December 23, 2024

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Too early to say recession: Joe Oliver

VANCOUVER — Finance Minister Joe Oliver is tempering his optimistic outlook on the country's economy, saying it's too early to tell whether Canada has slumped into a recession. "The numbers aren't out yet," Joe Oliver said Tuesday in Vancouver. "When the numbers are out we'll see what they have to say." Concerns that the country has fallen into a recession have grown since Statistics Canada figures released last week showed that the economy contracted …

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