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Showing posts with label economic performance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economic performance. Show all posts
19 November 2014

When the budget comes… #nlpoli

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We’ve got a provincial government in Newfoundland and Labrador that has been budgeting for years to spend more than it brought in. Way bac...
20 May 2014

Always read the large print #nlpoli

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The Conference Board of Canada released a report last week that assessed economic performance in each of the provinces in Canada. “The res...
17 January 2014

The Consumer Economy #nlpoli

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It’s the sort of thing that leaps out at you.  As SRBP mentioned on Thursday, in her book Shopping for votes veteran political reporter ...
29 April 2013

Annual GDP Change #nlpoli

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A release on Friday from Statistics Canada showed that the provincial economy shrank by almost 5% in 2012.  They even supplied a lovely cha...
06 November 2011

Funny how things come together #nlpoli

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First, there’s a new post at the Monkey Cage that notes a discussion in economist circles about public discussions of economic subjects: ...
23 June 2011

Experts warn of external threats to recovery

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Along with population statistics, here’s another one you can bet the current provincial Conservative crowd won’t be holding out quite as ent...
10 June 2011

Harris Centre economic forum: the media coverage

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The Telegram’s James Macleod had a decent front page summary of the Harris Centre’s discussion of economic issues facing the province and t...
09 June 2011

The looming debt problem

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The government’s favourite economist is sounding alarm bells about the provincial government’s financial health.  The finance minister, on ...
08 June 2011

Locke warns of financial problems

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Wade Locke’s been making the rounds of local media in advance of his talk tonight at the Harris Centre of Memorial University.  Your humble ...
07 June 2011

Building permits down in April

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The value of building permits issued in the province in April fell by 16% compared to the same month in 2010 according to information relea...
28 April 2011

Economy not sizzling in Tom Marshall’s home town

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Finance minister Tom Marshall has always had a curious relationship with reality. He likes to talk about debt reduction, for example, but ...
14 January 2011

No Muskrat Falls in BMO forecast

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Curiously, BMO’s latest economic forecast for the province doesn’t include any reference to Muskrat Falls. The bank’s economists forecast...

Building permits value drops almost 50% in November

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The value of all building permits issued in Newfoundland and Labrador in November 2010 dropped 49.3% from the month before, according to fig...
05 January 2011

The Fragile Economy: finance minister complains about his own policies

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Finance minister Tom Marshall thinks its time for the private sector to step in and boost the economy around Corner Brook. “Other than ...
23 November 2010

Average annual real GDP growth lower since 2003

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The province’s real gross domestic product has grown at one third the average annual rate of the period from 1997 to 2003, according to fig...
22 November 2010

NL posts lowest productivity in Canada in 2009

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Figures released on Friday by Statistics Canada show that Newfoundland and Labrador posted the largest drop in labour productivity in the c...
16 November 2010

The Dismal Science: Debunking the “federal presence” fairy tale

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Far from being hard done-by when it comes to federal jobs in the province, Newfoundland and Labrador is pretty much on par, according to a r...
05 November 2010

Drop-out drop detail

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The 2008 report on schools from the provincial education department is a wealth of useful information on one of the most important governme...
21 October 2010

Non-residential commercial investment Q3 2010

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From Statistics Canada , the latest numbers of investment in non-residential building construction: Total construction is up 22.6% from ...
28 September 2010

St. John’s housing market feels national slowing trend

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From RBC Economics : Atlantic Canada’s housing market was not immune to the significant slowdown in activity that has swept across the ...