Perspective

Economic analysis review

Perspective is Desjardins Group’s economic analysis publication featuring in-depth studies and forecasts for Canada, Québec and Ontario. This section on economic conditions is accompanied by charts illustrating our scenarios for the current and subsequent year. Perspective is an analytical tool and reference for anyone who closely follows the economy. Each bulletin has 24 pages and is published quarterly.

The annual subscription for four issues (Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall) is $25.00 (including taxes and shipping).

To subscribe for 2012, use the 2012 Subscription Form (PDF, 74 KB)

Winter 2012 - Volume 22 - MANUFACTURING SPECIAL – Available to subscribers only

Last issue

Fall 2011 - Volume 21 - SPECIAL EDITION: THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT AND THE SOCIAL ECONOMY

• Québec's cooperatives and mutual aid organizations: an undeniable economic force
  The multifaceted social economy
  (PDF, 468 KB)

Previous issues

Summer 2011 - Volume 21 - NATURAL RESOURCES SPECIAL

• Natural resources: A golden opportunity?
  When dream meets reality
  (PDF, 528 KB)

Spring 2011 - Volume 21 - FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SPECIAL

• When transportation works...
  An industry in motion
  (PDF, 565 KB)

Winter 2011 - Volume 21 - CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY SPECIAL

• Measuring the immeasurables
  Culture and communications is under pressure from all sides
  (PDF, 480 KB)

Fall 2010 - Volume 20 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SPECIAL

• The Canadian financial industry cannot afford to sit on its laurels
  Québec's financial industry: much more than deposits and loans
  (PDF, 478 KB)

Summer 2010 - Volume 20 - KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY SPECIAL

• How has the situation evolved since the beginning of the millennium?
  The many faces of the knowledge economy
  (PDF, 493 KB)

Spring 2010 - Volume 20 - FOOD PROCESSING SPECIAL

• The Québec food processing industry: A stabilizing factor for the economy?
  How do we prepare for the future?
  (PDF, 489 KB)

Winter 2010 - Volume 20 - MANUFACTURING SPECIAL

• The manufacturing sector is not headed towards extinction
  What's the right strategy?
  (PDF, 488 KB)

Fall 2009 - Volume 19 - ENERGY SPECIAL

• A challenge enven for Québec
  The reference points are changing
  (PDF, 529 KB)

Summer 2009 - Volume 19 - POVERTY SPECIAL

• Despite the economic boom of the 2000s, poverty has not disappeared
  Poverty can be beaten
  (PDF, 502 KB)

Spring 2009 - Volume 19 - TOURISM INDUSTRY

• An appendage of the economy?
  Tourism in urban centres and the regions
  (PDF, 492 KB)

Winter 2009 - Volume 19 - ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT SPECIAL

• Where do we stand?
  When we take action
  (PDF, 502 KB)

Fall 2008 - Volume 18 - TRADE SECTOR SPECIAL

• An Overview - Much maligned and underestimated
  Issues - A driver of change in the economy
  (PDF, 495 KB)

Summer 2008 - Volume 18 - SPECIAL ON THE FORESTRY SECTOR

• The rules of the game are changing, and so is the forestry industry…
  No time for nostalgia
  (PDF, 512 KB)

Spring 2008 - Volume 18 - SPECIAL ON SMALL BUSINESS

• Is the backbone of Québec's economy collapsing?
  When demographics and the "invisible hand" work together…
  (PDF, 479 KB)

Winter 2008 - Volume 18

• Québec's agricultural sector is at a crossroads
  Finding a second wind for Québec's agricultural regions
  (PDF, 485 KB)

Publications from 2004 to 2007 can be found in our archives.

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