Here is a quick summary GDP forecasts for North American planners. Courtesy of CBC here is the summary of the banks and Bank of Canada GDP forecasts for 2009 and 2010.  For me the open question remains to what extent 2010 is wishful thinking.  The other and related problem with the graph is that GDP growth is calculated on a moving base. So the other way to read this is that even if the 2010 forecasts are correct, the absolute dollar GDP at December 2010 will not have achieved the level of Dec 2008, or 2 years previous. The IMF … Continue reading Economic forecasts for Canada – latest June 2009