Weekend listen: How to make sense of strong economic signals when all the pundits say the sky is falling?

Despite all the noise about tariffs and their potential impact, it appears the Canadian economy is actually weathering the storm.

An interest rate cut looked like a slam dunk a month ago and now, with signs that the economy isn't falling off a cliff, it's highly doubtful that those rates will be going down.

So what to make of where we're at in this economy? How do you plan when things are so unpredictable?

Host Mike Eppel breaks it down with Royce Mendes, Managing Director and head of Macro Strategy at Desjardins.

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