NORTHERN ECONOMIST 2.0

An Ontario economics and policy blog.

Friday, 10 July 2026

Municipal Surpluses Are Not That Unexpected

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   The news that the City of Thunder Bay has an “ unexpected ” operating surplus for 2025 has been greeted with a mixture of ...
Tuesday, 7 July 2026

The Grand Plan Unfolds...Slowly

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   The road ahead for Canada became better delineated this week with the announcement that the winning proposal to build Cana...
Wednesday, 24 June 2026

The Finances of the University: Lakehead 2026 Edition

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   Universities in Ontario have been feeling somewhat more upbeat this year in the wake of provincial government measures to ...
Friday, 12 June 2026

Thunder Bay Leading in April Building Permits Data

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 Yesterday, Statistics Canada released its building permits data for April 2026 and the ranked April 2025 to April 2026 growth rates reveal...
Wednesday, 10 June 2026

When it Comes to Rent Increases, Where You Live Matters

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   Statistics Canada recently published new experimental quarterly estimates for rents form Canadian CMAs. The rent for a tw...
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Livio Di Matteo
The Northern Economist blog started on Shaw Webspace as commentary and analysis of economic issues and policy from a Northern Ontario perspective by Livio Di Matteo, Professor of Economics at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It had regular posts from November 2010 to February 2012. Posts continued on Northern Economist 2.0 until 2013 when I took an extended break. Occasional posts resumed effective December 2016. With Shaw terminating its blog space functions, I have archived the old posts at: northerneconomistarchive.blogspot.ca.
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