No developed economy is printing as much as Canada is.
Canada doubles its monetary base roughly every 8 years.
Other developed nations will play catch-up soon.
No one owns enough hard assets pic.twitter.com/HbV8w1wlVN
— Lukas Ekwueme (@ekwufinance) October 19, 2026
Canadian rates are surging as the Bank of Canada warns about sharply higher inflation.
The problem is that Canadian households are drowning in debt.
Household debt stands at ~176% of disposable income, while housing prices have already fallen ~20% from their peak.
Higher rates… pic.twitter.com/B932olyVI2
— Lukas Ekwueme (@ekwufinance) October 19, 2026
Canada's spending on housing and healthcare for asylum claimants is OUT OF CONTROL‼️
$3.9m a day, and that's just the federal government's cost.
> Total cost: up 7.4× in six years.
> Last year alone: up 67%, from $850M to $1.42B.
> Health care: up 5.5×, from $162M to $897M, and… pic.twitter.com/FfrB6IDJo2— Kirk Lubimov (@KirkLubimov) October 19, 2026
Bank of Canada officials warned today that persistent global energy pressures threaten to lock inflation above target, leaving monetary policymakers boxed in as household debt leverage hovers near 176% of disposable income. With residential property values down roughly 20% from cycle peaks, higher borrowing costs continue to squeeze variable-rate mortgagors and throttle discretionary consumer spending.
The macroeconomic squeeze mirrors escalating fiscal pressures at the federal level, where parliamentary budget reports show the Interim Federal Health Program alone climbing toward $1.5 billion annually. Surging asylum backlogs have driven federal refugee housing and healthcare support to historic highs, compounding municipal and provincial deficits across social assistance, schooling, and legal aid infrastructure.
https://realeconomy.rsus.com/canadas-inflation-ticks-up-to-3-1-due-to-high-oil-prices/
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