Links: Economic
CANADIAN BANKING
Government Banks
Big-6 Nationally-Chartered Banks
- Bank of Montreal (BMO)
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
- Laurentian Bank of Canada
- Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
- Scotiabank (aka the Bank of Nova Scotia)
- Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
Economics Divisions of the Big-6 Banks
- BMO Capital Markets Economics
- CIBC World Markets
- Laurentian Bank Securities Economic Research
- RBC Economics Research
- Scotia Economics
- TD Economics
Major Tier-2 Banks
- National Bank of Canada
- Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec (aka Desjardins Financial Group)
- HSBC Bank Canada
- ING Bank of Canada (aka ING Direct)
CAPITAL MARKETS
Stock Exchanges
- London Stock Exchange (LSE)
- NASDAQ stock exchange
- NYSE Euronext (aka the New York Stock Exchange)
- Tokyo Stock Exchange: TOPIX index
- Toronto Stock Exchange: S&P/TSX and TSX Venture indices
Indices
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
- The Conference Board: Consumer Confidence Index™
- Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
- Colliers International: commercial real estate vacancy rates
FINANCING & TAXATION
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA)
- CRA: Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program (SR&ED)
- NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS
