Tag: Labour Economic Monitor

Labour Economic Monitor (May 2009) It’s springtime in Alberta, and signs of the new season are everywhere. Birds are flocking back, the ice is out of the river, and down […]

Labour Economic Monitor (December 2008) The May 2007 issue of Labour Economic Monitor compared a booming economy to a party, where some of the guests have a bit too much […]

Labour Economic Monitor (May 2008) These are odd times in Alberta. With oil prices on the spot market topping $130/barrel and natural gas prices on the uptrend, you’d expect the […]

Labour Economic Monitor (February 2008) These are turbulent times in the economic world, and tumbling stock markets are just a symptom of a much greater malaise. The so-called “sub-prime mortgage […]

Labour Economic Monitor (October 2007) As the economic boom in Alberta reached its crest over the last two years, employers and the business media alerted the public to a new […]

Labour Economic Monitor (August 2007) Inflation Alert: Inflation in Alberta is seriously out of control. In June the Consumer Price Index for Alberta was 6.3% higher than one year ago. […]

Labour Economic Monitor (May 2007) In fact, the 2007 Budget demonstrates clearly that the government has no idea of how to proceed. The basic economic strategy remains unchanged: sell off […]

Labour Economic Monitor (February 2007) After over a decade of almost uninterrupted growth, Alberta is now entering the fifth year of an economic boom. Despite the mismanagement of the Klein […]

Labour Economic Monitor (Fall 2006) The general picture of the Alberta economy is very positive: sources from the business press to Statistics Canada are celebrating the boom, and the data […]

Labour Economic Monitor (Summer 2006) The following report is intended to give trade unionists reliable, current information on the provincial economy. The data is drawn from government sources, including Statistics […]