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After more than a year of steadily declining sales of new cars and trucks, motor vehicle dealers in this province are now enjoying a trend in the other direction.It’s been three months since this reversal of fortune. Back in February we saw …
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It turns out we still like heading out for a beer.One of the key metric in assessing consumer confidence or to the test the mood of the average citizen is discretionary spending. And nowhere is that easier to test than in the local restaurant or …
The indicators are starting to point in the same direction: that interest rates are more likely to fall than to rise.That is something of a contradiction of what we’ve been hearing forever, warnings that rates can only go up and those carrying …
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When you hear complaints about disparity in income levels, they tend to have an overtone suggesting some sort of oppression or grand scheme to keep one group down while elevating another.But a new study of income levels conducted by StatsCan …
One part of the economy that is both easy to predict and foundational to growth is the construction sector. It generally is the result of other parts of the economy faring well – businesses that are growing need more space to accommodate added staff …
It’s too bad Regina and Ottawa are so far apart these days.The trade challenges between Canada and China have many offering opinions on the stance this country should be taking….some say toughen up our position, others are more measured. Either …
Those are the big ticket figures contained in June’s job numbers for this province. Saskatchewan, it turns out, had one of the stronger performances. So did Alberta.Here, we saw an increase of 2,500 people with a job from May to June. That is a …
The problems over lag times for issuing building permits at City Hall in Regina may involve more than simple bureaucratic pencil pushing by a department that expanded in the boom times and is now looking for activities to occupy itself. The City has …
Canada Day usually marks the beginning of summer in this country but, for many in the world of business it also represents the mid-point of the fiscal year. In short, welcome to Q3.One of the high points of this time of year is the end of the …
Included in the basket of indicators that we track to assess the condition of the labor market in the province is average weekly earnings. This is a monthly tabulation that tracks which way wages are going. This can be affected by employers offering …
