Recession? What recession? Manitoba seeing steady growth, jobs, retail sales

 The Canadian Press – WINNIPEG – Jeff Powell, senior market analyst with Canada Mortgage and Housing, said Manitoba never saw the same speculative buying as other provinces, which protected …

The Canadian Press: Recession? What recession? Manitoba seeing steady growth, jobs, retail sales

Flaherty prepares Canada for bad GDP data

 Times Colonist, Victoria, BC – The Bank of Canada had originally forecast a 2.3% fourth-quarter contraction. But private-sector economists have revised their estimates downward, calling for a drop ranging from 3.6% to 4.2%, based on among other things a big drop in December retail sales…

Flaherty prepares Canada for bad GDP data