Friday May 16, 2008
Latest Columns 
Dead end for free trade
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Online Edition: Friday, May 16, 2008 07:57 PM
NAFTA was meant to deliver timely, unfettered access to Canada's biggest trading partner. Instead, delays are longer, costs are higher, and business models are breaking down
U.S. bill a new headache for Canadian exporters
Published: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:00 AM Page B6
Home Depot and other U.S. lumber importers will have to prove their Canadian suppliers have fully paid their export taxes before getting the product into the country, under a bill finalized this week by the U.S. Congress.
A rallying greenback? Welcome news beyond U.S. borders
Online Edition: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 06:00 AM
Dollar futures turn positive for first time since late 2005
A rallying greenback? Welcome news beyond U.S. borders
Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:00 AM Page B16
A funny thing has happened since Ben Bernanke hinted a couple of weeks ago that he wasn't inclined to continue slashing U.S. interest rates indefinitely.The battered U.S. dollar has enjoyed a mini-bounce. It's up about 3 per cent since late April.
Prentice launches assault on Canada-U.S. border woes
Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 12:00 AM Page B3
Heavy-handed security is turning the Canada-U.S. border into a ''two-headed monster'' that isn't making the continent safer or more prosperous, Industry Minister Jim Prentice says.
Beware the cleanup after the big U.S. profit party
Online Edition: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 06:00 AM
Americans are dangerously ill-prepared financially for a recession
Beware the cleanup after the big U.S. profit party
Published: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 12:00 AM Page B15
Recession or no recession, the U.S. economic expansion that began in 2001 is over.By some measures it was a terrific ride. Home prices soared. Corporate profits exploded. And Wall Street threw a wild party. A pause was probably inevitable.
Ethanol faces growing U.S. backlash
Published: Friday, May 2, 2008 12:00 AM Page B4
The U.S. Congress is rethinking its enthusiastic embrace of corn-based ethanol as food and fuel inflation pushes to the top of the political agenda.New York Senator Charles Schumer, chairman of the joint economic committee of Congress, complained yesterday that Washington's promotion of ethanol is one of the reasons Americans are now paying substantially more for bread, eggs, milk and a range of other groceries.
Fed signals an end to rate cutting
Published: Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:00 AM Page B1
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has signalled that its all-out assault on the credit crisis may be gearing down after slashing its key interest rate by another quarter percentage point.
Fed signals an end to rate cutting
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Online Edition: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 09:27 PM
Federal Reserve Board faces challenge of beating recession while keeping a lid on inflation
