Rich, but not feeling it
A physician makes a half-million dollars a year and still doesn’t feel rich. This and other stories in the daily roundup.
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Budgeting for food
A new poll suggests Canadians are feeling the pinch of rising food costs. This and more in the daily roundup.
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$10,000 gold?
Time will tell if Nick Barisheff’s new book, $10,000 Gold, belongs in the same category as such overly bullish stock-market books as Dow 36,000 or Dow 100,000 or whether Barisheff will ultimately get the last laugh.
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Keeping up with prices
Lower gas prices offset spikes in the cost of fresh food, tuition and property taxes. This and more in Friday’s roundup.
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Cost of living flat
Price drops at the pumps were offset by jumps at the grocery store checkout in January.
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What price hikes?
2012 was one of the best years in terms of purchasing power since the recession, StatsCan says.
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Cost of living
The annual inflation rate dropped to its lowest level in three years in November.
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Buying into RRSPs
More Canadians have an RRSP this year compared to last and they’re investing more too.
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Instant millionaires
An Alberta couple who never had a honeymoon just won $45M playing Lotto 6/49. It’s safe to say they’re about to take the trip of a lifetime.
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5 things central bankers aren’t telling you
Inflation isn’t much of a concern for Carney or Bernanke these days. So what is keeping them up at night?
