Economy

With more and more companies are cutting ties with Russia or suspending their operations in the country, here's a look at the country’s imports.

How hard would a ban on the purchase of its oil hit the Russian economy?

The modern state of Ukraine was formed nearly 30 years ago after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, the country has often made headlines due to political instability and the looming threat of a Russian invasion. In the map graphic above, we examine Ukraine from a structural point of view. What’s the country’s population composition? What drives the country’s economy? And most importantly, why is the country important within a global context?

The World Bank's latest World Development Report emphasizes that the COVID-19 pandemic was a truly global economic shock, in the sense that a greater share of countries around the world were affected than in previous economic cataclysms.

The current Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to reshape geopolitical relations and international trade and to give context to the situation, we’ve created this graphic using IMF and UN Comtrade data to showcase Ukraine’s largest trading partners and goods traded in 2020.

People are putting a disproportionate amount of capital into housing but Canadian real estate is in the later stage of a “speculative fever,” said the country’s bank regulator, calling it herd mentality.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is an effort by a relatively small country trying to use military action and threats, backed up by a nuclear arsenal, that can in no way compare in terms of resources to those it is threatening and, as such, the combined impacts of the imposed sanctions on its small economy will likely be significant and widely felt.

In the latest annual edition of the Global Risks Report by the World Economic Forum (WEF), it was found that a majority of global leaders feel worried or concerned about the outlook of the world, and only 3.7% feel optimistic. What global risks are leaders and experts most concerned about, and which ones are posing imminent threats? Let’s dive into the key findings from the report.

Greater Toronto real estate prices are surging higher at the fastest pace in history. The TRREB composite benchmark price hit $1,259,900 in January, up 4.29% ($51,900) from the previous month.

The U.S. is accelerating its transition to electric vehicles (EV) to address climate change...[and] in this infographic...we explore the country’s strategy to have vehicles, batteries, and key parts be made in the United States...[and] then, we look at how this strategy could be fueled by domestic mining and battery recycling.