Sentences with phrase «cibc economist»

The «changing economics» of holding condos as an investment, while supply in the market increases within the next three years could pose a challenge to investors, said CIBC economist Benjamin Tal.

In a report published earlier this year, CIBC economist Benjamin Tal said it was too soon to say whether Australia's rules — which were implemented in last summer and restrict foreigners to newly built houses and apartments — are having the desired impact.

As CIBC economist Avery Shenfeld noted recently, much of the growth in household borrowing is coming from those who already have high debt burdens, not «less indebted families getting drawn to the punch bowl by the promise of low [interest] rates.»

A report published last year by CIBC economist Benjamin Tal suggests that unregulated lenders make up less than five per cent of the market — a small figure, but one that's rapidly growing.

A decision not to raise the debt ceiling south of the border could see interest rates there rise while Canadian yields could drop, Erica Alini cited CIBC economist Avery Shenfeld as saying.

The CIBC economist was one of a number of people who trotted out from the bushes to tell the nation why it would be a bad idea for the government to stop sanctioning 95 % leverage in the real estate biz.

CIBC job quality index — CIBC economist Benjamin Tal issued his latest job quality report Jan. 25, showing that B.C. job quality dropped again in 2011.

«Today's trade release was expected to be a ho - hum affair, but a surge in two - way trade completely changed that story,» CIBC economist Royce Mendes wrote in a report.

The CIBC economist expects the country's GDP to grow by about 7.5 % in 2013.

CIBC economist Andrew Grantham noted that part of the disappointment reflected shifting seasonality with the growing prominence of Black Friday sales in November.

«Consumer spending in the last two years was by far the most leveraged in recent history,» CIBC economists observed recently.

In fact, CIBC economists Benjamin Tal and Royce Mendes estimate we're currently sitting on a record $ 75 billion of extra cash.

No need to worry about this year's equity rally — leading CIBC economists don't think the TSX is overheating.

Not exact matches

And Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets: «The NAFTA comments, and favourable comparison of the trade relationship with Canada relative to Mexico, should give at least some comfort to Canadian economy watchers.»

Nick Exarhos, an economist at CIBC World Markets, said the numbers offered a glimmer of hope that the worst could be over.

In 2008, Jeff Rubin, then an economist with CIBC, predicted the price of oil would hit $ 225 a barrel in four years.

Roughly 80 % of startup owners have voluntarily left the cubicle and are pouring their energies into their own businesses, a much higher figure than during the jobless recoveries of the 1990s and 2000s, writes economist Benjamin Tal in a recent CIBC report.

Benjamin Tal, the deputy chief economist, at CIBC World Markets, weighed into the debate with a research note that, effectively, concluded a «flipping tax» on foreign investors isn't the worst idea in the world since it could help curb a potentially problematic element of foreign investment.

As noted by Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets, «All three central banks have been influenced by the lack of sufficient growth» in their respective economies.

CIBC World Markets economist Avery Shenfeld thinks that is needed to protect our industrial base.

Benjamin Tal, an economist with CIBC, reported in a study earlier this year that heavy borrowers, those with household debt - to - gross income ratios above 160, accounted for 34 % of all borrowers compared to 26 % in 2007.

«It's interesting that in all of England you can't find one economist to replace [BoE governor Sir Mervyn King],» muses Benjamin Tal, economist with CIBC World Markets.

In Canada, a two - week shutdown this time around could shave a decimal place off our growth rate in the fourth quarter, estimates Avery Shenfeld, chief economist of CIBC World Markets.

CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld says the numbers are falling because big projects are wrapping up and not being replaced, a trend that he says also points to Canada's failing competitiveness with the United States.

Late last year, economists at CIBC said rising household debt was to be expected; Canadians «responded rationally to an era of very low interest rates.»

«The fact that inflation didn't heat up as much as most economists had expected plays into the narrative that the Bank of Canada is going to be very patient with regards to future rate hikes,» Royce Mendes, CIBC World Markets director and senior economist, said in an interview.

CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld recently suggested the Pokémon Go craze was an example of how «current estimates of GDP, productivity and living standards could be understating the truth.»

Benjamin Tal and Royce Mendes, economists at CIBC World Markets, estimate that Canadians currently hold about $ 75 - billion in excess cash that they typically would have used to purchase assets that promise a return.

«The underlying trend in Canadian retail sales remains lacklustre,» said Nick Exarhos, an economist at CIBC World Markets in Toronto.

Benjamin Tal, an economist at CIBC World Markets, published a report this week that suggests the overall quality of employment in Canada has deteriorated since the late 1990s.

Four years ago, when I was still chief economist at CIBC World Markets, I forecast that global economic growth was on pace to send oil prices to $ 200 a barrel by 2012.

Really miss reading your CIBC «honest» opinions which is greatly missed from the big bank economists in North America.

In a separate report today, CIBC World Markets economists noted in a report today that the oil sands are already on track to become the biggest single source of oil imports to the United States this year.

«I might lose whatever credibility I have with readers if I suggested flat out that a book centered around the subject of oil, written by an economist, was a page - turner, but I am willing to say with conviction that Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, by former CIBC Chief Economist Jeff Rubin, is a fantastically compelleconomist, was a page - turner, but I am willing to say with conviction that Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, by former CIBC Chief Economist Jeff Rubin, is a fantastically compellEconomist Jeff Rubin, is a fantastically compelling read.

Rubin is a former chief economist at Toronto investment bank, CIBC World Markets Inc..

I'm sympathetic to CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld's case that a sustained lower loonie will entice companies to start new businesses / expand operations in Canada, with a lag; I also agree with Mike Moffatt (professor at Ivey, small businessman in Canada's manufacturing heartland, dodgeball player) when he says that manufacturers in the area are highly risk averse.

Last but not least comes a pithy analysis by Jeff Rubin, CIBC's former chief economist.

«I think this is the real thing,» said Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC World Markets.

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«It's possible interest rates will go down,» said CIBC deputy chief economist Benjamin Tal, adding there's a huge amount of mortgage debt already in the pipeline that was created when people took advantage of rates they were pre-approved for in the summer.

Benjamin Tal's (CIBC's Deputy Chief Economist) following statement, in the Financial Post, helps to clarify what a subprime mortgage can mean in Canada: «But remember subprime can be someone like a plumber,» he said, referring to self - employed workers, a segment of the market that Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. has mostly abandoned when it comes to backing loans.»

«Households need to slow their borrowing on their own, or else the Bank of Canada will give them reason to do so,» Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets in Toronto, said in a report on the Bank of Canada's new stance.

«It's probably the most useless economic indicator out there,» said Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC World Markets Inc. «You're comparing two different things.

CIBC World Markets chief economist Avery Shenfeld labels it simply the «Great Disappointment.»

For CIBC Chief Economist Benjamin Tal all this really means is that the global economy is going through a rebalancing.

CIBC World Markets chief economist Avery Shenfeld sums up the near - term outlook succinctly in an early morning note: «Given the surprising nature of Trump's victory and the lack of clarity surrounding whether many of his proposals can become reality, the roller coaster ride has already begun for financial markets.»

«The third quarter came in like a lion but went out like a lamb,» CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld wrote Tuesday in a research note to clients.

Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets, had assumed the Bank of Canada would wait until October to raise interest rates again.

At the TREB Outlook meeting on January 18, CIBC Deputy Chief Economist, Benjamin Tal, expected the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates to 0.25 % — to keep the loonie's value down, he said.

Economists such as Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets are already amending their forecasts.