Anam Khan

Anam Khan is a journalist with BNN Bloomberg who focuses on how energy markets, critical minerals and business conditions shape Canada’s economic outlook and financial policy. She covers business, energy, mining, financial markets and economic policy, drawing on executives, economists and sector specialists to explain what shifting data and commodity prices mean for companies and households. Her coverage stands out for connecting granular industry developments—from lithium wells to small‑business closures—with Bank of Canada decisions and broader recession risks.

Oil prices, inflation and Bank of Canada decisions

Khan makes central bank policy tangible by tying rate moves directly to the price of oil and the health of the real economy. In her piece on oil prices trapping the Bank of Canada between inflation and growth, she shows the bank in “wait‑and‑see” mode as it weighs a decelerating economy against rising energy‑driven inflation, detailing why the policy rate stayed at 2.25 per cent. She brings in market voices such as income and markets heads at asset managers to walk through scenarios, including how US$90, US$80 and US$100 oil levels could shift the odds of cuts or hikes. Her work on economists’ reactions to a rate hold extends that analysis, using commentary to underline that even with resilience in the data, “victory” over inflation is not yet secure.

She also pushes beyond pure monetary policy into the real‑world consequences of high oil prices, as in her reporting on warnings that the world could be weeks away from oil demand rationing. There, she uses a portfolio manager’s argument about tightening supply to explore how price signals in global crude markets can move quickly from charts to potential constraints for consumers. Across these pieces, Khan consistently marries macro policy, commodity benchmarks and expert opinion in a way that gives readers a clear view of the trade‑offs facing the Bank of Canada and energy‑exposed businesses.

Energy-led growth and tariff pressure on manufacturing

A recurring thread in Khan’s work is how Canada’s energy sector is carrying growth even as other parts of the economy strain under tariffs and uncertainty. In her story on Canadian energy carrying the economy while tariffs hit manufacturing, she breaks down a 0.5 per cent monthly GDP gain—the strongest in a year—into its sector drivers, with particular emphasis on conventional and non‑conventional oil and gas extraction, pipelines and refined petroleum products. She uses Statistics Canada data and macro strategists’ commentary to show that energy contributed “perhaps more than half” of the monthly growth, then balances that strength against tariff‑exposed manufacturing and transportation.

Khan further ties this sectoral picture back to interest‑rate policy by highlighting economists who say the Bank of Canada is in “risk management mode” and likely to hold at the bottom of its neutral range. She reports their view that any future move would more likely be a hike, and probably a “2027 story,” underscoring how dependent the current recovery is on energy while other industries remain fragile. These pieces distinguish her coverage by mapping the link between trade policy, sectoral GDP contributions and central bank strategy, rather than treating each in isolation.

Critical minerals and the energy transition

Khan devotes significant attention to critical minerals and battery materials

Her coverage of a Canadian company mining potash, lithium and bromine in Utah’s Paradox Basin tracks the Green River project’s aim to tap all three resources from a unified land package, following the firm’s drilling plans to clarify resource potential and economic feasibility. She complements those pieces with reporting on Canada’s race to refine graphite, a key battery ingredient, at home, paying close attention to offtake agreements, strategic investments and the push to build domestic processing capacity. Taken together, these stories illustrate how Khan situates individual projects within a wider narrative about securing North American supply chains for the energy transition and creating new streams of growth beyond conventional oil and gas.

Business conditions, closures and recession risk

Khan also tracks the pulse of the broader business landscape, especially where small‑business stress intersects with macro recession concerns. In her reporting on Canada’s economy being “on life support” and under recession watch, she uses research from firms such as Rosenberg Research to link weak business formation, cautious consumers and tightening financial conditions into a single narrative about vulnerability. Her story on Canada losing businesses faster than it can create new ones similarly leans on data from business groups to show how closures are outpacing new openings, and what that means for employment and investment.

These pieces are grounded in reports and surveys rather than anecdote, and they often return to the question of how long current policy settings can sustain the economy without a stronger base of private‑sector growth. By pairing business‑group statistics with economists’ interpretations, Khan makes structural issues—like chronic low business creation and mounting recession risk—accessible to a general business audience while keeping the analysis rooted in evidence.

Digital-first, interview-driven business reporting

Khan’s background includes reporting across the country for a national public broadcaster, where she produced and delivered stories for digital platforms. At BNN Bloomberg she continues to use that digital‑first approach, building explainers and analytical pieces around extended interviews with portfolio managers, chief economists, macro strategists and resource‑sector executives. Her work frequently carries formats such as “economists react” and “what happens now,” signalling that the story will centre on expert voices unpacking complex developments rather than simple event recaps.

Across finance, energy and mining coverage, Khan’s reporting is distinguished by its consistent effort to join three layers: hard data, sector‑level detail and policy implications. That combination gives her stories particular relevance for audiences trying to understand how decisions on interest rates, tariffs and resource development will filter through to energy producers, manufacturers and small businesses in Canada.