Over the past few years this province’s manufacturing sector has been one of the brighter lights, often filling the gap left by declining commodity prices which …
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Not A Pretty Story
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 …
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 …
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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Beware the R Word
The haircut taken by investors in the US this week was largely the result of growing fears that a recession is around the corner. October is a month that tends …