CALGARY, AB, Oct 12, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Alberta remains the engine of Canada’s job creation machine, but in September it shifted into a slightly lower gear.
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Alberta economic snapshot for October 5, 2013
CALGARY, AB, Oct 5, 2013/ Troy Media/ – The warm September sunshine and the dry conditions gave Alberta farmers what they were praying for back in the spring – a crop year that will go down in the record books as one of the best.
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Alberta economic snapshot for September 7, 2013
CALGARY, AB, Sep 7, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Alberta’s job market showed that it remains the employment juggernaut of the country as the summer months came to a close.
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Alberta economic snapshot for July 6, 2013
CALGARY, AB, Jul 6, 2013/ Troy Media/ – One of the most highly anticipated reports each month is the Labour Force Survey. Yesterday’s report suggests Alberta is the Goldilocks of job markets: not too hot, and not too cold.
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Alberta economic snapshot for June 8, 2013
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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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 30, 2013
CALGARY, AB, Mar. 30, 2013/ Troy Media/ – The little yellow chick is an icon of the season even though it’s often in the shadow of the brasher, brawnier Easter Bunny. And while there will be lots of candy chicks devoured this weekend, the number of real, live chicks is holding steady in Alberta.
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Alberta economic snapshot for February 16, 2013
CALGARY, AB, Feb. 16, 2013/ Troy Media/ – The value of Alberta’s manufacturing shipments slid in December to $5.77 billion – a decrease of 4.5 per cent from the previous month (seasonally adjusted). After having levelled off in early 2012, manufacturing in the province eased lower in the final three months of the year.
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Alberta economic snapshot for Jan. 12, 2013
CALGARY, AB, Jan. 12, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Both Canada and Alberta are trading economies — and that means there’s a lot riding on the value of our exports to the rest of the word.
In November, international exports from Alberta slipped a bit to $7.6 billion, down from $8.1 billion in October. For the entire Canadian economy, global exports were also down. According to Statistics Canada “Exports declined to $37.5 billion, as prices were down 1.3 per cent. Exports of farm, fishing and intermediate food products as well as metal and non-metallic mineral products contributed the most to the overall decline.”
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