Inflation is above target for the month of February, leading analysts into a bit of a frenzy.  While this could lead to a rate hike earlier than expected, many also believe the buzz of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics drove prices up temporarily. Source: today's National Post
 
 
As reported in Tuesday's Montreal Gazette, more Canadians plan to buy homes in the next 2 years.  The strength of the Canadian housing market relative to worldwide markets has increased confidence in real estate. 
 
 
Global economic outlook improves modestly,central bank says, but benchmark interest rate to remain at record low 0.25 per cent
 
 

That's right, Canada

The following article, published online last Saturday, and to be published in the February 16, 2009 of Newsweek  is an excellent review of the state of the Canada and the Canadian banking system - Newsweek - Worthwhile Canadian Initiative (by editor Fareed Zakaria).

AltaPacific's blog post on this article is found here