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ATB leverages its understanding of Alberta's economy to produce a quarterly economic forecast for the province.
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Chart of the week
November 15, 2024
Chart of the Week: Alberta’s agri-food exports to the U.S.
Although oil and natural gas (including refined petroleum products like gasoline) account for the majority of Alberta’s merchandise exports to the U.S. (81.5% in 2023), they are not the only products we ship south of the border. Food is second on the list at 5.6% last year (just slightly ahead of chemicals). That works out to about $8.8 billion in export revenue.
Cattle and meat products accounted for a little over half of Alberta’s agri-food exports to the U.S. last year. Wheat, canola, barley and products made from them such as flour, canola oil and malt are the second largest category at 34% of the total. Frozen food (including a lot of frozen potato products) rounds out the top three at 8%.
Economic Insights Focused on Alberta's Economy
ATB’s team of economists make sense of the latest data and trends in daily insights delivered right to your inbox.
THE TWENTY-FOUR (daily)
Retail sales, the unemployment rate, population growth, inflation, international trade—these are just a few of the economic trends the team makes sense of in ATB’s daily insights.
Relatively speaking
New vehicle sales in Alberta
Stay on target
Keeping inflation in Canada under control
On a roll
Housing starts in Alberta
THE SEVEN (weekly)
A review of the key economic highlights of the week impacting Alberta.
The Seven, November 15, 2024
A numbers game: Inflation and interest rates
The Seven, November 8, 2024
A wild world
The Seven, November 1, 2024
Taking the long way
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