The critical GDP or Gross Domestic Product numbers came out Friday. This is a measure of economic activity, a key factor in the central bank’s decisions on …
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Employers starting to fill jobs
It seems employers are making a bit of headway in placing workers in jobs that were going unfilled. The job vacancy rate in May was down to 4.3-percent in …
Small Town & Rural Businesses Optimistic
That pleasant glow you’re seeing in most of the province is from an upbeat feeling coming from local business owners. It turns out business owners in rural …
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Immigration, real estate prices contribute to Saskatchewan’s growing economy
The mid-year economic growth forecasts are starting to flow from the economics units at the major financial institutions across the country and they are …
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Report show economy’s impact on provincial government spending
Saskatchewan’s cyclical economy means government revenues – and by extension expenditures – tend to go up and down with global demand for things such as …
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Consumers spending more, but not getting more
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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