Why Parallel North
A weekly macro review built from Canada outward, with every number sourced and no stock tips.
Most market coverage in Canada starts in New York and gets to Ottawa eventually. Parallel North starts here.
Every Saturday we publish one long video and one written review on what’s moving the economy and markets. About half of it is about Canada: the Bank of Canada, jobs, inflation, housing, oil and the loonie. A quarter is about the United States, because the Fed and the US economy set the weather for everyone north of the border. The last quarter is the rest of the world, from the European Central Bank to the price of a barrel of Brent.
How we work
One question per episode. Each week starts with a single question the data can actually answer, such as whether the Bank of Canada is raising rates into a slowdown. Everything in the episode serves that question.
Every number has a source. If we quote a figure, we link to where it came from, and we prefer the original: Statistics Canada, the Bank of Canada, the Federal Reserve, the Bureau of Labor Statistics. When we rely on a secondary summary, we say so.
History, not hype. Most of what happens in markets has rhymed with something before. We look for the closest historical parallel and explain where it fits and where it doesn’t.
No tips, ever. We explain how the economy and markets work. We don’t tell anyone to buy, sell or hold anything. That’s for you, and for a licensed advisor if you have one.
What’s coming
Episode 1 is out Saturday, November 14: Is Canada repeating Europe’s 2011 mistake? It looks at why the Bank of Canada raised rates for the first time since 2023 while the job market was weakening, and what happened the last time a major central bank tried the same thing.
Between episodes we’ll post short notes like this one, and one-chart Shorts on YouTube. You can follow along on YouTube, X and Instagram.