Household finances | Investment Executive Canada's news source for financial professionals Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:30:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://old.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Household finances | Investment Executive 32 32 Oil shock weighs on Canadian households: Desjardins https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/oil-shock-weighs-on-canadian-households-desjardins/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:30:01 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=536319 High earners feeling the effects, but have more capacity to absorb rising costs

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]]> Headline repayment data mask deep credit challenges for some slices of population https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/headline-repayment-data-mask-deep-credit-challenges-for-some-slices-of-population/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:26:49 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=536159 While many Canadians are doing OK, those who are struggling are falling farther behind

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]]> Income, wealth gaps increased in 2025 https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/income-wealth-gap-increased-in-2025/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:39:24 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=536144 The net worth of the top 20% averaged $3.5 million per household

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]]> Bank competition grows, but Big Tech faces doubts https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/bank-competition-grows-but-big-tech-faces-doubts/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:01:02 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=534800 Approval of charters for non-banks on the rise, but industry wary of tech giants: Fitch

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]]> Household net worth grew in Q4 as savings rate softened https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/household-net-worth-grew-in-q4-as-savings-rate-softened/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:36:36 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=533854 Canadians poured $96.2B into mutual funds, a new quarterly record

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]]> Canadian household net worth up $461 billion in Q3 https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/canadian-household-net-worth-up-461-billion-in-q3/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:31:57 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527505 Households' net financial assets saw the largest increase on record

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]]> Canadians cutting back on holiday spending: surveys https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/canadians-cutting-back-on-holiday-spending-surveys/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:29:55 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527332 Younger Canadians, parents feel pressure to spend

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]]> ECB’s worries turn from tariffs to equities https://old.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/ecbs-worries-turn-from-tariffs-to-equities/ Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:00:42 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=526413 Richly-valued, highly-concentrated stock markets vulnerable to a correction

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]]> Disposable income growth slows in Q2 https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/disposable-income-growth-slows-in-q2/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:00:56 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=522298 Year-over-year increase of 3.9% compares with 5.9% rise in second quarter of 2024

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]]> Growing U.S. wealth gap to trickle down: Moody’s https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/growing-u-s-wealth-gap-to-trickle-down-moodys/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:58:11 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=518314 Redistribution from poor to rich will impact corporate revenues, credit risks

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