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The modern buffalo

Indigenous economic development

Ticking past 5 million

Alberta’s population growth is slowing, but still leads the country

Labouring under tariffs

Job vacancies on the wane in Alberta

Housing construction hot streak continues

Alberta starts on pace for record year

Keeping it local

Restaurant spending during Oilers playoff games

Inflation shoe yet to drop

U.S. consumer prices in May

Beef up

Cattle prices in Alberta set new records in April

Hollywood who?

Alberta's film and television industry continued to grow last year

A resilient start

Exports out of Alberta remained upbeat over the first four months of 2025

Rock and hard place

Bank of Canada pauses, opts for more ‘wait and see’

Still early days

AI adoption by Canadian businesses

Crude awakening continues

Alberta’s oil production in April

Ball of confusion

Canadian businesses and the trade war

Travel diaries

Alberta's tourism sector continued to make strides through April

Where do we go next?

Economic takeaways from the 2025 ATB Business Summit

CFIB Business Barometer

Business confidence made up some lost ground in May

Powering intelligence

Beacon AI has proposed to construction a US$7.2 billion AI infrastructure in Alberta over the next two years

Adding up

Population trends in Alberta

Tax break

Inflation falls with carbon tax, but underlying price pressures simmer

Betting on success

Venture capital investment in Q1

Responding to growth

Residential building permits in Alberta

Reducing the heat

US reaches “deals” with the UK and China

High five

A new milestone for Alberta’s population

More data please

U.S. Federal Reserve stands pat

The other trade war

Canada's exports to China through March

Front-loaded

Canada’s exports in March

On the rise

Alberta natural gas production and prices in 2025

Marching up

Alberta oil production sets yet another monthly record

Not a good start

U.S. GDP in negative territory in Q1

The road forward

Tackling Canada’s biggest economic challenges

A gloomier group

Survey of economists points to higher global recession risks

A group effort

Growing Alberta’s tech sector

Self-inflicted

IMF sees trade war hurting U.S. economy the most

A diverse marketplace

Home price trends in March

Tariff troubles

Small business confidence in April

"Proceed Carefully"

Bank of Canada holds amid foggy conditions

March break

Canadian inflation lower than expected

Going elsewhere

Canadians cut back on travel to the U.S. in March

For everything there is a season

Major crop and cattle prices in Alberta

A high wall

U.S. tariffs in historical perspective

Trade war blues

Canadian business sentiment sinks

Still flowing

Alberta oil production in February

‘Liberation day’ fallout

The U.S. announces reciprocal tariffs on 60 countries, Canada spared for now

Not just Canada

Consumer sentiment dampens while inflation expectations soar in the U.S.

Mind the gap

The light-heavy differential holds steady as demand for Canadian crude picks up 

Moving parts

An overview of Canada’s auto sector

The Seven, March 28, 2025

Grand theft auto tariffs

No direction home

Bank of Canada offers no guidance on what’s next for interest ratesB

New ventures

Business formation in Alberta

How are the first few bites?

Food services sales off to a slower start in January

Economic gravity

Interprovincial migration to Alberta

Trade turbulence

Alberta’s economy shifts to a slower gear

Playing catch up

Home construction activity remained robust in Alberta in February

The holiday ends

Inflation ticked up in February

Looking down

OECD sees slower growth in latest outlook

Bracing for turbulence

Exports jump ahead of tariff announcements

Trimming over tariffs

Bank of Canada cuts again

Counting on more than death and taxes

Navigating the economy when uncertainty is at a record high

More tariffs

This time from China

Stepping up

Celebrating Alberta’s women business leaders

Looking inward

Results of the Canadian Survey on Interprovincial Trade

Tariff reality sinks in

Implications for Alberta’s economy

Earning more

Average weekly earnings rose in 2024

Moving downstream

Investment in Alberta’s chemical industry reaches record high

Investing in growth

Capital spending in Alberta set to increase by 8.2% this year

Cheque please

Restaurant and bar sales in Alberta in 2024

Severe and structural

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem on the economic impact of a trade war

Trading places

Edmonton housing market heats up, Calgary cools off

Strong start to the year

Housing construction in Alberta

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