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Alberta's economy is on pace to grow by a blistering 6.7 per cent this year, far outpacing every other province, according to the latest forecast from the Conference Board of Canada.* D! r& }! V6 ~8 D
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"Thanks to rising oil production and a swift turnaround in drilling levels, Alberta surged out of recession this year," Marie-Christine Bernard, director of the organization's provincial forecasting, said in a release Wednesday./ ~/ B+ o" }/ C9 g* X
- m( y" D5 [1 U1 pCalgary to have Canada's fastest growing economy this year, Conference Board says
6 U2 H& F3 P; ~6 q0 TThe report comes two days after a projection from ATB Financial that pegs real GDP growth at 3.9 per cent in Alberta for 2017, "which is likely to be the highest among the Canadian provinces."; b4 R2 |: D! f$ T
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The Conference Board, meanwhile, points to numerous signs that Alberta's economy is growing even faster than that.4 n: U# t! ^7 s
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"The domestic economy also performed well, as consumers who had delayed making major purchases during the recession flocked to car dealerships and retail stores," the report reads.
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"With oil prices steadily improving since the summer, Alberta's economic performance could well surprise on the upside once more."' \+ _! ~5 A$ E+ f; f# X a
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! ^' j5 H. y, A/ P7 ^( C5 UThe "booming growth" in 2017 comes after two years of economic contraction, and the Conference Board cautions that Alberta won't keep up that pace next year.
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It forecasts provincial GDP to grow by 2.1 per cent in 2018, behind British Columbia's projected rate of 2.7 per cent and Newfoundland and Labrador's 2.4 per cent.! G/ ?. o. N! I/ h- s: b- [
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"However, recent strength in oil prices could help maintain the momentum in drilling and push economic growth higher over the near term," the report adds.
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