News Releases

- Labour market continues to perform well upheld by gains in construction and professional services

- Exporters benefiting from weak currency, sturdy U.S. demand and lower oil prices

- GDP growth of 2.6 per cent expected in 2016 and 2.3 per cent in 2017, compared to 1.2 per cent, nationally, in 2016 and 2.0 per cent in 2017

- Real GDP growth expected to moderate slightly to 1.0 per cent this year

- U.S. demand and the weaker Canadian dollar anticipated to support exports and tourism

- Knowledge-based and high-tech companies, particularly in the aerospace sector, continue to grow

- Public sector restraint and slow population growth likely to remain a drag on the province's economy

- Real GDP will likely grow 1.4 per cent this year, up from 1.1 per cent in 2015

- Export momentum is picking up and the stabilized fiscal landscape is supportive of business investment

- The jobless rate has fallen to 7 per cent, the lowest level in just over a decade, but demographic headwinds will keep trend growth below the national average

- Seventy-two per cent of women entrepreneurs "very confident" or "somewhat confident" about making risk-related business decisions compared to sixty-four per cent of men

- BMO provides financial planning tips for all entrepreneurs