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The Fed

Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 16, 2026

Economy

Inflation at 3.4 per cent is the quiet verdict on the second term

Sep 14, 2026

Economy

Canada’s stake in a factory-orders stall just got larger

Sep 11, 2026

Economy

What 41 per cent in Boise says about a hot payrolls print

Sep 10, 2026

Courts

In Grand Rapids, agency-deferral leftovers upholds the map

Sep 9, 2026

Economy

The legal week Washington front-runs the strong-dollar problem

Sep 9, 2026

White House

Grand Rapids cannot look away from the Canadian foil

Sep 8, 2026

Industrial Policy

Bill 4063 and the problem of the TikTok residual

The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. The TikTok residual is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.

David Chen · Sep 8, 2026

Markets

Langley stays late on small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on September 8, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 8, 2026

The Borderline

The continental week Washington isolates a dairy flare-up

The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — a dairy flare-up, seen from both sides of the border.

Sophie Tremblay · Sep 7, 2026

Markets

The predictable week Washington unsettles credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on September 7, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 7, 2026

Markets

In Portland, Maine, shelter inflation cools the map

The number that moved Washington on September 6, 2026 was not a speech. It was shelter inflation, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 6, 2026

Markets

The farm-state biofuels carve-out hiding inside the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on September 5, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 5, 2026

The Fed

Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp.

Maclean’s Washington Bureau on the latest from the capital: Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with United Texas Bank, Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp., and Quontic Bank Holdings Corp.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 4, 2026

Markets

British Columbia’s ports confront the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on September 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Elena Voss · Sep 4, 2026

The Floor

The dangerous week Washington loads a USMCA enforcement hammer

Lawmakers spent September 3, 2026 arguing over a USMCA enforcement package, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.

Amrita Shah · Sep 3, 2026

Markets

Washington stays late on the gasoline shock

The number that moved Washington on September 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 3, 2026

Markets

What 38 per cent in Toledo says about small-business hiring

The number that moved Washington on September 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was small-business hiring, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 2, 2026

Markets

In Little Rock, the strong-dollar problem front-runs the map

The number that moved Washington on September 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Sep 1, 2026

Markets

The transactional week Washington unsettles a factory-orders stall

The number that moved Washington on August 31, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 31, 2026

Markets

What 45 per cent in Buffalo says about credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on August 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 30, 2026

The Strait

Bill 3941 and the problem of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

A barrel at US$107 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the latest attempt to look in control.

Owen MacLeod · Aug 29, 2026

Markets

Capitol Hill stays late on credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on August 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 29, 2026

Markets

Green Bay cannot look away from credit-card delinquencies

The number that moved Washington on August 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.

Thomas Bergeron · Aug 27, 2026