Perspective

• Quebec’s Electric Battery Industry: The Challenge Will Be to Keep the Momentum Going (PDF, 320 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - March 23, 2022
• Manufacturing in Quebec: Getting Back Up after a Pandemic Tsunami (PDF, 381 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - March 2, 2022

• Quebec’s Furniture Industry Was Affected by the Pandemic, but Is Recovering (PDF, 352 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - December 9, 2021
• The Aerospace Industry Powers Up (PDF, 369 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - October 22, 2021
• Natural Resources: Still One of Quebec’s Economic Assets (PDF, 410 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - September 1, 2021
• Repatriating Manufacturing: Between Dream and Reality (PDF, 389 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - May 25, 2021
• Circular Economy: A More Sensible Use of Resources (PDF, 417 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - March 23, 2021

• Logistics: The Invisible Wheel That Keeps the Economy Rolling (PDF, 366 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - December 3, 2020
• The Wood Processing Industry: Walking a Tightrope (PDF, 393 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - October 29, 2020
• Machinery Manufacturing: At the Centre of the Economy (PDF, 360 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - August 24, 2020
• Creative Industries: A New Post-containment Economic Engine? (PDF, 350 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - May 7, 2020
• The Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Sector: A Little-Known Economic Player (PDF, 393 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - March 5, 2020

• The Printing Industry: Handling the Shift with Skill (PDF, 317 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - December 17, 2019
• Buying Local: Nothing Fringe about It (PDF, 389 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - November 29, 2019
• The Trucking Industry: At the Heart of the Economy (PDF, 348 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - October 17, 2019
• The Packaging Industry: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (PDF, 356 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - September 16, 2019
• Retirees in Quebec: A Family Picture (PDF, 442 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - August 15, 2019
• Welcome to the 21^st Century: Industrial Bioproducts (PDF, 1.83 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - May 17, 2019
• Disruptive Technologies: Questions That Go beyond the Economy (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - April 10, 2019
• Life Sciences in Quebec: A Booming Industry (PDF, 1.86 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - March  7, 2019
• Metal Product Fabrication: Investing in the Future (PDF, 1.83 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - February 7, 2019

• Lumber: A Lull after an Exceptional Year (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - December 18, 2018
• Can Quebec Businesses Remain Optimistic for Much Longer? (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - November 1^st, 2018
• Retail Trade: Carving Out a Niche, and Holding On to It (PDF, 1.83 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - October 4, 2018
• Advanced Materials: The Future Is Now (PDF, 1.83 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - September 5, 2018
• The Commercial Food Service Industry: Coming Through! (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - July 5, 2018
• Hotel Operators: Full Speed Ahead (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - May 31^st, 2018
• Electric Vehicles: Should We Believe the Rumour? (PDF, 1.80 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - April 24, 2018
• Quebec and Ontario: A Powerful Economic Force (PDF, 1.85 MB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - March 15, 2018

• Quebec’s Manufacturing Industry Pushes Back (PDF, 1831 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - December 19, 2017
• New Technologies: Hardly a Quiet Revolution (PDF, 1875 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - November 30, 2017
• Quebec’s tightening labour market (PDF, 1916 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - November 1^st, 2017
• Quebec’s textile industry embraces technology (PDF, 1879 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - September 27, 2017
• E-commerce Is Here to Stay (PDF, 1902 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - August 29, 2017
• The Furniture Industry Regains Some of Its Lustre (PDF, 1,862 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - July 5, 2017
• Quebec’s mining industry is here to stay (PDF, 416 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - May 19, 2017
• Montreal has yet to say its last word (PDF, 389 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - April 5, 2017
• Poverty in Quebec still exists (PDF, 464 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - March 8, 2017
• Trade between Quebec and the United States - Banking on each party’s strengths
  20% of Quebec’s GDP depends on exports to the United States (PDF, 491 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - January 31, 2017

• Lumber: Another episode in a long battle (PDF, 356 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - December 20, 2016
• The sharing economy: A black box (PDF, 398 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - November 2016
• Professional, scientific and technical services: then and now (PDF, 458 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - October 2016
• New technologies: progress in robotization
  An economic look at a global phenomenon (PDF, 425 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - September 2016
• Youth aged 15 to 24 just keep on changing ... (PDF, 582 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - June 2016
• The plastics and composites industry: Being on the ball to stay in the game (PDF, 709 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - May 2016
• The recycling industry: A world to discover, a drive to build the future (PDF, 327 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - April 2016
• The clothing and fashion industry is preparing to slug it out with the competition (PDF, 403 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - March 2016
• The underground economy overshadows the official economy (PDF, 526 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - February 2016
• Printing: The coming years promise to be turbulent (PDF, 359 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - January 2016

• Self-employment in Quebec: a brief foray (PDF, 623 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - December 2015
• The wood product and pulp and paper industries: between tradition and innovation (PDF, 604 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - October-November 2015
• Demographic projections, the regions and thoughts about the future (PDF, 669 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - September 2015
• Buying local: a phenomenon not to be ignored (PDF, 635 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - July 2015
• Ecodesign: When the environment and the economy work together (PDF, 629 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - June 2015
• Quebec's economy through the lens of GDP: Gains outweigh losses (PDF, 525 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - April-May 2015
• Restaurants: Headwinds buffet the industry (PDF, 567 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - March 2015
• Has the labour force participation rate among seniors really increased in Quebec? (PDF, 608 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - February 2015
• Quebec's hotel sector: beyond appearances (PDF, 656 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - January 2015

• The labour market: Behind the scenes
  There's no such thing as the "average" unemployed worker (PDF, 584 KB) - This link will open in a new window.
  - November 2014
• Retail trade: Time to take stock
  - October 2014 (PDF, 604 KB)
• Quebec's manufacturing sector after the disillusionments of the 2000 decade
  - September 2014 (PDF, 605 KB)
• Renovations: transitioning from a nomadic way of life to a more settled one
  - June 2014 (PDF, 568 KB)
• Business bankruptcies: Economic situation, knowledge gaps and differences
  - May 2014 (PDF, 575 KB)
• Quebecers and their automobiles: A love story
  - April 2014 (PDF, 602 KB)
• B2C e-commerce: catching up to a moving train
  - March 2014 (PDF, 574 KB)
• The repatriation of manufacturing: beyond the rhetoric
  - February 2014 (PDF, 549 KB)
• A full plate for the fabricated metal products industry
  - January 2014 (PDF, 547 KB)

• Quebec and BRICS: A relationship with a future
  - December 2013 (PDF, 560 KB)
• Between the real and the virtual: The video game industry in Quebec
  - November 2013 (PDF, 553 KB)
• Globalization in action: the retail trade in Quebec
  - October 2013 (PDF, 529 KB)
• Quebec's 17 regions: many ways to achieve growth
  - September 2013 (PDF, 615 KB)
• Montreal: Being a metropolis is a full-time job
  - June–July 2013 (PDF, 683 KB)
• The forest industry: Things are looking up
  - May 2013 (PDF, 101 KB)
• What Quebec sectors have potential?
  - April 2013 (PDF, 147 KB)
• Employment: The healthcare and social assistance sector is advancing at a good pace, but how long will this last?
  - March 2013 (PDF, 104 KB)
• Is Quebec experiencing a labour shortage? How can we know for sure?
  - February 2013 (PDF, 118 KB)
• Should we worry about rising cereal prices like we do about oil prices?
  - January 2013 (PDF, 139 KB)

Fall 2012 - QUEBEC - UNITED STATES SPECIAL

• Reconciling the past with the future
  Beyond merchandise trade
  (PDF, 387 KB)

Summer 2012 - SERVICE SECTOR SPECIAL

• The service sector: A mosaic
  What does the future hold for the service sector?
  (PDF, 351 KB)

Spring 2012 - LABOUR MARKET SPECIAL

• One change after another
  2020 horizon: Is Québec facing an impasse?
  (PDF, 399 KB)

Winter 2012 - SPECIAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR

• Québec's manufacturing sector: beyond the ambient pessimism
  Québec's industrial fabric: a changing pattern
  (PDF, 475 KB)

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)

Summer 2011 - Volume 21 - NATURAL RESOURCES SPECIAL

• Natural resources: A golden opportunity?
  When dream meets reality
  (PDF, 527 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, 488 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, 501 KB)

Spring 2009 - Volume 19 - TOURISM INDUSTRY

• An appendage of the economy?
  Tourism in urban centres and the regions
  (PDF, 491 KB)

Winter 2009 - Volume 19 - ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT SPECIAL

• Where do we stand?
  When we take action
  (PDF, 501 KB)

Fall 2008 - Volume 18 - TRADE SECTOR SPECIAL

• An Overview - Much maligned and underestimated
  Issues - A driver of change in the economy
  (PDF, 494 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, 511 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, 478 KB)

Winter 2008 - Volume 18

• Québec's agricultural sector is at a crossroads
  Finding a second wind for Québec's agricultural regions
  (PDF, 484 KB)

Fall 2007 - Volume 17

• Raw materials: when the price of raw materials races out of control…
  Resource regions: have the regions of Québec benefited from the rise in raw material prices?
  (PDF, 2.96 MB)

Summer 2007 - Volume 17

• Québec job market: declining, sideslipping or changing direction?
  Is Québec manufacturing sector closing up shop?
  (PDF, 2.9 MB)

Spring 2007 - Volume 17

• Québec City-Montréal economic duality: Québec City won the last round
  Québec City-Montréal, Montréal-Québec City: same battle? (PDF, 476 KB)

Novembre 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 9 - Spécial prévisions 2006-2007

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 131 KB)
• Atterrissage ou écrasement? (in French only, PDF, 79 KB)
• Quand la tempête ne semble jamais s'apaiser (in French only, PDF, 55 KB)
• Le ralentissement se poursuivra, mais pas de écession en vue (in French only, PDF, 87 KB)
• Principaux indicateurs économiques (in French only, PDF, 26 KB)

Octobre 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 8

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 243 KB)
• La décélération de l'économie américaine est bel et bien enclenchée (in French only, PDF, 195 KB)
• Taux de chômage et vieillissement de la population : quelle équation? (in French only, PDF, 192 KB)
• Développement du marché du GNL et effets possibles sur le bilan énergétique du Québec (in French only, PDF, 192 KB)

Août-Septembre 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 7

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 244 KB)
• Les États-Unis prennent le virage vers le ralentissement, mais à quelle vitesse? (in French only, PDF, 209 KB)
• L'industrie forestière : sur un fil? (in French only, PDF, 175 KB)
• Malgré l'absence d'une bulle immobilière au Canada, les disparités régionales suscitent certaines inquiétudes (in French only, PDF, 190 KB)

Juin-Juillet 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 6

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 150 KB)
• Une perspective emballante et préoccupante à la fois pour les prochains mois (in French only, PDF, 102 KB)
• Prix du pétrole : qu'est-ce qui différencie le choc actuel de ceux de 1973 et de 1979-1980? (in French only, PDF, 63 KB)
• Quel frénésie entoure les prix de l'or? (in French only, PDF, 91 KB)

Mai 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 5 - Spécial Prévisions 2006-2007

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 124 KB)
• Un horizon qui s'obscurcit pour le centre du pays (in French only, PDF, 81 KB)
• Naviguer sur une mer agitée (in French only, PDF, 59 KB)
• La croissance économique glissera sous les 2 % en 2006 et en 2007 (in French only, PDF, 83 KB)
• Tableaux sur les principaux indicateurs économiques (in French only, PDF, 33 KB)

April 2006 - Volume 16, Issue 4

• Complete En perspective bulletin (12 pages) (PDF, 136 KB)
• Off to a great start... but a slowdown is in sight (PDF, 94 KB)
• Québec housing market: autopsy of the current slowdown (PDF, 68 KB)
• A remarkable boom for Desjardins Group over the last ten years (PDF, 89 KB)

Mars 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 3

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 134 KB)
• Ralentissement de milieu de cycle en vue (in French only, PDF, 143 KB)
• L'industrie du sciage est à la recherche d'un second souffle - deuxième partie (in French only, PDF, 145 KB)
• Québec : 2010 se prépare aujourd'hui (in French only, PDF, 143 KB)

Février 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 2

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 148 KB)
• Perspectives 2006 : une autre bonne année de croissance (in French only, PDF, 149 KB)
• L'industrie du sciage est à la recherche d'un second souffle - première partie (in French only, PDF, 148 KB)
• L'avenir de l'industrie aéronautique au Québec (in French only, PDF, 149 KB)

Décembre 2005-Janvier 2006 - Volume 16, numéro 1

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 131 KB)
• L'activité économique décélérera au quatrième trimestre, mais elle rebondira au début de 2006 (in French only, PDF, 137 KB)
• Immobilier industriel et commercial au Québec : le point sur le cycle actuel (in French only, PDF, 137 KB)
• Prix du pétrole et camionnage : un mélange explosif? (in French only, PDF, 138 KB)

Novembre 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 10 - Spécial prévisions 2005-2006

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 123 KB)
• Un Canada à deux vitesses : forte croissance à l'Ouest et plus modérée au Centre et à l'Est (in French only, PDF, 83 KB)
• 2005-2006 : le secteur manufacturier demeure sur la brèche (in French only, PDF, 60 KB)
• Plusieurs embûches limiteront la croissance économique (in French only, PDF, 80 KB)
• Tableaux sur les principaux indicateurs économiques (in French only, PDF, 32 KB)

Octobre 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 9

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 127 KB)
• L'emballement des prix du pétrole mettra du sable dans l'engrenage des économies québécoise et ontarienne (in French only, PDF, 88 KB)
• Le secteur des produits laitiers : s'adapter pour subsister (in French only, PDF, 70 KB)
• Immeubles à bureaux : où en sommes-nous dans le cycle? (in French only, PDF, 76 KB)

Août-septembre 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 8

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 168 KB)
• Actuellement en phase de ralentissement, l'économie québécoise rebondira à compter de l'automne (in French only, PDF, 121 KB)
• Résidences privées pour personnes âgées : le nouvel eldorado du marché de l'habitation? (in French only, PDF, 102 KB)
• Les perspectives de développement des régions québécoises (in French only, PDF, 116 KB)

Juillet 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 7

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 177 KB)
• L'économie américaine ralentit mais ne s'arrête pas (in French only, PDF, 136 KB)
• Quelle direction prendra le marché de l'automobile? (in French only, PDF, 106 KB)
• L'emploi dans le secteur manufacturier : un gouffre sans fond? (in French only, PDF, 121 KB)

Juin 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 6

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 169 KB)
• L'économie américaine en perte de vitesse (in French only, PDF, 131 KB)
• Quel est le meilleur choix d'un terme hypothécaire? (in French only, PDF, 111 KB)
• Secteur manufacturier : les secousses du huard ont-elles créé plus de peur que de mal ? (in French only, PDF, 110 KB)

Mai 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 5 - Spécial prévisions 2005-2006

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 162 KB)
• 2005 et 2006 : Une dynamique fort différente au nord et au sud de la frontière (in French only, PDF, 118 KB)
• Le secteur manufacturier toujours en transition en 2005 et 2006 (in French only, PDF, 96 KB)
• L'économie sur le point de rebondir (in French only, PDF, 119 KB)
• Tableaux sur les principaux indicateurs économiques (in French only, PDF, 39 KB)

April 2005 - Volume 15, Issue 4

• Complete En perspective Bulletin (12 pages) (PDF, 171 KB)
• 2005: Deceleration in the United States and stability in Canada (PDF, 141 KB)
• Rental units: The cycle high has been reached (PDF, 109 KB)
• Desjardins Group maintains expansion in 2004 (PDF, 123 KB)

Mars 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 3

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 175 KB)
• La Banque du Canada rajuste son tir : le huard se replie... (in French only, PDF, 132 KB)
• Le meuble au Québec : il faut agir maintenant (in French only, PDF, 102 KB)
• Marché de l'habitation au Québec : place à l'accalmie (in French only, PDF, 118 KB)

Février 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 2

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 179 KB)
• Les perspectives 2005 assombries par l'appréciation du huard (in French only, PDF, 132 KB)
• Le marché du condo s'essouffle (in French only, PDF, 105 KB)
• Quelques effets prévisibles du vieillissement de la population sur l'économie du Québec (in French only, PDF, 124 KB)

Décembre 2004-Janvier 2005 - Volume 15, numéro 1

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 198 KB)

Novembre 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 10 - Spécial prévisions 2005

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 164 KB)

Octobre 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 9

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 175 KB)

Août-septembre 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 8

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 190 KB)

Juillet 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 7

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 195 KB)

Juin 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 6

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 199 KB)

Mai 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 5 - Spécial prévisions 2004-2005

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 185 KB)

Avril 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 4 - Spécial industrie financière

• Complete newsletter (12 pages) (PDF, 165 KB)

Mars 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 3

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 165 KB)

Février 2004 - Volume 14, numéro 2

• Bulletin En perspective complet (12 pages) (in French only, PDF, 1.3 MB)