Alberta economic snapshot for August 24, 2013

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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Alberta economic snapshot for July 27, 2013

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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Alberta economic snapshot for June 22, 2013

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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Alberta economic snapshot for May 25, 2013

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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Alberta economic snapshot for May 4, 2013

CALGARY, AB, May. 4, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Recent statistics on retail activity and restaurant receipts suggest that Albertans have a high degree of consumer confidence.

In other words: they like to spend! And many of those purchases are made with borrowed money. But according to the latest numbers of insolvency, most households appear to have their debt situation under control.

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Alberta economic snapshot for March 23, 2013

CALGARY, AB, Mar. 23, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Despite the barrage of negative news around resources prices that punctuated news headlines at the beginning of the year, Alberta consumers seemed to have brushed off any sense of economic doom. They opened their wallets and purses, returning to one of their favourite pastimes: shopping.

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