Financial Resilience Gender Gap Narrows in Canada but Barriers Persist

by Eloise Duncan | Dec 6, 2024 | Financial Resilience, Financial Wellness, Seymour Financial Resilience Index TM

Opportunities to Advance Gender Equality and Empowerment December 10, 2024 Authors: Eloise Duncan and Gaurangi Gyanesh Singh   Financial Resilience Gender Gap is Narrowing in Canada The financial resilience gender gap is closing. This is the difference in the...

Two-thirds of Canadians choose the word ‘saver’ to describe their main money personality

by Umar | Oct 28, 2023 | Financial Resilience, Financial Wellness, Seymour Financial Resilience Index TM

Rob Carrick – Globe and Mail October 24, 2023   If you were to pick a dominant theme in Canadian personal finance, you could do a lot worse than debt. We’re among the world’s leaders in taking on debt to buy houses and other stuff. We might be better at it than...

How much Canadians have fallen behind amid high inflation and who’s hurting the most

by Umar | Mar 9, 2023 | Financial Health, Financial Resilience, Financial Wellness, Uncategorized

Source: Bloomberg February 8, 2023   Inflation has eroded purchasing power for many Canadians, but the experience with rapidly rising prices has been far from uniform. While the inflation rate shows how quickly prices are rising, other factors like income and...

Uh, Mr. Poilievre? Canada Pension Plan premiums are not a tax

by Eloise Duncan | Sep 27, 2022 | Financial Health, Financial Resilience, Financial Wellness, Seymour Financial Resilience Index TM, Uncategorized

Uh, Mr. Poilievre? Canada Pension Plan premiums are not a tax. Source: Rob Carrick, Globe and Mail September 27, 2022   It’s a little insensitive, but necessary, to raise the issue of retirement saving at a time when many households are struggling to pay for...

Stress in America. Money, inflation, war pile on to nation stuck in COVID-19 survival mode.

by Eloise Duncan | May 19, 2022 | Financial Health, Financial Resilience, Financial Wellness

Source: The American Psychological Association | Date: May 19, 2022 March 11, 2022, marks the second anniversary of the COVID-19 global pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization. In the two years since that declaration, virtually all aspects of life have...

Canadian Inflation Blows Past Expectations, Spiking to 6.7%

by Bardh Ulaj | May 19, 2022 | Financial Health, Financial Resilience, Financial Wellness

Source: Bloomberg | April 20, 2022   Canadian consumer price inflation shot past expectations in March, jumping to a new three-decade high and cementing expectations the Bank of Canada will continue with aggressive interest rate hikes in coming weeks. Annual...