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Trade deals and rumours of trade wars; rising interest rates and tighter government regulation—such was the year in business across B.C. as the 100 biggest companies by revenue kept expanding, evolving and broaching new markets in 2018.
“Right now, the economy is pretty strong,” says Ken Peacock, chief economist with the Business Council of British Columbia. “But more and more, there’s this sense of cracks emerging, and it’s all centred around these competitiveness challenges and concerns.”
