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Learn more about current ratio and how it helps determine a business’s liquidity.

Our current ratio calculator will help you to measure your business’s ability to meet its short-term liabilities when they come due.

Canadian growth to continue amid uncertainty. Canadian entrepreneurs should benefit from a rebound in the real estate market, residential investment and household consumption.

By Pierre Cléroux

Discover facts and figures illuminating Canadian women's significant impact on the economy.

By Carine Bergevin-Chammah

By Jovanka Charbonneau

By Lily Alameh

While the Canadian economy should benefit from a more predictable environment in 2024, high interest rates will weigh against vigorous growth.

By Pierre Cléroux

June 2024 - With the country's inflation rate holding below 3%, the Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate earlier this month by 25 basis points. Most observers saw this as a sign the bank’s post-pandemic fight against inflation is drawing to a close. However, are a series of rate cuts now a certainty? Can we expect rates to fall as quickly as they rose? In short, how will interest rates evolve over the coming months?

Learn how to calculate your working capital and see whether your company can pay off debts and invest in its future.

June 2025 - Over the past year, the Bank of Canada has begun lowering its key interest rate, a way of making borrowing cheaper to stimulate the economy. It reduced the rate from 5.0% to 2.75%, a drop of 2.25% (or 225 basis points).

The Small Business Health Index provides a holistic view of Canadian business conditions by combining data collected by BDC, Equifax, Statistics Canada and the Bank of Canada.

July 2025 - The level of economic uncertainty is still high in Canada. While trade agreements between the Americans and essentially the rest of the world remain unclear, and a fourth round of universal tariffs has been deployed (this time against copper imports), one element of the US economic agenda has recently been clarified and formalized. The "One Big, Beautiful" bill passed both the House and Senate, and was signed into law by the President. Will this tax reform have a concrete impact on your company? What does it mean for the Canadian economy?