Tracking retail or consumer spending in this kind of environment is a little bit unusual. Normally, we like to see retail spending going up at a steady …
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Economists monitor manufacturing jobs returning to North America
Economists and policy makers have long watched the manufacturing sector as something of a bellwether for the broad ‘state of the economy’ in an advanced country …
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Job numbers continue to swing in Saskatchewan
The massive swings we’ve been seeing in the monthly job numbers report for Saskatchewan continued in October. Statistics Canada released the monthly survey …
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Saskatchewan’s manufacturing posts strong performance
Evidence of Saskatchewan’s emergence as a player in the manufacturing industry continues to mount. This segment of the economy has been a particularly …
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Saskatchewan’s wholesale sector up while central Canada’s down
The old adage may suggest that figures lie, but they also point out trends. Such was the case in the latest numbers on Canada’s wholesale trade. Perhaps …
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Latest jobs report is a head scratcher for Saskatchewan
Statistics Canada’s monthly jobs report came out Friday and Saskatchewan had an intriguing report card with some hard-to-explain features. First of all, …
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