Official figures

Saskatchewan wholesale sales jumped 9.8% in September, second-biggest provincial gain

Wholesalers in Saskatchewan sold $4.2 billion of goods in September, up 9.8% from August, Statistics Canada said. The agency ranked that as the second-largest provincial increase, behind Ontario, and said sales grew in four of the seven wholesale subsectors in the province. For Canada as a whole, sales edged up 0.7% to $92.5 billion, while in volume terms they slipped 0.2%. The agency said all of these figures leave out petroleum products, oilseed and grain.

Economy. Added November 13, 11:11 am Saskatchewan time.References 1