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Ontario economy expected to slow as consumer demand stumbles, according to new Central 1 report

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New Ontario Economic Outlook Report 2018–2020 Ontario’s economy slows and is expected to grow less than two per cent annually in 2019 and 2020, according to the latest Central 1 Credit Union (Central 1) forecast. The Ontario Economic Forecast Update 2018-2020 report looks at residential investment, employment, economic and population growth, as well as trade. “Lacklustre trade performance, less residential...

Economic growth is expected to continue in all Ontario regions through 2019, according to new Central 1 Report

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TORONTO - Economic growth continued to spread across Ontario’s regional economies during 2017, according to the latest regional economic forecast by Central 1 Credit Union (Central 1). “Growth was concentrated in the Toronto, Hamilton-Niagara, and Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie regions,” says Central 1’s Regional Economist and report co-author, Edgard Navarrete. “Housing activity expanded in most regions, while prices rose in all regions.” Central...

Ontario’s economy poised for expansion into 2020, says Central 1 economic forecast

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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Ontario’s economy will see moderate growth into 2020, with support from below normal interest rates, firmer U.S. growth, a low dollar, high population growth, and a pickup in business investment and government capital spending, according to the latest forecast from Central 1 Credit Union (Central 1). Growth over the next three years will be slightly slower than...