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With advanced technologies and precision ag tools, Canada has the opportunity to level up to agriculture superpower status and drive economic growth.
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The Innovation Economy
Manufacturing a housing solution: The role that modular homes could play in Canada
Manufactured housing is a vital, scalable piece of the housing shortage solution. In their recent piece, Tim Samis and Elsa Hannaford from CIBC`s Commercial Banking team explore why manufactured housing is an important piece of that puzzle.
The Innovation Economy
Tech financing on the rise: Key trends in global innovation banking
After nearly two years of being slowed by economic weakness and high-interest rates, the venture capital scene is finally showing signs of recovery.
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The Economic Brief
Will lower immigration targets impact economic growth in Canada? CIBC Senior Economist Andrew Grantham offers his analysis.
Drivers of Growth
How technology is helping farmers feed a changing world
With advanced technologies and precision ag tools, Canada has the opportunity to level up to agriculture superpower status and drive economic growth.
CIBC Economics
Declaring victory, reaping the rewards
Our latest edition of Forecast, entitled "Declaring victory, reaping the rewards", presents our CIBC Economics team's updated outlook for the Canadian and US economies and the implications for financial markets through 2026, including a revised projection for bond yields produced jointly with our FICC Strategy team.
The Innovation Economy
Manufacturing a housing solution: The role that modular homes could play in Canada
Manufactured housing is a vital, scalable piece of the housing shortage solution. In their recent piece, Tim Samis and Elsa Hannaford from CIBC`s Commercial Banking team explore why manufactured housing is an important piece of that puzzle.
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CIBC Perspectives • EP0
Play podcast: Market Outlook with Victor Dodig and Harry Culham
CIBC’s President and CEO, Victor Dodig, sits down with Harry Culham, SEVP and Group Head, CIBC Capital Markets and Direct Financial Services for an in-depth conversation around our current market conditions, where they see things going, and how CIBC operates in an evolving and dynamic economic environment.
CIBC Perspectives | EP0Market Outlook with Victor Dodig and Harry Culham
Innovation Banking
Scaling Your Business by Identifying Pain Point Intersections with Marcos Torres of Huntress
Originally released on November 15 2023, this episode of The CIBC Innovation Banking Podcast is part of our renewed focus on highlighting exceptional conversations within the American Innovation Economy. Join us as we revisit these insightful discussions and shine a light on the ongoing innovation that shapes our industry.
Marcos Torres, CFO of Huntress, a managed security platform developed by former NSA employees, says that investing just isn't about money. Join him and host Michael Hainsworth as they delve into what Marcos has learned on his journey from private equity owned business operator turned CFO.
The Sustainability Agenda
The case for thematic investing in natural capital
Eric Cooperström of Manulife Investment Management joins Ryan Fan, Managing Director and Vice Chair, Global Markets, CIBC Capital Markets to discuss investment solutions with a natural capital thematic, including an investment strategy focused on forests for their carbon credit value, and how timberland assets are helping to diversify risks and generate new revenue streams.
The Raitt Stuff
Indigenous Loan Guarantee Programs Work And We Need More Of Them
Heather Exner-Pirot, a Special Advisor at the Business Council of Canada and fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute talks to the Hon. Lisa Raitt about the importance of meaningful financial support for the Indigenous community, the success of the Alberta Indigenous loan guarantee program and why it’s time for the federal government to act.
The housing crisis is a planning crisis
Read how the lack of a robust population growth forecast framework is partly responsible for the housing supply shortage.Housing Shortage
5 million
Estimated Canada-wide construction gap by 2030 in unitsPopulation Growth
1.4 million
Gap between real population in 2023 and previous planning forecastsLatest Videos
The Economic Brief
Will lower immigration targets impact economic growth in Canada? CIBC Senior Economist Andrew Grantham offers his analysis.
An Inclusive Society
Why has progress on closing the gender wage gap slowed?
Progress on closing the gender wage gap slowed dramatically in the last decade.
The Economic Brief
What do the latest inflation numbers mean for the path of rate reduction?
Latest inflation data in Canada suggests that there is plenty of room for the economy to accelerate before the Bank of Canada should become worried about price pressures again.
An Inclusive Society
What Role Can the Private Sector Play to Support Economic Reconciliation
What Role Can the Private Sector Play to Support Economic Reconciliation
CIBC Economics
13%
The gap between what women (aged 25-54) earned less than their male counterparts in terms of average hourly wages in 2023.
In Focus
Are new immigration targets really an economic gamechanger?
This In Focus report examines the impact of recent immigration target changes on Canadian potential growth, and whether slower population growth could become a headwind to the expected acceleration in economic activity in 2025.
In Focus
A new model — Modular temporary housing
The temporary modular approach could be a game changer amid the housing affordability crisis. In his latest report, CIBC’s Deputy Chief Economist, Benjamin Tal, takes a deeper dive.
The Week Ahead
Some Monday morning quarterbacking…on a Friday
With the benefit of hindsight, CIBC Economics explores whether the economic pain inflicted by high interest rates, in the battle to wrestle inflation back to 2%, was actually necessary.
CIBC Economics
Declaring victory, reaping the rewards
Our latest edition of Forecast, entitled "Declaring victory, reaping the rewards", presents our CIBC Economics team's updated outlook for the Canadian and US economies and the implications for financial markets through 2026, including a revised projection for bond yields produced jointly with our FICC Strategy team.
Taking action on sustainability
CIBC Sustainability Report 2023
Read about what we've done in our efforts to create a sustainable future for our team, our clients, our communities and our planet.
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