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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.
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; p% _ i; u7 e' T"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.8 c" g5 e2 @ M3 ?
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Calgary to have Canada's fastest growing economy this year, Conference Board says
5 |2 e+ h: R& g. }: g2 g5 o( RThe 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."; w Y: P, z# E+ C
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The Conference Board, meanwhile, points to numerous signs that Alberta's economy is growing even faster than that.3 p4 b' z5 J! U [! x
& t9 x7 j7 x. m! V0 `) P9 b"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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& G' s* n+ G7 z6 P0 q"With oil prices steadily improving since the summer, Alberta's economic performance could well surprise on the upside once more."
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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.! H1 O$ U, C! J p) c
( ^+ [9 X# B; t j# ?& `- c4 TIt 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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"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.0 @* B% q7 w, j' ~: _1 t
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