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- 05/14/2012 - Economic Nuggets - May 15, 2012
- 05/11/2012 - Canada Rode a Second Consecutive Month of Strong Job Gains in April
- 05/04/2012 - U.S. Employment Rose by a Mediocre 115,000 in April
- 04/27/2012 - U.S. GDP +2.2% in Q1 2012 and Alberta led Canadian Provinces in 2011
- 04/18/2012 - U.S. Inflation Low in March; Canada’s Central Bank Looking to Raise Rates
- 04/12/2012 - Canada’s Trade Surplus in February Declined but Business is Optimistic
- 04/03/2012 - A Tale of Two Budgets
- 03/29/2012 - A strong year for new construction investment intentions in 2012
- 03/21/2012 - Leading Indicator Series Add to Good News about the U.S. and Canadian Economies
- 03/06/2012 - Three key trends, more forays into high-tech and the importance for construction
- 02/29/2012 - Two important sources of strength: share prices and non-residential construction
- 02/22/2012 - Home resale market may be picking up in the U.S. while flattening in Canada
- 02/16/2012 - Good news on U.S. housing and employment is positive for Canada as well
- 02/08/2012 - Home starts and job levels diverge in Canada and the U.S.
- 02/03/2012 - Canada’s labour market flat in January but U.S. on a roll
- 01/23/2012 - Canada’s leading indicator series continued to charge ahead in December
- 01/12/2012 - 2012 holds promise but there’s no denying the uncertainty (part 2)
- 01/11/2012 - 2012 holds promise but there’s no denying the uncertainty (part 1)
- 01/04/2012 - How stock prices have performed depends on the timing of the data points
- 12/22/2011 - Canada stands firmly in the middle of the road as it enters 2012
- 12/14/2011 - Trade issues climb the agenda in both Canada and the U.S.
- 12/05/2011 - Finding Fault with Canada’s Carbon Footprint is Absurd
- 11/23/2011 - Mixed-to-slightly-positive Messages on the U.S. Economy
- 11/17/2011 - The U.S. economy is picking up. If only Europe were on the mend.
- 11/08/2011 - Canada and U.S. may be on philosophically divergent growth paths
- 10/31/2011 - Categorize economics to the dismal sciences or the sexy humanities?
- 10/27/2011 - The overhanging dark cloud of uncertainty is perhaps dispersing
- 10/20/2011 - Latest data on the North American economy has been a tad cheerier
- 10/13/2011 - Urging patience while knowing all will be revealed in the fullness of time
- 10/06/2011 - Transportation issues help reveal current concerns and long-term trends
- 09/28/2011 - Pre-emptive warnings about home equity lines of credit (HELOCs)
- 09/19/2011 - The yin and yang of politics and the economy
- 09/14/2011 - Double-dip recession? The economic template is no longer working
- 09/09/2011 - Will Canada follow the lead of the American Jobs Act?
- 09/01/2011 - Regional influences on the Canadian construction outlook
- 08/26/2011 - The roles of oil and natural gas in the economic outlook
- 08/18/2011 - The slowing world economy and concern for jobs in the U.S. and Canada
- 08/15/2011 - Contractor Survey: Work backlog rises in 2nd Q but may fall in the summer
- 08/09/2011 - Modest construction recovery will be supported by two more years of cheap credit
- 07/29/2011 - Sour economic growth report threatens construction recovery
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