Doug Porter

Doug Porter: In descending order, here is Porter's list of the interesting and the surprising of 2013:, according to Times Colonist. 2. Despite the doomsayers, the Canadian housing market added to economic growth in 2013 as sales rose rather than fell, and prices increased rather than corrected and OTTAWA - As 2013 winds down, Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter released his list of the five most interesting and, at times, surprising economic developments from the year. He also gives his five "fearless" predictions for 2014. 1. The U.S. government managed the biggest one-year decline in the budgetary deficit on record. In a single year, the shortfall plunged US$400 billion to US$680 billion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.