverse employment base because the impact it has on rents, vacancies and prices of real estate. Towns like Windsor are getting hit hard because of Chrysler’s woes and there is very little real estate investors who own in the city could do [...]

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Latest Property Goldmine Factors

June 18, 2009

Chris inspired me to put this together with his previous post. Here is the latest data that REIN Members look at when we study a real estate market.
RBC’s Affordability Index measures the amount of pre-tax income that goes towards housing for the average person in the region it’s studying.
Affordability = Avg Mortgage (with a [...]

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Mark Carney, David Dodge and Russell Westcott on Alberta Prime Time

May 4, 2009

Here’s a 20 minute video that gives some pretty cool insight into Mark Carney, Canada’s monetary policy and economic strengths.
The first half is an interview with Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada. The second half is a panel with Kelly Keehn, Jack Mintz from University of Calgary , and Russell Westcott. My notes [...]

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We Can’t All Be In Debt

February 18, 2009

Stephen Gordon is a professor of economics at l’Université Laval and together with Nick Rowe writes the Worthwhile Canadian Initiative, one of the most informative reads on Economics news out there. He made a great point a while back that I keep forgetting to mention.
Average Debt dosen’t exist.
The debits and credits balance out. It’s a statistical impossibility [...]

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Economic Indicators – Your Responses

November 27, 2008

It’s been a day or so since I posted my survey on which economic indicators we should track. I’ve been tickled pink by the response, both on myREINspace and by those filling out the form. There have been 28 responses thus far, and some interesting trends have appeared. (There’s still time for even more responses. [...]

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Economic Statistics – What Do You Want to See?

November 25, 2008

I’m going to compile some statistics for real estate investors. Anyone who’s tried to compile some stats and find answers knows how just how frustrating it can be. What I’m going to do is compile the highest impact-metrics, creating some simple ways for you to access the data. I’m also going to create some fun [...]

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