Residents of this province delivered something of a protest over the carbon tax in June by parking their cars. Retail sales figures for the month came out on Friday, one of those reports that captures a lot of attention because it is a nation-wide …
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Banner Month for Wholesale Sector
Although we’ve been seeing some signs suggesting a showdown or, perhaps even a recession, there are also signs pointing in exactly the opposite direction. A case in point is the wholesale community. This is also often a bellwether for where the …
Manufacturing Hits a Wall
Now that the country – indeed the world is in recession watch after a momentary brush with an inverted yield curve – we are looking at every indicator out there to see if it offers a signal about where things are headed. The latest big metric to …
What’s it Going to Be? TFSA or RRSP
We’ve got them but we’re not especially sure how to use them. That’s the basic finding of a new retirement preparation survey conducted for RBC Royal Bank. It says more Canadians now have TFSAs than RRSPs but a big percentage of those with the …
They are Not Quite Equal
Anti-fossil fuel advocates like to say this country should dump the petroleum sector in favor of alternative energy production but they don’t talk about the thousands who would be left on the outside looking in. A new report from StatsCan has …
Is a Recession in the Cards?
When the stock market had a one day swoon, dropping roughly one percent on something called the inverted yield curve in the US, all the talk was about a recession. The decline was over in a day and no American recession yet. But why the …
Dare We Say It?
There is a growing consensus among the bank economists that Saskatchewan’s economy will have trouble achieving one percent growth this year. But they may not have the benefit of seeing what’s going on the ground in these parts. Among the latest to …
Wealth Is More than Money
Being a millionaire is not the only way to measure whether or not you’re rich. That assertion comes from Ben Carlson in a recent article in A Wealth of Common Sense. He notes that only five-percent of people in America have reached the …
Start Your Check book – It’s Home Renovation Season
A new survey on the outlook for the home renovation season has uncovered an interesting tidbit that just might be a factor putting a damper on the sale of residential properties. The study, by CIBC, shows Canadians are planning to rein in their …
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Hard to Get the Pulse
With the mishmash of economic and business signals swirling in global markets these days it’s hard to put your finger on how business owners in this province are positioning themselves. We have a few reports on business confidence – they are all …
