Government of Yukon

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Business and Economic Research Branch

Business and Economic Research Branch provides research, analysis and reports to support a broad understanding of the economy and the assessment of its impacts on Yukon's fiscal position, budgetary projections and financial decision making.

What's New

Yukon Economic Outlook 2009 is now available online.
Yukon Economic Review 2008 is now online.
Inflation Calculator has been upgraded and updated with 2008 CPI data
Yukon Economic Indicators at a Glance has been added to our home page providing a quick reference for the most current Yukon economic indicators. More detailed information on Yukon economic indicators can be found on our economic statistics page.
2005 Input - Output Multiplier based economic impact calculator is now available.

Yukon Economic Indicators at a Glance

Unemployment Rate: 7.7% (May 2009) Population: 34,157 (June 2009) Inflation Rate: 0.4% (May 2009) Retail Sales: $38.9 million (April 2009) Wholesale Sales: $10.8 million (April 2009) Value of Building Permits: $7.0 million (May 2009) Housing Sales: $39.0 million (Quarter 4 - 2008) Average House Selling Price (Whitehorse): $332,800 (Quarter 4 - 2008) Median Rent (Whitehorse): $750 (June 2009) Vacancy Rate (Whitehorse): 2.3% (June 2009) Tourism - Border Crossings: 39,812 (May 2009) For more details, please visit our Economic Statistics Page. Commodity Prices

To contact the Business and Economic Research Branch please email economics@gov.yk.ca