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Dr. Tammy Schirle 🍺
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Today I joined @CBCOntarioToday to talk about the remarkably high savings rates among CDN households in the 2nd quarter. Some notes…https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-45/clip/15809736 1. What prompted this: CIBC Economics put out this
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Checking in on some broad trends this morning….Median employment income among men aged 25-54, Canada and select provinces. Before 2000, AB wasn’t distinct here. ON hasn’t moved much in 20
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Making notes:Transition starting late September 13.1% to standardize access- eligibility at 420 hours Don’t have the hours for EI? Top up hours for those applying - credit 300 hours. Special
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Spent some time today on media questions about women’s job losses, one asked about the focus on reopening schools. I’ll repeat one point here:I find the lack of investment here
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In early August we (the parents) hope to hear Ontario’s school boards’ plans for the upcoming school year. I (the labour economist) wanted to get a picture of how much
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Was thinking about the sheer size of this COVID-19 deficit this morning. $343B is a big number.https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/services/publications/economic-fiscal-snapshot.htmlPerspective: I’m an economist, & also a mom
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I do find good nuanced twitter convos possible, but challenging sometimes. So today I’ll try again.On work incentives, once again...https://twitter.com/tammyschirle/status/1273082063361581056 First, we all agree that several things play a
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