SAN FRANCISCO — Home sales will hold steady next year, but prices will continue to rise due to a low supply of homes for sale, the National Association of Realtors predicts.
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Forecasters predict healthy economic growth for city
CALGARY – Calgary’s economy will remain the envy of most other cities in 2014, two top Canadian economists said Thursday — in spite of energy industry concerns around pipeline capacity and access to markets.
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One Of The Housing Analysts Who’s Nailed Everything Sees A Major Slowdown Ahead
Bill McBride, author of Calculated Risk is one of the most accurate housing forecasters.
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IMF cuts global growth forecast, warns of prolonged stupor
The International Monetary Fund trimmed its forecasts for global output on Tuesday for the sixth time since early last year, saying stronger growth in most advanced economies would fail to make up for a more sluggish expansion in the developing world.
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Servus touts signs of optimism
An economist with Servus Credit Union sees some encouraging trends in the numbers he’s been monitoring lately.
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Gary Lamphier: Don’t blindly accept Jeff Rubin’s dark economic forecast
If you’re not familiar with Jeff Rubin’s views on the global economy, climate change or the energy industry, you haven’t been paying attention.
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Canada, other advanced nations showing signs of sustained growth: RBC
OTTAWA — Like an increasing number of private-sector forecasters — and public policymakers — Canada’s biggest bank is finally seeing some light at the end of the recovery tunnel.
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Alberta an economic leader despite devastating floods
CALGARY — Not even the worst floods in memory will be enough to restrain Alberta’s economy this year, according to the latest RBC Economics Provincial Outlook released Tuesday.
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Home sales, prices forecast to remain strong next year
More homes will change hands next year in Lethbridge. And they’ll cost a little more than they would today.
But while new-home construction is predicted to accelerate across Alberta next year, builders here may face a slowdown. That’s the latest forecast from the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corp., based on housing transactions so far this year.
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Canadian interest rate forecast for August 2013
VANCOUVER, BC, July 31, 2013/ Troy Media/ – After the fireworks in June’s bond market, July was relatively tame. Rates held steady on the long-end while easing on the short-end of the yield curve amidst U.S. Fed clarification on the path of quantitative easing (QE) tapering and a flow of generally downbeat global economic data. Central banks have signaled accommodative policies through the nearto- medium term, providing little impetus for change in our rate outlook.
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