With the mishmash of economic and business signals swirling in global markets these days it’s hard to put your finger on how business owners in this province …
Economy
Resource Sector Wages on the Rise
The labor market in this province seems to be heating up. We track a basket of indicators to get a feel for the labor market – the relationship between …
Discretionary Spending Continues to Rise
The month of May brought a reduction in retail spending but it also saw an increase in expenditures at restaurants and bars. So, it seems consumers are …
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A Bump on the Retail Road
Saskatchewan consumers took a little break in May. After several months of steady or strengthening retail spending, we saw a reversal in May as total revenues …
Discretionary Spending Remains Solid
It turns out we still like heading out for a beer. One of the key metric in assessing consumer confidence or to the test the mood of the average citizen is …
Interest Rates More Likely to Go Down than Up
The indicators are starting to point in the same direction: that interest rates are more likely to fall than to rise. That is something of a contradiction of …
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