CALGARY – Alberta’s annual inflation rate almost doubled Canada’s in November, according to Statistics Canada.
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CALGARY – Alberta’s annual inflation rate almost doubled Canada’s in November, according to Statistics Canada.
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CALGARY, AB, Dec 14, 2013/ Troy Media/ – The amount of spare capacity in the Canadian economy shrank a small amount in the third quarter of 2013. Much of this tightening came as a result of higher capacity utilization in oil and gas extraction.
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“The big story this year is not the US spending sequester, the China slowdown or the ongoing European recession,” said Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Ethan Harris back in May.
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CALGARY, AB, Dec 7, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Alberta’s job market continues to lead the country, according to the latest Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada. Rebounding from a slow month of job creation in October, Alberta roared back with a net new 10,600 jobs in November (seasonally adjusted). That accounts for nearly half of all new jobs created nationwide last month. Over the last 12 months, the province has added over 78,000 jobs – an increase of 3.6 per cent.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Dec 4, 2013/ Troy Media/ – All quiet on Washington’s political front for now but this calm before the storm will not last with upcoming difficult negotiations on federal government funding and the debt ceiling issue. In the meantime, the U.S. economy grinds on and the global economy remains in a sub-par growth phase.
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CALGARY, AB, Nov 30, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Alberta’s economy is getting a boost from a sometimes overlooked natural resource: forestry. This strong and stable sector is providing diversity to a provincial economy that is quite dependent on the price of oil and gas.
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OTTAWA — A major drop in the price of gasoline and declines in several other goods and services pushed down Canada’s inflation rate to 0.7 per cent last month, adding further justification to the Bank of Canada’s reluctance to raise interest rates any time soon.
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CALGARY, AB, Nov 16, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Alberta manufacturers were heating up over the summer months – but a chill returned in the early fall. The value of manufacturing shipments in Alberta slipped to $6.29 billion in September (adjusted for seasonality). That was down about 3.6 per cent from August, a month which had approached a record high.
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CALGARY, AB, Nov 9, 2013/ Troy Media/ – Alberta’s white-hot employment market is going through a minor shift this fall. More people are looking for work and the work that’s available is changing.
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Business sentiment ebbed in October
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