Provincial Outlook Economic Forecast: Manitoba—Summer 2018

Document Highlights:

• Real GDP growth will ease to 1.6 per cent this year and 1.2 per cent in 2019.
• The manufacturing and transportation sectors are points of stability in Manitoba’s economic outlook, thanks to infrastructure investments and steady demand.
• The agriculture sector this year was off to a challenging start because of abnormally dry conditions.
• The slowing economic growth will be reflected in limited job growth and will constrain consumer spending.