Slump in oil price spells danger for Canadian economy

The lower global crude oil prices fall, the bigger the negative impact will be for a net exporter like Canada. Alongside the severely overvalued housing market, the collapse in oil prices is a major downside risk to the Bank of Canada's view that economic growth will accelerate.

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