And that’s despite lockdowns that closed large parts of the economy in December and January. In just two months, the policy debate has turned from whether to provide additional stimulus, to when to pull back on support.In the midst of a deep economic crisis, Canadians became a whole lot richer.
Generous government income support during the pandemic, along with fewer opportunities to spend, resulted in stronger household balance sheets. Low borrowing costs encouraged Canadians to buy properties. Others decided to put money into stocks or other assets. The value of homes and land owned by households, which grew by $642 billion last year, was the main contributor to that boost in wealth.
While almost 1 million Canadians are still gravely impacted from the pandemic — either through lost jobs or substantially fewer hours — the nation’s labour market has recovered most of its losses. At its worst point, 5 million Canadians had lost jobs or were working less than half their usual hours, one-quarter of the labour force.
or binging on debt, granted hard assets are better than being stuck in play money
I beg to differ
It's not healing. people are just able to save more due to being stuck at home!