Looking up at homes perched on a ridge with a scenic view of the valley below.

Canada may get some inflationary relief

A difference in how the housing market is structured results in a divergence in how inflation is experienced in the two countries

Inflation remains a concern in the American economy, says a a senior macro markets strategist with Rabobank.




A busy Asian container port photographed from above.

China’s entry into WTO has had widespread consequences

Conflict in South China Sea could trigger recession on global scale given its importance to international trade

An adviser in U.S. government relations, geopolitical risk and international affairs says the road to world economic trade is filled with plenty of non-compliance potholes since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.

John Sitilides, who specializes in U.S. government relations, geopolitical risk and international affairs, speaks to attendees at the Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary recently.

Tariffs called part of long game with trade negotiations

U.S. trade deficits with Canada and Mexico have more than doubled following transition from NAFTA to CUSMA

As the clock continues to tick to midnight April 2 on U.S. president Donald Trump’s month-long exemption on blanket tariffs to Canada that has left many ag industries at a standstill, one U.S. insider gave his thoughts at the 2025 Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary on what he believes is the end game for the trade war.


Close-up of a person's hand pressing the keys on a calculator while holding a pen, the calculator sits on top of paperwork with pie chart graphs on it.

Analyst highlights U.S. economy’s fragile side

Country’s booming economy is driven by consumer spending, but that has been propped up by the top 20 per cent most wealthy

Two very different pictures are painted in a side-by-side comparison of economic growth in the United States and Canada when it comes to household debt as a ratio to disposable income.

Close-up photo of an official-looking government form that says, "Immigration Canada" in the upper lefthand corner with a pencil laying on it.

Slowed immigration could reduce unemployment

The mass retirements that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic also affected North American unemployment rates

The agriculture industry is tightly connected to the job market because of its seasonal nature, says an official with Rabobank.

Expensive homes sit on a hill with a scenic view of the valley beneath them.

Canada may get some inflationary relief

Christian Lawrence told the recent Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary that inflation will remain a concern in the United States, regardless of how the tariff trade war plays out.



Cattle producers collect a great deal of data on their animals related to health care, rate of gain and cost of gain that could be better analyzed using artificial intelligence, says a strategist.  |  File photo

Artificial intelligence challenges the status quo

Beef industry told new technology is ushering in a new era that will require farm managers to be strategically disruptive

You may run a great beef operation, but how do you make yourself remarkable? That’s likely not a question most ranchers ask themselves, but according to a technology expert who spoke to the recent Alberta Beef Industry Conference, it is the type of question and thinking that must be asked today in light of explosive […] Read more