Looney Plunges As Canadian GDP Collapses Most Since 2009

Who could have seen that coming? It appears, for America’s northern brethren, low oil prices are unequivocally terrible. Against expectations of a flat 0.0% unchanged September, Canadian GDP plunged 0.5% – its largest MoM drop since March 2009 and the biggest miss since Dec 2008. With Canada’s housing bubble bursting, it’s time for the central planners to get back to work and re-invigorate the massive mal-investment boom (and ban pawning of luxury goods).

In the past year, we have extensively profiled the collapse of ground zero of Canada’s oil industry as a result of the plunge in the price of oil, in posts such as the following:

“Canada Crude Contagion: Calgary Home Prices Drop Most In 2 Years”

“Canada’s Biggest Oil Casualty To Date: Calgary’s Nexen Shutters Oil Trading Desk”

“Canada’s housing bubble bursting”

“Canada’s Oil Patch Confidence Crashes”

“Canada Mauled by Oil Bust, Job Losses Pile Up – Housing Bubble, Banks at Risk”

“The Stage Is Set For A Massive Housing Market Correction in Canada’s Oilpatch”

Since then it has gotten far, far worse for Canada… GDP is down 0.5% MoM (and unchanged YoY – the worst since Nov 09)