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Alberta's economy is on pace to grow by a blistering 6.7 per cent this year, far outpacing every other province, according to the latest forecast from the Conference Board of Canada.
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"Thanks to rising oil production and a swift turnaround in drilling levels, Alberta surged out of recession this year," Marie-Christine Bernard, director of the organization's provincial forecasting, said in a release Wednesday.
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, y: d$ v6 |& G; NCalgary to have Canada's fastest growing economy this year, Conference Board says
" T6 n& L9 S+ q/ ZThe report comes two days after a projection from ATB Financial that pegs real GDP growth at 3.9 per cent in Alberta for 2017, "which is likely to be the highest among the Canadian provinces."; S2 m9 Q6 w/ Y4 j; _# A
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The Conference Board, meanwhile, points to numerous signs that Alberta's economy is growing even faster than that.
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: L/ X; `/ Y, D$ Y7 U"The domestic economy also performed well, as consumers who had delayed making major purchases during the recession flocked to car dealerships and retail stores," the report reads.
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"With oil prices steadily improving since the summer, Alberta's economic performance could well surprise on the upside once more."
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The "booming growth" in 2017 comes after two years of economic contraction, and the Conference Board cautions that Alberta won't keep up that pace next year.& q8 f7 X) K6 I! Z5 S
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It forecasts provincial GDP to grow by 2.1 per cent in 2018, behind British Columbia's projected rate of 2.7 per cent and Newfoundland and Labrador's 2.4 per cent.4 V6 m* l" ` t! q9 Z5 t) T
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"However, recent strength in oil prices could help maintain the momentum in drilling and push economic growth higher over the near term," the report adds.
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