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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.! L+ [: j+ }# g' c9 O
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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.
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Calgary to have Canada's fastest growing economy this year, Conference Board says2 K3 `: ^- ^' C) Z2 H/ E# K8 Y$ u/ z
The 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."
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6 x" R7 t. W/ [ e1 _% x; Z1 XThe Conference Board, meanwhile, points to numerous signs that Alberta's economy is growing even faster than that.- b/ N! y5 z3 Z; X
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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.+ N# J6 x- Q* j6 s9 _: h2 Y9 C. d
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"With oil prices steadily improving since the summer, Alberta's economic performance could well surprise on the upside once more."1 J, _0 g* t% N' A" k( u
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The "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.
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( }5 p! X; g* a7 C5 T"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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) L$ L3 W) q# I- E% i# pCalgary's downtown office vacancy glut shrinks for 1st time since downturn began |
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