Metropolitan Outlook 2: Economic Insights into 14 Canadian Metropolitan Economies: Summer 2009

Name: Metropolitan Outlook 2: Economic Insights into 14 Canadian Metropolitan Economies: Summer 2009
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Canadian Economics

June 15, 2009

Urban City Economic Analysis

Author: Alan Arcand, Greg Sutherland, Jane McIntyre, Mario Lefebvre, Maxim Armstrong, Robin Wiebe

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Lower oil production and the global recession will slash GDP in St. John’s by 3.6 per cent this year.
Saint John’s economy will edge up by 0.9 per cent in 2009 thanks to provincial infrastructure spending and tax cuts.
Weakness in Saguenay’s aluminum and wood products industries will cause GDP to fall by 1.2 per cent in 2009.
The global economic downtown will result in a 0.7 per cent contraction in Trois-Rivières’ economy this year.
Sherbrooke is also feeling the pinch of the global downtown, with GDP set to shrink by 0.8 per cent this year.
Gains in non-commercial services won’t prevent Kingston’s economy from contracting by 0.8 per cent in 2009.
Troubles in the auto sector will drive down Oshawa’s GDP by 2.5 per cent this year.
Weak manufacturing and construction will cut GDP by 2.7 per cent in St. Catharines–Niagara this year.
The recession will result in Kitchener’s economy contracting by 2.6 per cent in 2009.
Falling manufacturing, construction, and services output will pull down London’s GDP by 2.8 per cent this year.
Windsor’s automotive-driven economy will shrink by 5.6 per cent in 2009
Lower nickel prices are contributing to the 4 per cent drop in Sudbury’s GDP this year.
Persistent weakness in the forest products sector will cut Thunder Bay’s GDP by 3.1 per cent in 2009.
Abbotsford’s economy will shrink by 1.5 per cent in 2009, the first annual contraction on record.

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This publication focuses on the metropolitan economies of St. John’s, Saint John, Saguenay, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Kingston, Oshawa, St. Catharines–Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor, Greater Sudbury, Thunder Bay, and Abbotsford.