CALGARY, AB, Sep 21, 2013/ Troy Media/ – It’s natural for consumers to feel that prices keep rising faster than their paycheques. But according to the latest inflation numbers, consumers are shelling out only a small amount more than they were a year ago.
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CALGARY, AB, Aug 24, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Albertans kicked off their summer by hitting the malls and car dealerships in May. But when the rains fell and the rivers rose, it forced a few of those shoppers to lighten up on their spending.
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CALGARY, AB, Jul 27, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Housing construction is an important driver of Alberta’s economy and supplying the correct number of homes to match the market demand is sometimes a challenge for home builders. However, the most recent data suggest there’s still plenty of room to build a few more.
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CALGARY, AB, Jul 20, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Shoppers in Alberta may have found themselves digging a bit deeper into their pockets in recent months. While it is still low by historic standards, inflation has ticked higher.
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CALGARY, AB, Apr. 20, 2013/ Troy Media/ – With some central banks around the world busy printing money, some observers have been fearful of global inflation. But in Canada, inflation remains well below any sort of danger level – at least for now.
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CALGARY, AB, Mar. 2, 2013/ Troy Media/ – While overall economic activity appears to be moderating in Alberta’s economy, new information on investment activity suggests the slowdown may be very slight. In fact, the provincial economy will still advance in 2013, but just at a slower pace.
Once a year, Statistics Canada prepares a comprehensive survey of private and public sector investment intentions, including spending on construction and purchases of machinery and equipment (including repairs). This survey was conducted between October 2012 and late January 2013.
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CALGARY, AB, Jan. 26, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Measures of consumer price inflation are often met with some disbelief by the general public. Official statistics say one thing, but consumers get the feeling that prices are all going in one direction: HIGHER. This month, the official measure of inflation in Alberta is sure to get the skeptics fired up.
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CALGARY, AB, Dec. 22, 2012/ Troy Media/ – One of the reasons Alberta is experiencing strong interprovincial in-migration is the hot job market and the fat paycheques that go with it. However, there is a big gap between the top and the bottom wage earners in the province – and the gap is growing.
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CALGARY, AB, Dec. 1, 2012/ Troy Media/ – The woes in the global economy kept mounting in the third quarter of 2012. A crush of bad news from Spain, the United States, and even China has weighed down the world’s economic growth – and Canada was not immune.
Yesterday morning Statistics Canada reported that inflation-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) advanced by only 0.1 per cent in the third quarter compared to the second quarter. On an annualized rate (that is, the growth expected over an entire year at this pace) growth was a mere 0.6 per cent. That was the slowest rate of growth in over a year. The sluggish growth in Canada was mostly the result of declines in exports and business investment.
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CALGARY, AB, Nov. 24, 2012/ Troy Media/ – Aside from the unemployment rate and data reporting new jobs created, another important indicator of the labour market is Statistics Canada’s report on Employment Insurance beneficiaries. The latest numbers confirm what most of the other labour reports are showing: Alberta is still the place to be for job seekers.
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