11 Mid-May Economic Nuggets, With an Emphasis on Inflation, Foreign Trade & Housing Stars
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Quebec va bien pour l’instant / Quebec’s doing well so far
Against a background of darkening prospects for Canada and the global economy, Q...
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Anxiety Spells afflict Stock Markets in April
April was not a good period for stock markets. In North America, on a month-to-m...
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Despite Setbacks Elsewhere in Economy, U.S. Rings Bell on Jobs Creation in April
Turmoil in the stock markets, an inflation rate that won’t quit and interest rat...
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Deciphering the Meaning of March’s U.S. Construction Put-in-place Stats
Table 1 is a one-place depiction of the key percentage-change metrics for the 20...
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Construction Material Costs – Spikes Everywhere
The breakouts in U.S. construction material input costs showed few signs of abat...
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BoC’s Slow-Release Anti-Inflation Medicine Will Cool Housing
Existing home sales took a bit of a breather in March. After hitting a post-Omic...
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Top 10 major upcoming Residential and Transportation Terminal construction projects – U.S. – April 2022
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Residential and Transpo...
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Top 10 major upcoming High-Rise Residential and Transportation construction projects – Canada – April 2022
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming High-Rise Residential a...
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Cost-Push, Demand-Pull, Easy-Money, Fiscal-Excess Inflation
U.S. current (March) inflation of +8.5% year over year for the All-items Consume...
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – March 2022
There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs ha...
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8 Mid-April Economic Nuggets
There’s much to cover, so let’s jump right into a discussion of the some of the...
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Risk of Recession is Highest since 2007
Attack on Ukraine looms over global outlook Three recent developments are overs...
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Canada’s March Jobs Report: Total +73,000; Construction +14,000
Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for March speaks of a +73,000 month-to-m...
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Pertaining to Stock Markets, Central Banks, and Supply Shortage Solutions
The three main U.S. stock market indices turned positive again during March, aft...
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March’s U.S. Jobs Report: Total, +431,000; Construction, +19,000
As reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in its latest Employment Sit...
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Strong Retail Sales and Construction Commitments say No to Recession
Presently, there are a lot of negative factors in play. One might easily cite th...
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – February 2022
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Where U.S. Jobs are Sprouting vs Withering & Implications for Construction
This article is an exploration of where jobs are sprouting in the U.S. economy v...
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Oil To Fuel Alberta’s Growth Through 2022 and Possibly 2023
After posting the second strongest annual economic gain among the ten provinces...
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In Housing Starts, U.S. Begins 2022 Faster than Canada
U.S. Permits Still Setting the Pace for Starts The average of seasonally adjust...
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Top 10 major upcoming Hotel/Motel and Shopping Centre construction projects – Canada – March 2022
The accompanying table shows the top 10 major upcoming Hotel/Motel and Shopping...
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Top 10 major upcoming Hotel/Motel and Retail/Shopping Centre construction projects – U.S. – March 2022
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12 Mid-March Economic Nuggets
(1) The latest inflation figure for the U.S., from the Bureau of Labor Statistic...
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Canadian Non-res Capital Spending: 2021 Review & 2022 Outlook
Capital spending rebounds, hits record high in 2021 Against the headwinds of...
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Forget January’s Misstep, February was Great for Canadian Jobs Generation
Statistics Canada’s new Labour Force Survey report expels the bad memories from...
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Canadian Construction Material Costs Soar; and then there’s the Price of Oil
A few days ago, ConstructConnect posted an article on U.S. construction material...
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Wage Spikes & Big Hiring Gains in February’s U.S. Jobs Report
February was another great month for jobs creation in the United States. Accordi...
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Who Gets to Squawk Loudest about Rising Costs, Consumers or Contractors?
When talking with developers and design firms these days, the discussion will qu...
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Riveting Contest for Dominant Share, Singles vs Multiples, in Major Cities
When it comes to new residential construction in the U.S., building permit figur...
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – January 2022
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Inflation Genie Out of the Bottle; Won’t be Easy to Stuff Back In
Canada and the United States are in inflationary bubbles. This assertion is conf...