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Economy All Stories Economy Interest Rates FinTech Economy CMHC says that Toronto housing market not heading for a bust after price drops Lifestyle This is how much it costs to live as a young person in Toronto in 2018 Economy Canadians, emboldened by sizzling economy, are hunting for new jobs Trending Homebuying Here are the GTA condo and house projects that have been cancelled in the past year Auto Insurance Ontario car insurance rates rise for third straight quarter Credit Cards SPG and Marriott are merging, new cards coming in August Financial Literacy These are the best personal finance reads from June Homebuying What happens if your mortgage payments are in arrears? (function() { var slider = document.getElementsByClassName("trending")[0]; var items = slider.getElementsByClassName("items")[0]; var itemWidth = slider.getElementsByClassName("item")[0].offsetWidth; // Activate javascript styles slider.className += " slider start"; // Create arrows var leftArrow = document.createElement("a"); var rightArrow = document.createElement("a"); leftArrow.className = "arrow left"; rightArrow.className = "arrow right"; leftArrow.setAttribute("data-direction", "left"); rightArrow.setAttribute("data-direction", "right"); slider.appendChild(leftArrow); slider.appendChild(rightArrow); leftArrow.addEventListener("click", shift, false); rightArrow.addEventListener("click", shift, false); // Add event listener function shift(e) { var dir = 1; if(e.currentTarget.getAttribute("data-direction") == "left") { dir = -1; } var maxScrollLeft = items.scrollWidth - items.clientWidth; var startTime = performance.now(); var duration = 400; // Get positions var start = items.scrollLeft; var end = start + itemWidth * dir; if(end maxScrollLeft) end = maxScrollLeft; // Change arrows if(end == maxScrollLeft && start end && end 0) { slider.className += " start"; } else if(start == 0 && end > 0) { slider.className = slider.className.replace(" start", ""); } // Begin animation if(performance && performance.now && end != start) { var process = requestAnimationFrame(shifting); } else { items.scrollLeft = end; } // Animation function function shifting(timestamp) { // Get time var t = (timestamp - startTime) / duration; var ft = ease(t); // Scroll items.scrollLeft = lerp(start, end, ft); // Next frame if(t < 1) { requestAnimationFrame(shifting); } } } function lerp(start, end, t) { return ((end - start) * t) + start; } function ease(t) { return 1 - (1 - t) * (1 - t); } })(); Interest Rates There could be as many as three Bank of Canada rate hikes in 2018 Interest Rates Will the Bank of Canada hike rates again, or wait until April? Get ‘MoneyMinded’ Sign up for weekly money stories, exclusive offers, and personal finance tips from the pros. Sign up Homebuying ‘Army of potential buyers’ to keep Toronto, Vancouver housing markets hot Interest Rates The Bank of Canada might not hike rates again until spring of 2018 More stories (function(){ var pager = document.getElementById("pager"); var nodes = pager.getElementsByClassName("pager-last"); var hasNext = false; if(nodes.length > 0) { hasNext = !!nodes[0].innerHTML.replace(" ", "").trim(); } // Show more button and add functionality if(hasNext) { var moreButton = document.createElement("a"); moreButton.id = "show-more"; moreButton.className = "button"; moreButton.href = "?page=1&category=267"; moreButton.innerHTML = "More stories"; moreButton.addEventListener("click", showMore, false); pager.parentNode.appendChild(moreButton); } pager.parentNode.removeChild(pager); function showMore(e) { var button = e.currentTarget; if(button.getAttribute("data-disabled")) { e.preventDefault(); } else { var queryPos = button.href.indexOf("?"); if(queryPos >= 0) { e.preventDefault(); // Set button state to loading button.setAttribute("data-originaltext", button.innerHTML); button.setAttribute("data-disabled", "1"); button.innerHTML = "Loading..."; // Get request data var query = button.href.substring(queryPos); // Send request var request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.onreadystatechange = function() { if(request.readyState == 4) { if(request.status != 200) { location.href = button.href; } else { // Parse data var data = JSON.parse(request.responseText); // Add new node to the document var DOM = document.createElement("div"); DOM.innerHTML = data.html; var list = DOM.firstChild; list.style.opacity = 0; list.style.transition = "opacity 0.7s"; setTimeout(function() { list.style.opacity = 1; }, 100); var target = button.parentNode; target.parentNode.insertBefore(list, target); // Update the button button.innerHTML = button.getAttribute("data-originaltext"); button.setAttribute("data-disabled", ""); if(data.has_more) { button.href = "?page=" + data.next_page + "&category=" + encodeURIComponent(data.category); } else { button.style.display = "none"; } } } }; request.open("GET", "/ajax/blog/" + query, true); request.send(); } } } })();