If you want to track how an economy is performing, look at capital spending or investment…it’s is one of the key drivers of economic growth or stagnation. …
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Regina’s the Most Affordable Housing Market in the West
Here’s some terminology we haven’t heard in a while about the local housing market. Saskatoon buyers rushed into the market with a vengeance….Regina’s market …
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Sask Population Declines for First Time in More than a Decade
It’s been a long time since we used this phrase…but it’s back. We’re dealing with out-migration once again. There was a 25-year stretch from 1982 to 2007 …
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More people are working but average wages are coming down.
That might sound like a contradiction but it is a reflection of how the COVID lockdown and subsequent disruption to labor markets has evolved. It turns out …
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The story is improving but we still have a ways to go.
We’re now in the season where the banks are updating their quarterly forecasts for provincial economies. The latest is from TD Canada Trust and it says …
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Hospitality Sector Regaining Some Ground
As we hear of restaurants and food service outlets throwing the towel and closing their doors permanently on a regular basis, some new numbers from StatsCan …
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