PWC predicts moderate growth in Canadian M&A

In its Q2 2014 Capital Markets Flash: Canadian M&A Deals Quarterly, PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts moderate growth in Canadian economy in the next year and a half. It predicts the rate of real economic growth in 2015 to be 2.5% compared to 2.2% in 2014 and 2.0% in 2013; it projects that government spending will increase 1.5% in 2015, compared to 1.0% and 0.4% in 2014 and 2013, respectively; and it anticipates that the biggest change will be in business investment growth, which is anticipated to be a significant 4%, compared to 1.5% in 2014 and 1.4% in 2013.

In the report, PWC explains this moderate pace of recovery by citing certain recent geopolitical changes, including a strong US economic recovery and the slowing down of the growth of China's economy. It is instructive to see how these global trends impact the niche sectors most expected to be key factors propelling the growth of Canadian economy.