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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