Edmonton Journal

Alberta consumer spending increase lags

- GORDON KENT gkent@postmedia.com twitter.com/GKentYEG

Spending by Alberta consumers rose 1.3 per cent last year, well below the national 4.1 per cent increase, figures released Tuesday by the Moneris Solutions payment services company show.

The amount spent in the province during the final three months of 2017 was up two per cent from one year earlier, boosted primarily by outlays for hotels (up 7.7 per cent) and alcohol (up 2.5 per cent).

Quebec had the largest growth of any province last year, up 5.5 per cent, following by B.C. (5.3 per cent) and Ontario (4.7 per cent).

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