{"id":626979,"date":"2026-10-11T03:44:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626979\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T03:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T03:44:32","slug":"canada-weathered-the-first-tariff-shocks-but-deloitte-sees-trouble-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626979\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada weathered the first tariff shocks. But Deloitte sees trouble ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-265492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_4175-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"98\"\/>The Canadian economy proved more resilient than feared earlier this year. Now, while many hope domestic infrastructure and investment projects will help the economy grow and boost its export diversification, the country is likely facing a period of slower growth in the short term. That\u2019s why Deloitte Canada recently raised its forecast for this year but cut next year\u2019s growth forecast from 2 to 1.6 per cent, a figure that accounts for Canada\u2019s retaliatory tariffs but not the Sept. 15 expansion or the Sept. 29 import bans. To better understand where the economy has proven most resilient, and where future challenges lie, National Post reached out to Deloitte Canada\u2019s Chief Economist Dawn Desjardins for some insights. \u2026.What has kept Canada\u2019s economy afloat so far, and why do you expect that resilience to weaken? \u2026Dawn Desjardins: But for 2027, all the events of recent weeks and months certainly suggest that it\u2019s having an impact on Canadian business confidence, Canadian consumer confidence. [A National Post subscription may be required for full access to this story]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadian economy proved more resilient than feared earlier this year. Now, while many hope domestic infrastructure and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-626979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}