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  BACKGROUNDER 

2004FIN0040-001030

Dec. 3, 2004

Ministry of Finance

     

 

B.C. ECONOMIC FORECAST COUNCIL: SUMMARY OF FORECASTS

 


 

Participant

Organization

2004

2005

2006

2007-2009

Average Real GDP

 

Don Drummond

TD Bank

3.7

3.5

3.1

3.1

Marie-Christine Bernard

Conference Board

3.4

2.8

2.4

2.4

Jock Finlayson

BC Business Council

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.5

Warren Jestin

Scotiabank

3.2

3.4

3.3

3.4

Craig Wright

RBC Financial Group

3.6

4.0

2.4

3.4

Rick Egelton

Bank of Montreal

3.2

3.4

3.0

3.2

Dale Orr

Global Insight

3.9

3.7

2.8

3.2

Helmut Pastrick

Credit Union Central of BC

3.7

3.0

3.3

3.5

Warren Lovely

CIBC

3.1

3.5

3.1

3.2

Carl Sonnen

Informetrica

2.9

3.0

3.1

2.7

Ernie Stokes

Stokes Economic Consulting

3.3

2.9

2.4

2.5

David Baxter

Urban Futures Institute

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.2

William Tharp

M. Murenbeeld & Associates

4.0

3.2

3.4

2.6

 

Average

 

3.4

3.3

3.0

3.1

 

 

 

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