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Weekend listen: Economists struggling to forecast in uncertain times

Weekend listen: Economists struggling to forecast in uncertain times

Update: 2025-03-09
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It's been another week of uncertainty for the financial markets. With back and forth announcements on tariffs happening this week, it's been next to impossible to gauge what will happen next.

Host Mike Eppel is trying to make sense of it with Avery Shenfeld, Chief Economist at C-I-B-C.


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