This is the time when the banks start issuing their forecasts for the provincial economy for the final quarter of the year. The first out of the gate is RBC …
Economy
Weak Inflation Rate Signals Relative Strength of the Economy
If you want to see the impact of tough times in the oil patch on the broader economy, just look at the latest inflation numbers. The oil producing provinces are …
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Notable Trend Reversal
It’s been a chronic theme – people in this province have been slowing their purchases of new vehicles. Some have argued its cause the car makers are turning our …
Check the Math
One week. That’s roughly two percent of a calendar year. When a labor dispute escalates to the point of strikes and lock outs the two sides often find …
Is This the Sign We’ve Waited For?
When we get the monthly reports on building permits, it has not generally been a good news event. In broad terms, we have gotten used to seeing that things are …
The Gender Wage Gap….Alive but Shrinking
This one is a head scratcher. After years, decades actually, of pondering the differences in pay levels between men and women we have a new report that tells us …
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