unemployment rates in alberta: Crisis of the Mind - 03/16/09 09:35 PM
Interesting times. This year and into next will be the good news, bad news routine. Until we (Canadians, Americans, consumers...) can make up our collective minds as to whether the economy is crashing or recovering we'll fluctuate from elation to despair.I read an interesting article about the psychology of the Japanese economy called 'Crisis of the Mind'. In a nutshell it is a change of thinking and implementation of new ideas that will decide how long or short, deep or shallow the current 'correction' will last.Here is an article titled 'Alberta To Shed Thousands of Jobs' - pretty scary title, but
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unemployment rates in alberta: Canada's Outlook For The Next 5 Years - 07/24/08 09:07 PM
The Conference Board of Canada has released it's 5 year outlook for Canada. Alberta performs superlatively in all areas. Economic Growth - Alberta will be surpassed only by Saskatchewan in 2008 but from 2009 to 2012 Alberta will lead the nation, including Saskatchewan, by a solid percentage point Population Growth - In 2008 Alberta will lead the nation by a full 2% at 2.5%. The closest contender is Saskatchewan at 1.4% Unemployment Rates - No surprise here Alberta has the lowest unemployment rate in Canada and beats Ontario, Saskatchewan and B.C by a huge margin. Personal Income
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