July 17, 2018
In another sign that the 2015-16 recession is behind us, shipments of manufactured goods from Alberta reached the highest total in about three and a half years.
July 16, 2018
In the first quarter of this year, 2.6 per cent of the jobs in the province were waiting for a qualified candidate. That compares with 2.0 per cent at the beginning of 2016 and 2.2 per cent at the beginning of 2017.
July 13, 2018
In July, the composite price of framing lumber in North America hit US$564 per thousand board feet. That’s the highest price on record and more than double the price at the start of the decade.
July 12, 2018
Housing starts were stable in the first half of 2018. The average between January and June was just under 28,000 homes (annualized rate)—almost the same average seen over the last 3 years, which included 2 years of recession.
July 11, 2018
Online book stores were the most popular place to spend money online in the last year. The share of people who made a purchase on Amazon was virtually equal between the groups aged 25 to 34 (50 per cent) and 35 to 44 (51 per cent).