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 …
Economy
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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You Are Who You Are
When you hear complaints about disparity in income levels, they tend to have an overtone suggesting some sort of oppression or grand scheme to keep one group …
