CALGARY, AB, Jun 29, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Employees in Alberta are known to be hard workers. Not only do Albertans participate in the labour market in greater proportions, they tend to work more hours per week than employees elsewhere. But on the measure of weekly hours of work, one other province now takes top spot.
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CALGARY, AB, Jun 22, 2013/ Troy Media/ – After a short break in March, Albertans were out in full force in April, ringing up enough sales at the cash register to match the recently-set record high. Strong job growth, rising incomes and robust consumer confidence have left Alberta shoppers willing to shell out the bucks.
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CALGARY, AB, Jun 8, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Alberta’s labour market continued to impress in May. But peeling back the numbers a bit reveals some interesting trends – some good, and some not so good.
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CALGARY, AB, Jun 1, 2013/ Troy Media/ – With spring slowly morphing into summer in Canada, it appears the temperature is not the only thing on the rise. Canada’s economy is slowly crawling out of last year’s winter chill.
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CALGARY, AB, May 25, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Retail spending activity is one of the best gauges of how the economy is performing. Shoppers in Alberta may have cooled their heels a bit lately, but the overall trend is still showing healthy levels of consumer optimism.
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CALGARY, AB, May 18, 2013/ Troy Media/ – There’s plenty of troubling economic news around if you want to find it. But one thing that most consumers are not worrying about too much lately is inflation – that is, at least not in April.
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CALGARY, AB, May. 11, 2013/ Troy Media/ – For economists, the monthly Labour Force Survey is a highly anticipated report. Yesterday’s report should put some smiles on the faces of those tracking Alberta’s job market.
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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, Apr. 13, 2013/ Troy Media/ – While observers of Alberta’s economy have been captivated by the widening (and now narrowing) price differential of crude oil, the price for that other hydrocarbon has been quietly staging a comeback.
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EDMONTON, AB, Apr. 9, 2013/ Troy Media/ – The number of people employed in the Edmonton region was essentially unchanged between February and March 2013, even though Canada and Alberta saw significant job losses. Lower employment in construction, retail and government were offset by healthy gains in manufacturing, health care, information, culture and recreation sectors.
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