About this episode

The episode discusses Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity despite poor economic performance and explores public sentiment regarding economic issues in Canada.

Enjoy this special feed drop from our sister show 'In This Economy?!' Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to get high marks from Canadians on his handling of the economy, despite the actual economic performance numbers showing that real gross domestic product has shrunk by 0.05% since he was elected, presiding over the worst first year of growth for a Prime Minister since at least 1963. However, a Nanos research group poll shows 60% of Canadians think Carney has done a very good or good job of handling economic issues. The data suggests Canadians are blaming global factors for the economic slump rather than Carney himself. But how long can that be expected to last? With Canadian households dealing with pocketbook issues such as high prices for gasoline and food, along with uncertainty about the job market, will those numbers start to decline? Or will they be solid so long as U.S. President Donald Trump is in the White House? In today's episode of In This Economy?! host Mike Eppel speaks with Nik Nanos, chief data scientist at Nanos research.

People in this episode

Host: Mike Eppel

Guest: Nik Nanos

Topics covered

• Canadian economy
• public opinion
• political leadership
• economic performance
• polling data
• household issues

Keywords

• Mark Carney
• Nanos research
• Canadian economy
• public opinion
• economic performance
• polling
• household issues
• gas prices
• food prices
• job market

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nanos research, In This Economy?!, Frequency Podcast Network

Places: Canada, United States

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