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Steve Saretsky

πŸ‘€ Speaker
2032 total appearances

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The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

So like you have these LNG facilities that are actually powered, not by LNG, but by electricity.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Canada is number two in the world for natural gas resources.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Yeah, I think we are.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

I think we are moving in the right direction.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

But to sort of summarize, you know, we've – yeah, I feel like the loony hour is really – we don't get everything right.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

But, my God, I think over the last – since we started the podcast, what, five years ago?

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Like, just to see all these – many of these brain-dead policies getting reversed years later.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

True, but we also, I mean, I don't know, I brought it up.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

what eight, nine months ago saying like, like it, it was originally a big concern, but I mean, as the data start to play, I think the biggest thing, and that's what Keith and I were talking about being in the podcast is that like, it was a much, much bigger concern, uh,

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

when mortgage rates were like literally, I mean, they got as high as about six and a half percent.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Right.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

I mean, if you have people renewing off, you know, 1.2 and renewing at six and a half, that's a real problem.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Going from 1.2 to four is, it's tough, but manageable.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Yeah.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Um, you know, I think a lot of the concern was, Hey, six and a half, is it going to seven and a half?

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

Um,

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

So thankfully for a lot of those borrowers.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

But, I mean, it's still really interesting just looking at a lot of the data.

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

I mean, we didn't really touch about it on the event or anything, but looking at the number of court-ordered foreclosures, the delinquency rates in Canada –

The Loonie Hour
The Canadian Economy Slips into Recession

they're still like, I think nationally, like 0.6% nationally, which I think in the U.S.