The unemployment rate is expected to be 9.9 per cent, lower than the 10.8 per cent forecast in Budget 2025 and one of the lowest recorded.
For the first quarter of this year, a strong economy is being highlighted. Finance Minister Siobhan Coady gave an update on the province’s finances yesterday, just four months after the provincial budget was tabled. She says despite global uncertainty, key economic indicators are expected to be higher and better than forecasted. This includes real GDP, capital investment, retail sales, housing starts and employment. The unemployment rate is expected to be 9.9 per cent, lower than the 10.8 per cent forecast in Budget 2025 and one of the lowest recorded. In terms of finances, projected revenues are impacted, primarily because of lower-than-expected oil prices and a higher-than-expected exchange rate. Coady says “NL is forecast to lead the country in economic growth, has the highest retail sales in our history and expenses related to the wildfires, disaster relief, and health care pressures are being monitored.”
Aerial crews fighting wildfires are still grounded due to a low air ceiling and 203 structures have burned
Two charged and weapon seized in Woody Point after police presence
Gord Hamlyn Day at Fox's yesterday was kickoff to fundraise for Corner Brook Fire Department Toy Drive
Two men dead after weekend incidents on the Trans Canada Highway in NL
67 year-old man picked up for impaired driving in Stephenville on Saturday
