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Livio Di Matteo

By Livio Di Matteo

Livio Di Matteo is a contributor to The Hub, Professor of Economics at Lakehead University, and a Member of the Canadian Institute for Health Information National Health Expenditure Advisory Group.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Premier of Ontario Doug Ford share a laugh after Ford spoke in French during a meeting in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.
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As the federation turns: Tracking each level of government's share of expenditure since Confederation

Canada has been simultaneously decentralizing and centralizing since the 1970s, becoming more decentralized at the federal-provincial level and more centralized at the provincial-local level.

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on June 9, 2022
Women look at a screen displaying exchange rate at a currency exchange office in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The Russian currency plunged about 30% against the U.S. dollar Monday after Western nations announced moves to block some Russian banks from the SWIFT international payment system and to restrict Russia's use of its massive foreign currency reserves. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo.
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Russia's chronically weak economy may be its undoing

Russia’s economy may generate massive natural resource wealth from its exports, but on a per capita basis, it has an income on par with China and is far behind G7 nations.

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on March 8, 2022
Fresh produce and groceries are shown at Summerhill Market in Toronto on Wednesday February 2, 2022. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press.
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Inflation in Canada: Neither the best nor worst of times

A long view of Canada’s inflationary trends shows that while the current surge is a divergence from recent decades, over a longer time horizon it is not an outlier.

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on February 28, 2022
A truck drives by a gas station in Montreal on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press.
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Livio Di Matteo: Inflation will be stable but higher in 2022

To close out the year, we’ve asked our contributors and staff to make a prediction about 2022. You would think, at least since the early days of 2020, that we’d…

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on December 24, 2021
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem speaks during a news conference, in Ottawa, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS.
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The real issue in the Bank of Canada’s mandate debate

A clear risk is that the operations of the Bank of Canada will become politicized.

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on November 10, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland meet with doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, in Ottawa, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS.
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Health spending during COVID-19: It’s Complicated

While total health spending is up, there was a reduction in some aspects of health service provision and health spending during the pandemic.

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on November 4, 2021
A computer screen shows images of Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump as a currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo.
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Canada must find its own way in a century that belongs to no one

Any hopes that China would become as lucrative a market as the United States with its own special relationship have been dashed by the hard lesson that China has no special relationships beyond those that serve China.

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on September 15, 2021
Workers move boxes of computers on a street of Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo.
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China’s burial of the West is greatly exaggerated

China’s economic performance is not as robust as many would like to think and its bravado on the international stage is likely to backfire. Despite the seeming strength of China’s economic rise, its position remains fragile.

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on July 21, 2021
Canadian premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak to the media at the first ministers closing news conference on December 7, 2018 in Montreal. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press.
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Livio Di Matteo: A brief and simple history of federal transfers from 1867 to 2021

Federal-provincial negotiations can be acrimonious but that they occur is a testament to the strength of the federal system rather than a weakness. It is only when everyone stops talking that should there be real concern as to the future and stability of Canadian federalism.

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on June 29, 2021
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sánchez stand for photographs in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India on Jan. 21, 2020. Pawan Sharma/AP Photo.
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Livio Di Matteo: The real victims of wealth inequality? It’s not the middle class

Canada has seen the wealth share of the top 10 percent decline while that of the next 40 percent has increased. What is truly remarkable is how poorly the bottom 50 percent have done over time, with their share remaining practically constant at under 10 percent.

By Livio Di Matteo - Posted on June 1, 2021
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