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April 26, 2024
HALIFAX BUSINESS CONDITIONS: APRIL 15-21, 2024

Statistics Canada has released real-time local business conditions from April 15 to 21, 2024. Reference dates reported now refer to the date following the end of the reference week. These data are not adjusted for seasonality and monthly or weekly changes may simply reflect regular seasonal patterns.

From August 10 of 2020 to April 22, 2024, the local business conditions index for Halifax has increased by 225.2%. In percentage terms, St. John's reported the strongest growth in busine ...

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April 25, 2024
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT AND AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS, FEBRUARY 2024

Monthly (February 2024 vs January 2024, seasonally adjusted)

Nova Scotia had 450,942 payroll employees in February 2024, down 0.5% (-2,092) compared to January 2024. Canada had 18.07 million employees, down 0.1% from January 2024. There were gains in four provinces, led Prince Edward Island. The largest decline was reported in Nova ...

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April 25, 2024
JOB VACANCIES, FEBRUARY 2024

Monthly (February 2024 vs January 2024, seasonally adjusted)

Nova Scotia had 15,840 job vacancies in February 2024 with a vacancy rate of 3.4%. Canadian employers were actively recruiting for 656,680 positions in February with a vacancy rate of 3.7%. The national job vacancy rate rose by 0.1 percentage point in February 2024 with five provinc...

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April 25, 2024
US GDP 2024 Q1 (ADVANCED ESTIMATE)

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released the advanced estimates of Q1 2024 US Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

US real GDP growth was estimated at 1.6% (seasonally adjusted annualized rate) in Q1 2024 in the first estimate.

The increase in real GDP was supported by increases in consumer spending (+2.5%), exports (+0.9%), state and local government s...

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April 24, 2024
RETAIL TRADE FEBRUARY 2024

Monthly (seasonally adjusted February 2024 vs January 2024)

In Nova Scotia retail trade decreased 1.5% to $1,823 million. Nationally, retail trade decreased 0.1% to $66.7 billion. In percentage growth, three provinces reported monthly increases in retail trade led by Newfoundland and Labrador. Nova Scotia reported the largest decline.


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