2026-04-13
MNP Consumer Debt Index: Newfoundland and Labradorians experiencing financial whiplash as economic uncertainty persists
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Nearly three-quarters say rising food and gas prices are straining their finances.
As Canadians struggle in a weakened economy, thousands are starting to bend under the weight of trying to make it from one financial obligation to the next. And what are we relying on to get us through the day-to-day expenses? Debt. In fact, one quarter after the next, we continue to hit record highs in debt-to-income rates. But what happens when we can no longer juggle one debt payment to the next? MNP LTD Trustee Grant Bazian and MNP Ltd.'s Ipsos-Reid poll was incorporated into a story by the Financial Post to discuss the increase in insolvencies. The original article was originally posted online atFinancial Post on April 5, 2016.
2026-04-13
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Nearly three-quarters say rising food and gas prices are straining their finances.
2026-04-13
MNP Consumer Debt Index
More than half (56%) say they are experiencing financial whiplash as shifting conditions repeatedly disrupt their financial plans, according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index.
2026-04-13
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Nearly three-quarters say rising food and gas prices are straining their finances.