Saskatchewan’s wholesale sector has been somewhat immune from the Covid-19 pandemic. When the monthly figures for June were released by StatsCan they noted …
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Let the combines roll
The annual Saskatchewan mega-project we call harvest is underway. Combines are working their way through early maturing parts of the rotation, while other …
Consumers hitting their stride
Consumers have come out in force. So have businesses. Personal spending has recovered and surpassed levels we were experiencing before the pandemic lockdown …
New vehicle sales driving forward
Consumers are feeling pretty good about big-ticket purchases these days. That starts with new vehicles. The arrival of the pandemic lockdown in March was …
Infrastructure’s time is now
Depending on which source you look at, the infrastructure deficit in this country is huge. Some say its north of $125 billion, but you can even find some …
Economic fallout forecast
The economics branch of RBC Royal Bank is the first of the major chartered banks to take a stab at just how much the economy has been damaged by the …