This publication focuses on the metropolitan economies of St. John’s, Moncton, Saint John, Saguenay, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Kingston, Oshawa, St. Catharines–Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor, Greater Sudbury, Thunder Bay, and Abbotsford.
Metropolitan Outlook 2: Economic Insights Into 15 Canadian Metropolitan Economies—Winter 2017
Metropolitan Outlook 2: Economic Insights Into 15 Canadian Metropolitan Economies—Winter 2017
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- The economy is expected to expand by 2 per cent this year, up from a disappointing 1.3 per cent advance in 2016.
- About 193,300 new jobs are expected to be added to payrolls this year, better than the average annual job gains of just 123,500 over 2014–16.
- The unemployment rate should edge down from 7 per cent in 2016 to 6.9 per cent in 2017.
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