Taking Stock with Amanda Lang

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A weekly series spotlighting the biggest and most significant news stories affecting the world of business and the economy. Taking Stock with Amanda Lang brings business stories from the global stage to Canadians every week and explains why they matter.


Episode Date
Canada’s infrastructure – and how we pay for it
Dec 05, 2025
Amanda Lang talks pipelines and more with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
Nov 21, 2025
How jobs are disappearing
Nov 14, 2025
Budget boost for Canadian economy
Nov 07, 2025
How to make food more affordable
Oct 17, 2025
Debt pressures and the precarious job market
Oct 10, 2025
Priorities for Canadian business in trade talks with U.S.
Sep 26, 2025
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem discusses interest rate decision
Sep 19, 2025
Analyzing the temporary foreign worker program
Sep 12, 2025
Is Canada going into a recession ?
Sep 05, 2025
Will the Bank of Canada cut interest rates ?
Aug 22, 2025
Outlook for Canada’s trade relationship with the U.S.
Aug 15, 2025
Seeking consensus to grow Canada’s economy
Jul 25, 2025
How technology such as AI will affect Canada’s workforce 
Jul 18, 2025
Is the worst over for Canada’s job market ?
Jul 11, 2025
Income, savings and how to limit debt
Jun 27, 2025
John Tory’s insight on running a big city
Jun 20, 2025
A prefab solution to the housing crisis
Jun 13, 2025
Outlook for interest and mortgage rates
Jun 06, 2025
Canada’s productivity challenges Trumped by U.S. plans
May 30, 2025
G7 priority shift
May 23, 2025
Canadian jobs & the manufacturing sector
May 16, 2025
Cutting the red tape
May 09, 2025
Housing imbalances
May 02, 2025
Creative Accounting
May 02, 2025
Tariff turmoil   
Apr 17, 2025
How to predict the future
Apr 11, 2025
Playing to Canada’s strengths
Apr 04, 2025
The state of Canada’s economy
Mar 28, 2025
The pressures of stagflation  
Mar 21, 2025
Ways to support domestic industry amid tariff uncertainty
Mar 11, 2025
How Canadian businesses are getting ready for Trump’s tariffs
Feb 28, 2025
Why Canada needs a rethink on trade – whether we want to or not
Feb 21, 2025
What Canadians need to know about personal finance
Feb 14, 2025
Everything is on the table as Trump tariffs are imminent
Jan 31, 2025
What do we mean by middle class these days?
Jan 24, 2025
How Canada plans to fight back in the sudden trade war with the U.S.
Jan 17, 2025
How the Canada Post strike impacted charities
Jan 10, 2025
What’s next for Canada and the U.S. on the trade front under Trump?
Jan 03, 2025
What does 2025 hold in store for Canada’s economy?
Dec 13, 2024
Food prices the front line of the inflation battle
Dec 06, 2024
Small business will bear the burden of Fed’s tax holiday plan: CFIB
Nov 29, 2024
Outlook for Canada trade talks with U.S. under Trump
Nov 22, 2024
What’s next for Canada and the U.S. on the trade front under Trump?
Nov 08, 2024
Weighing the impact of carbon taxes
Oct 18, 2024
Low rates not enough to boost home construction to what we’ll need
Oct 11, 2024
What is the role of government in the future of work?
Oct 09, 2024
How a U.S. move to ban Chinese car software will impact Canada
Sep 27, 2024
What new 30-year mortgage rules might do to the housing market
Sep 20, 2024
Low rates still can't solve the housing crisis: Ian Lee
Sep 13, 2024
What the Bank of Canada’s cut might do to the housing market
Sep 06, 2024
Will curtailing immigration solve the housing problem
Aug 30, 2024
Special on the Middle Class in Canada
Aug 30, 2024
Are restaurants feeling the economic slowdown?
Aug 09, 2024
A special look at tourism in Canada
Jul 26, 2024
With use of cash dwindling, what is at stake?
Jul 19, 2024
A look at the challenges of investing in a market driven by a handful of big U.S. tech stocks
Jul 12, 2024
Trade barriers within Canada are costing us a fortune
Jun 28, 2024
How much we know and don’t know about our finances
Jun 21, 2024
Canada has dodged a recession…and should keep government spending in check
Jun 14, 2024
Falling rate expectations
Jun 07, 2024
Is a rate cut in the cards?
May 31, 2024
Canada has gotten complacent about free trade
May 24, 2024
Does minimum wage help or hurt affordability?
May 17, 2024
Is carbon capture and storage missing the mark?
May 10, 2024
Why aren't we building homes?
May 03, 2024
Canada's productivity problem
Apr 26, 2024
Will affordability measures put home ownership into reach, or send prices up?
Apr 19, 2024
Are housing measures announced by the feds going to do much?
Apr 12, 2024
New caps on high interest loans will protect vulnerable borrowers
Apr 05, 2024
Canada’s housing affordability
Mar 22, 2024
This week on Taking Stock: A feature interview with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to discuss how Alberta can continue to grow its economy beyond fossil fuels, take the political temperature in the province and the her view on the role Alberta plays in a united Canada.
Mar 15, 2024
Taking Stock takes a special look at critical minerals in Canada
Mar 08, 2024
Are discount airlines doomed to failure in Canada?
Mar 01, 2024
Inflation is cooling but housing costs continue to pinch
Feb 23, 2024
Checking in on a small business
Feb 16, 2024
What should consumers do about their high debt levels?
Feb 09, 2024
In conversation with Wab Kinew, Premier of Manitoba
Feb 02, 2024
Why are business leaders worried about government debt?
Jan 26, 2024
Are students to blame for immigration problems?
Jan 19, 2024
How bad is the debt picture?
Jan 12, 2024
In Conversation with Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada
Dec 20, 2023
In Conversation with Canada's Commissioner of Competition
Dec 15, 2023
Is the inflation fight over?
Dec 08, 2023
Where have the entrepreneurs gone?
Dec 01, 2023
Is the government digging itself too deep into a fiscal hole?
Nov 24, 2023
Will consumer confidence tank the economy?
Nov 17, 2023
How far is Canada from its climate goals?
Nov 10, 2023
What are the risks and opportunities ahead?
Nov 03, 2023
How are stressed households dealing with high rates?
Oct 27, 2023
5th anniversary of legal cannabis
Oct 20, 2023
A look at Indigo
Oct 13, 2023
What will the Bank of Canada make of the jobs numbers?
Oct 06, 2023
What can government do to prepare the workforce for the future?
Sep 29, 2023
How are small businesses coping with higher costs?
Sep 22, 2023
Will there be a recession?
Sep 15, 2023
Is the Bank of Canada on track?
Aug 25, 2023
Has the Bank of Canada managed to slay inflation without a recession?
Aug 18, 2023
Does Canada have a culture problem when it comes to business?
Aug 11, 2023
A special look at the agricultural economy in Canada
Jul 21, 2023
Will the Bank of Canada miss the mark on bringing inflation under control?
Jul 14, 2023
The state of affairs for youth in Canada
Jul 07, 2023
Did the Bank of Canada overshoot when it raised rates?
Jun 23, 2023
The picture of the rental market in Canada
Jun 16, 2023
When insurance companies bow out of markets, what happens next?
Jun 09, 2023
AI is in urgent need of regulations before it's too late
Jun 02, 2023
How will households cope if a recession sends unemployment higher?
May 26, 2023
Online Gambling is taking off in Canada
May 19, 2023
US Inflation, Canada and China tensions and Bank of Canada wants input on a digital currency
May 12, 2023
As tight labour markets persist and a recession is still a possibility, how are businesses preparing?
May 05, 2023
A look at innovation in Canada
Apr 28, 2023
A look at the Indigenous Economy in Canada
Apr 21, 2023
Taking the pulse of business as the Bank of Canada holds interest rates at 4.5%.
Apr 14, 2023
From business confidence to real estate prices - have we seen the bottom?
Apr 07, 2023
A closer look at the federal budget, including affordability initiatives and green policies.
Mar 31, 2023
Can Canada compete with the US on climate change investments?
Mar 24, 2023
The trouble with travel
Mar 17, 2023
Affordable housing – for Renters
Mar 10, 2023
A special edition of Taking Stock looking at the business of government
Mar 03, 2023
Does Canada have enough competition? What you need to know
Feb 24, 2023
Can Canadians cope with higher interest rates?
Feb 17, 2023
Things aren’t as bad in Canada as some reports would suggest
Feb 10, 2023
A look at how the economy is doing
Feb 03, 2023
Is the economy headed for a soft landing?
Jan 27, 2023
Special Edition of Taking Stock: In conversation with Howard Marks
Jan 20, 2023
Efforts to make housing more affordable could backfire
Jan 13, 2023
Canada's immigration hits new record
Jan 06, 2023
Is Canada's spending on housing working?
Dec 23, 2022
Housing affordability is worse than ever as mortgages eat up almost 70% of disposable incomes.
Dec 09, 2022
Big bank merger in Canada may invite regulator scrutiny
Dec 02, 2022
How does health care stack up in Canada?
Nov 25, 2022
GM has big plans for electric vehicles in Canada
Nov 18, 2022
Federal and provincial health ministers meet to talk money
Nov 11, 2022
The country’s mini-budget, By The numbers
Nov 04, 2022
A massive wealth transfer from boomers to their kids
Oct 28, 2022
Is Canada's central bank taking us into a recession?
Oct 21, 2022
New warnings of a global recession
Oct 14, 2022
Bank of Canada warns rates will continue higher to fight inflation
Oct 07, 2022
Canada’s economy is still growing as rates rise
Oct 02, 2022
Did we learn the lessons we need from the pandemic?
Sep 23, 2022
Inflation in Canada
Sep 16, 2022
The politics of energy in Europe and what it might mean for inflation at home
Sep 09, 2022
GDP in Canada was strong in the three months ending July
Sep 02, 2022
A look at the role housing plays in our economy
Aug 19, 2022
US Inflation may have peaked but still runs high
Aug 12, 2022
The role of foreign owners is hotly debated in Canadian housing markets
Aug 05, 2022
Canada's extremely tight labour market
Jul 29, 2022
How big is the challenge of pivoting Canada to a fossil-fuel reduced future?
Jul 22, 2022
Home prices will decline as rates rise
Jul 15, 2022
A look at the tourism economy in Canada
Jul 08, 2022
The feds will lose money on the Trans Mountain pipeline purchase. Why that is just fine.
Jun 24, 2022
The jobs market is stronger than ever in Canada
Jun 17, 2022
The number of workers who want a hybrid work situation is at an all time high
Jun 10, 2022
The Bank of Canada raises interest rates again
Jun 03, 2022
Why can’t government’s do more to help with affordability?
May 27, 2022
Digital cash may be the future for Canadians
May 20, 2022
Wireless pricing in Canada – By The Numbers
May 13, 2022
The reality of increasing housing supply in Canada
May 06, 2022
The housing economy in Canada
Apr 29, 2022
Consumers are worried about debt, with good reason
Apr 22, 2022
The federal budget by the numbers
Apr 08, 2022
Canadas emission strategy
Apr 01, 2022
How important is a balanced budget?
Mar 25, 2022
Living with Low Rates
Mar 18, 2022
Sanctions against Russia will come with real costs forcing Canadians to put our money where our hearts are
Mar 11, 2022
Millionaires fight with billionaires but its MLB fans who pay the price
Mar 04, 2022
Markets abhor the unknown
Feb 25, 2022
The affordability news is not great
Feb 18, 2022
Mandating change
Feb 11, 2022
Mind the skills gap
Feb 04, 2022
Managing rising debt costs
Jan 28, 2022
Getting hyper about inflation
Jan 22, 2022
Introducing "Taking Stock with Amanda Lang"
Jan 18, 2022