Statistics Canada posted data on Canadian international merchandise trade, November 2018. Canadian exports fell 2.9 per cent in November, while imports decreased 0.5 per cent. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $851 million in October to $2.1 billion in November. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on the production and disposition of tobacco products, November 2018. Canadian manufacturers produced 2.1 billion cigarettes in November, down 0.2 per cent from October. Cigarette production was 5.0 per cent lower compared with the same month a year earlier. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published results from the … Read more
Statistics Canada posted results from the Labour Force Survey, December 2018. Employment held steady in December and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.6 per cent. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued data from the industrial product and raw materials price indexes, November 2018. The Industrial Product Price Index decreased 0.8 per cent … Read more
Statistics Canada issued the December 2018 issue of the Canadian Economic News. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada released financial market statistics for November 2018. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data on symmetric input-output tables for 2015. The full release is available online. New on the StatCan Blog: Impacts of the US … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on wholesale trade, October 2018. Wholesale sales rose 1.0 per cent to $63.8 billion in October, more than offsetting the 0.7 per cent decline in September. Sales were up in four of seven subsectors, representing about 68 per cent of total wholesale sales. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada posted data … Read more
Statistics Canada posted the Consumer Price Index, November 2018. The Consumer Price Index rose 1.7 per cent on a year-over-year basis in November, following a 2.4 per cent increase in October. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI declined 0.2 per cent in November. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada issued results from the … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Employment Insurance, October 2018. The number of regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries fell for a third consecutive month, down 6,500 or 1.5 per cent from September to 439,600 in October. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published results from the Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, October 2018. Manufacturing sales edged down … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data on Canada’s international transactions in securities, October 2018. Foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled $4.0 billion in October, down from $7.8 billion in September. At the same time, Canadian investment in foreign securities increased to $14.9 billion, the largest investment since January 2018. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada … Read more
Statistics Canada issued data from the national balance sheet and financial flow accounts, third quarter 2018. National wealth, the value of non-financial assets in the Canadian economy, rose 1.6 per cent to $11,415.3 billion at the end of the third quarter, a deceleration from the 1.9 per cent increase in the second quarter. The full release … Read more
Statistics Canada posted data on Canada’s international investment position, third quarter 2018. Canada’s net foreign asset position increased by $116.1 billion to $647.9 billion in the third quarter. The full release is available online. Statistics Canada published the New Housing Price Index, October 2018. New housing prices were unchanged on a national basis for a third … Read more
