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The Seven, November 1, 2024

Taking the long way

Yikes! Are those real zombies or are they filming something?

Movie and TV production in Alberta

An energetic place

Alberta’s largest companies

Testing durability

Retail spending reacts to higher interest rates

Cutting to the core

Retail sales in Canada

The Seven, October 25, 2024

The week of the cuts

Beyond our borders

The Bank of Canada’s global economic outlook

Jumbo Wednesday

Bank of Canada cuts by 50 basis points

The more the merrier

Multi-dwelling construction leading the way in Alberta

More cause for cuts

Canadian manufacturing sales slip

The Seven, October 18, 2024

Free fallin'

Looking a lot like 2007

Starts up over 40,000 annualized units for the 14th month in a row

Climbing up

Benchmark home prices continue to rise in Calgary and Edmonton

Below target

Inflation hits 3.5-year low 

The Seven, October 11, 2024

A billion reasons

Going with the flow

August exports were up 3.2% year-to-date from the first eight months of 2023

And

Diversification and productivity in Alberta

Staying put

Working at home for an employer in a different province

Powder keg

Oil prices and the global recovery

The Seven, October 4, 2024

Sticking the landing, fixing the plane

Landing the plane

Alberta’s economy heading into 2025

Rising to the challenge

Alberta crude oil production hits another new high

Holding steady

Small business confidence in Alberta

The Seven, September 27, 2024

Let’s talk about demographics

Sorry, the position has been filled

Job vacancy rate trending lower in Alberta

Alberta bound continues

Province leads in population growth

Opening the door to opportunity

Reporting on the economic contributions of Indigenous Peoples in Alberta

Right up the middle

Population growth projected to be concentrated in the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor

Standing out

The price of new homes is flat nationally but rising in Calgary and Edmonton

The Seven, September 20, 2024

The first cut is the deepest

Fall 2024 Energy Sector Survey results

Maintaining growth trajectory as sentiment softens

Chasing affordability

Home prices rising most in lower-cost markets

On target

Inflation down to 2% in August

Orders of magnitude

Population growth in India and China

The Seven, September 13, 2024

Doves staying for the fall

Residential renaissance

Construction intentions in Alberta through July

Opening up new markets

Canada’s natural gas prospects set to improve in the medium term

Gaining energy

Oil and gas capital spending in Canada

Job growth by industry in Alberta

Resource sector pulling its employment weight

The Seven, September 6, 2024

Life after the cuts

It's an energy story

Rising oil production pushed exports up in July

Third down

The Bank of Canada cut again…with more to come

Still rising

 Alberta oil production in July

The Seven, August 30, 2024

Go your own way

Relatively speaking

The job vacancy rate in Alberta and Canada

More optimism

More optimism: Canadian Survey on Business Conditions

Half full or half empty?

Restaurant and bar sales through June

Partially satisfied

New life satisfaction readings by province

The Seven, August 23, 2024

Getting back on track

Derailed

Major disruptions to supply chains as rail work stoppage begins

Up and up

Resale home price trends in Calgary and Edmonton

Stage is set

Rate cut expected after today’s inflation report

On steady footing

Improving commodity prices pushed factory revenues up in Q2

The Seven, August 16, 2024

Speaking of productivity…

Beyond the seams

Bangladesh unrest and the global clothing industry

Navigating the tourism tides

International travel to Alberta remained on robust footing over the first five months of the year

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