“ركود? ما الركود?” asked the headline in yesterday’s وينيبيغ أحد.

تحت هذا الشعار متفائل, وأكد أن المادة the province that “seems to be bucking the recession” هو — مانيتوبا.

Here’s more about Manitoba’s “‘steady-as-she-goes’ incremental growth:”

و province’s unemployment rate في فبراير شباط كانت 4.8 في المائة — three percentage points below the national numbers and the second-lowest rate in the country, surpassed only by Saskatchewan.

في حين انخفضت مبيعات التجزئة أكثر من خمسة في المائة في جميع أنحاء كندا في ديسمبر, they only dropped half a percentage point in Manitoba. And as shops close in other parts of the country, Manitoba is actually seeing new stores move in; from its first sprawling ايكيا store which will anchor a $400-million retail development to the opening of its first سيفورا الجمال متجر.

The housing market has dipped slightly, لكن about one-third of وينيبيغ في المنازل are still selling for at or above asking price.

Because of its “even keel” economy, مجلس مؤتمر كندا مانيتوبا هي التي عثر عليها مؤخرا one of only four provinces expected to experience economic growth this year. The “momentum” generated in the past few years will carry it forward into 2010, the board said.

Now if only Manitoba could do something about the الطقس…

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