About Hazomeki

Reading economic signals takes practice.

Name: Hazomeki Platform Launch
Start: 2023

What we do. Hazomeki runs online seminars focused on understanding economic indicators — the kind that actually shape decisions in business, policy, and personal finance.

Who attends. Participants come from across Canada, at different career stages, with one shared challenge: the numbers exist, but the interpretation is rarely taught anywhere.

How it works. Each seminar is structured around a specific indicator or cluster — GDP components, labour market data, inflation measures — with time built in for discussion and peer exchange, not just passive listening.

Seminar participants reviewing economic data charts together

Est. 2023

Structured analysis, not surface-level summaries

Three things we keep coming back to

Indicators in context, not in isolation

A single unemployment figure means very little without knowing the participation rate, the sector breakdown, or what changed in the prior quarter. We build that context deliberately into every session.

Discussion as part of the learning

Participants regularly work in different industries and regions. When someone from manufacturing interprets a CPI release differently than someone in retail, that conversation is more instructive than any slide deck.

Accessible from anywhere in Canada

All sessions run online with scheduling that accounts for multiple time zones. Participants in Halifax and Victoria attend the same cohort without either group being disadvantaged by geography.

Where most economic education stops short

                
                Typical approach
              
                Definitions without application
Charts presented without methodology
No space for questions or disagreement
One-size content regardless of background
Concepts disconnected from real releases

                
                Hazomeki seminars
              
                Live data releases used as case material
Methodology explained alongside figures
Structured debate built into each session
Cohorts grouped by familiarity level
Follow-up analysis shared post-session

Our starting point

Most people who work with economic data learned it on the job — piecing together what GDP means, why central banks watch core inflation differently from headline, and how to read a labour force survey without being misled by seasonal adjustments.

What changes here

Hazomeki seminars treat each indicator as a subject worth genuine attention. Sessions run between 90 minutes and three hours, with facilitators who have worked in economic analysis, not just taught it.

Facilitator walking through a GDP breakdown with a small group

Real data, real discussion, no simplified summaries

14+

Distinct indicator topics covered across the current program, from trade balance components to housing starts methodology

What participants actually develop

Ability to read official statistical releases High focus

Understanding of revision cycles and data lag Core topic

Connecting indicators to sector-level decisions Applied

Recognising misleading interpretations in media Practical

Comparing indicators across different economies Advanced

Renata Osei Policy analyst, Ottawa

The session on labour force survey methodology changed how I read every Statistics Canada release

Dmitri Halvorsen Operations manager, Calgary

I had been reading CPI figures for years without understanding what the basket actually measures. That gap is gone now