“Recessão? O que a recessão?” asked the headline in yesterday’s Winnipeg Sun.

Com essa bandeira otimista, o artigo afirmou que the province that “seems to be bucking the recession” é — Manitoba.

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

A province’s unemployment rate em fevereiro foi a 4.8 por cento — three percentage points below the national numbers and the second-lowest rate in the country, surpassed only by Saskatchewan.

Enquanto as vendas no varejo caíram mais de cinco por cento em todo o Canadá em dezembro, 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 Ikea store which will anchor a $400-million retail development to the opening of its first Sephora loja de beleza.

The housing market has dipped slightly, mas about one-third of Casas de Winnipeg are still selling for at or above asking price.

Because of its “even keel” economy, o Conference Board of Canada encontrado recentemente Manitoba é 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 tempo…

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