Home Economics: The sandwich generation is taking it on the chin
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The sandwich generation forced to balance caring for their kids and their folks
If youâre pressed between taking care of young children and aging parents, youâre probably one of the many Canadians in the âsandwich generation.â Sandra Henderson, regional Toronto president at BMO Private Wealth, joined BNN Bloomberg for Your Money Month to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is further squeezing this cohort and what unexpected costs they may have to face when balancing their budgets.
Women are putting family financial plans before their own
Home Economics: Planning for the worst, and how to avoid shooting your RRSP in the foot
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Home Economics: The tax man s wakeup call for COVID benefit recipients
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Home Economics: Are you holding too much cash in your TFSA?
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Home Economics aims to help Canadians navigate their personal finances in the age of social distancing and beyond.
Canadian shoppers losing steam
Retail sales in Canada unexpectedly rose 0.4 per cent in October, according to the latest reading from Statistics Canada Friday. That was a sharp deceleration from the 1.9-per-cent surge in September. Excluding autos, sales were flat in the month. Add to that, StatsCan s advance estimate for November indicates sales were relatively unchanged last month, indicating shoppers are starting to lose steam.