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What are the odds of an economic slump?

The OECD is now forecasting that growth in the G7 economies will slump over the second half of this year, barely managing to stay in positive territory, before picking up materially next year. Although we agree that North America's growth prospects are better than Europe's, we think the odds of a stagnation in Canada's economy over the next year are about 40%, with the risk of an outright recession not that much lower.

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