yukon economic outlook 2003 whitehorse february department of finance government box 2703 y1a 2c6 phone 867 667 5343 fax 393 6217 issn 1209 0034 also available at http www gov yk ca depts table contents 1 for global us and canadian economies economy united states 2 3 the output 4 population 5 labour force employment 6 consumer prices 7 mineral commodity 8 sectoral mining 9 oil gas 10 forestry 11 other renewable resources 12 construction 13 tourism 14 15 retail wholesale trade 16 key indicators 17 sources 18 world growth is expected to be held back by possibility war in iraq political troubles average before accelerating 0 2004 euro zone activity increase following only modest 2002 stronger unlikely occur until second half