Canadian international merchandise trade, September 2018
Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed to $416 million in September from $551 million in August. Imports fell…
Canada: Industrial product and raw materials price indexes, September 2018
Prices of products sold by Canadian manufacturers, as measured by the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI), edged up 0.1% in…
Canada: Gross domestic product by industry, August 2018
Real gross domestic product rose for a seventh consecutive month, edging up 0.1% in August. Growth was concentrated in oil…
Canada: Wholesale trade, August 2018
Wholesale sales edged down 0.1% to $63.6 billion in August. Sales were down in four of seven subsectors, representing 65%…
CAD plummets on disappointing retail sales and weak inflation
Canadian inflation slowed significantly last month as temporary factors that lifted the cost of gas and air travel dissipated. Canada’s…
Canada: Building permits, August 2018
Canadian municipalities issued $8.1 billion worth of building permits in August, up 0.4% from July. Strength in the non-residential sector…
Canada: Wholesale trade, July 2018
Wholesale sales rose for the third time in five months, up 1.5% to $63.9 billion in July, more than offsetting…
Canada: International transactions in securities, July 2018
Foreign investment in Canadian securities reached $12.7 billion in July, mainly from acquisitions of federal government bonds. At the same…
Loonie hanging tough against the crosses, forget USD/CAD
CAD ‘bulls’ are looking to the crosses for some early week wins, especially GBP (£1.6766) and EUR (€1.4980) and will…
Canada: International merchandise trade, June 2018
Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $2.7 billion in May to $626 million in June, the smallest…