The Twenty-Four Seven by ATB

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Chart of the Week

Chart of the Week: Defensive GDP  

The federal government says it has reached its goal of spending 2% of GDP on defence, and is committed to moving to 5%. Where does this show up in the data?

One place is in the monthly GDP data, where federal public administration is split between defence and other. The ‘other’ component has been falling, but the defence component has been spiking.     

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.

April showers

Canadian job market cools  

Treating mom

Spending trends around Mother’s Day  

At the intersection

The oulook for small businesses in the Alberta economy remains complex

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THE SEVEN (weekly)

A review of the key economic highlights of the week impacting Alberta.

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