Canada officially enters recession

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  1. hpresident

    hpresident Well-Known Member

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    With a very similar economic composition to us, heavy reliance on oil, gas and raw material, Canada is now in recession due to plunging commodity prices. I wonder if this is a sign that we will be in economic contraction soon. and subsequently recession. I always viewed Canada's economy as a leading indicator to our economy. Thoughts?

    And if so, how does this affect the property market?
     
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    It's scary how similar they are to us. They've been dropping interest rates and I think it's currently only a tiny bit below ours. As a result their real estate market has gone crazy. So many parallels.
     
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    Well there isn't 1 property market, there are thousands. If and when Australia does hit hard times I can only assume the markets that have less overall demand may be affected more than other markets.

    I have come to the realisation a long time ago though that imo, a large segment of society will be screwed anyway come retirement time if they don't invest now. So no matter what is going on in the world, I try to make the best investment choices I can in the places I think have overall good demand and long term will hold its value.

    There is just no other way to create a decent chance of a good retirement for most people. We cant afford to stop investing every time we fear the world, or Australia is heading for challenging times. Just my opinion.
     
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    The thing is, USA is their largest trading partner. They should be riding on the US growth but they are not!
     
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    Russia is technically in recession too.

    How does that affect our property market?
     
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    Should be a ripper - all those "mail order bride" Russian girls coming out here to live with their recently acquired middle-aged/elderly Aussie husbands are gunna have to live somewhere. :p
     
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    More of a (potential) sign of things to come than a direct impact.

    "Canada is Australia's 23rd-largest merchandise trading partner, with two-way trade amounting to around A$3.4 billion in 2013-14 - A$2.1 billion in imports to Australia and approximately A$1.2 billion in exports to Canada."
    http://dfat.gov.au/geo/canada/pages/canada-country-brief.aspx
     
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    it's TWENTY THIRD....? do they get a sports-carnival-style participation medal?
     
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    Wow, Canada.. China.. US.. Basket-case Spain/Greece.. Japan.. Russia..

    Im a glass half full guy, but ask everyone on this thread, what countries' economies ARE actually doing well right noen

    I can only think of Brazil and maybe the nordics that are at least doing 'ok' right now. I guess Germany and Singapore are hanging in there too? What about India?

    If there arent many or any, and most countries are doing poorly at the same time, when does this become another GFC? Or even worse, the 'D' word?
     
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    Finland is not going well, and they were a 'pay in ' EU country and now they aren't.
     
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    Well isn't the business cycle supposed to be every seven years? 91 recession, Asian financial crises, dot com boom, GFC. I guess we're about due for another global shock.
     
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    India is starting to boom it is the next China
     
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    so buy more when economy does down?
     
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    It'll be close to being the next China, but not quite..
    In anycase, we would be foolish not to ink the free trade deal sooner rather than latter.
    Expect Labor unions and green groups to oppose it as usual.
     
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    Obviously you are not in tune with the reality of the global economy. Brazil? It's in a recessionary course.
     
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    Canada, China, USA, Brazil, Japan, Russia..etc etc. recession, no recession, slow in growth or not. I still say people in Australia are going to want to buy and rent my properties in high demand areas and not think about Canada or China's economy when signing the rental/sale contracts. just my opinion.
     
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    No question about that.

    This thread is for discussion purposes only for the Bored and the Beautiful.
     
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