Ken Peacock

Budgets for Canada and B.C.: Big spending, persistent deficits and rising government debt

Budgets for Canada and B.C.: Big spending, persistent deficits and rising government debt

Highlights: A strong economic rebound in 2021 and 2022 underpins both the federal and B.C. budgets.…

April 22, 2021 - Reports & Research

AM 1150: Interview with Ken Peacock

AM 1150: Interview with Ken Peacock

The Business Council of B.C.'s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Ken Peacock, joins The…

April 21, 2021 - Media

News Release: Business Council welcomes government’s strong support for families, consumer facing businesses and those impacted by the ongoing pandemic

News Release: Business Council welcomes government’s strong support for families, consumer facing businesses and those impacted by the ongoing pandemic

But Budget 2021 misses investment attraction and policy actions required to fully participate in…

April 20, 2021 - Media

OPINION: Canada, U.S. likely to apply brakes to post-pandemic inflation

OPINION: Canada, U.S. likely to apply brakes to post-pandemic inflation

While Canada seems unable to put the COVID-19 health crisis behind us, around the world economies…

April 19, 2021 - Insights

Headline employment in B.C. rises again...masking underlying weaknesses

Headline employment in B.C. rises again...masking underlying weaknesses

March saw another solid gain in B.C.’s headline employment. According to Statistics Canada’s Labour…

April 13, 2021 - Insights

iNFOnews: Growing numbers moving to Thompson-Okanagan from Lower Mainland

iNFOnews: Growing numbers moving to Thompson-Okanagan from Lower Mainland

[EXCERPT]The Thompson-Okanagan region saw a large, escalating spike in migration of people from the…

March 18, 2021 - Media

A solid gain brings B.C. employment close to year-ago levels...but the labour market will take longer to fully heal

A solid gain brings B.C. employment close to year-ago levels...but the labour market will take longer to fully heal

Following two months of negligible gains, an impressive 26,600 jobs were added to B.C.’s workforce…

March 16, 2021 - Insights

OPINION: Real estate rolling on rock-bottom costs of borrowing

OPINION: Real estate rolling on rock-bottom costs of borrowing

Royal Bank economists recently published an update on the Canadian housing market. The findings are…

March 16, 2021 - Insights

Radio NL: Interview with Ken Peacock

Radio NL: Interview with Ken Peacock

The Business Council's Ken Peacock, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, joins Radio NL's…

March 15, 2021 - Media

OPINION: How has the B.C. economy fared during the pandemic?

OPINION: How has the B.C. economy fared during the pandemic?

On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVIC-19 a global pandemic. A year later…

March 15, 2021 - Insights

PRESENTATION: Economic Outlook and the Implications for the B.C. Tourism and Hospitality Sector

PRESENTATION: Economic Outlook and the Implications for the B.C. Tourism and Hospitality Sector

Economic Outlook and the Implications for the B.C. Tourism and Hospitality Sector (March 2021)

March 08, 2021 - Submissions & Presentations

She-cession, He-cession or They-cession?

She-cession, He-cession or They-cession?

As we continue to emerge from the COVID-19 recession, unemployment remains a reality for too many…

March 08, 2021 - Insights