Metropolitan Outlook 2: Economic Insights into 14 Canadian Metropolitan Economies: Winter 2009

Name: Metropolitan Outlook 2: Economic Insights into 14 Canadian Metropolitan Economies: Winter 2009
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Canadian Economics

January 15, 2009

Urban City Economic Analysis

Author: Alan Arcand, Greg Sutherland, Jane McIntyre, Mario Lefebvre, Maxim Armstrong, Robin Wiebe

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Economic growth in St. John’s this year will be 0.7 per cent, dragged down by lower offshore oil production.
The global economic slowdown will limit Saint John’s GDP growth to 1 per cent this year.
Non-residential investment spending will help Saguenay’s economy grow by a modest 1.1 per cent in 2009.
Construction will offset ongoing manufacturing weakness in Trois-Rivières, for a 1.3 per cent GDP gain this year.
Sherbrooke’s economy will grow by 1.5 per cent in 2009, supported by non-residential construction.
Weak manufacturing and domestic demand will hold Kingston’s GDP growth to 0.9 per cent in 2009.
Lower auto production will limit Oshawa’s economic growth to 0.7 per cent this year.
Falling manufacturing output will pull down GDP growth in St. Catharines–Niagara to 0.6 per cent in 2009.
Kitchener’s economy will expand by just 0.8 per cent this year because of lower manufacturing output.
Slower services sector activity and shrinking manufacturing will limit London’s GDP growth to 0.7 per cent in 2009.
Windsor’s automotive-driven economy will contract by 0.6 per cent this year.
Tumbling nickel prices will trim Greater Sudbury’s economic growth to just 0.7 per cent in 2009.
A slight manufacturing contraction will leave Thunder Bay’s real GDP flat in 2009.
Weaker wood product manufacturing will limit Abbotsford’s GDP growth to 1.7 per cent in 2009.

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This publication focuses on the metropolitan economies of St. John’s, Saint John, Saguenay, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Kingston, Oshawa, St. Catharines–Niagara, Kitchener, London, Windsor, Greater Sudbury, Thunder Bay, and Abbotsford.