Imports hit record high of $40.9-billion in June, exports rose to $39.1-billion, agency says
OTTAWA: Statistics Canada has released the results of its monthly manufacturing sales survey, revealing that sales decreased 0.9 per cent in July to $44.3 billion—although sales were 15.5 per cent higher than the low reached in May 2009. The agency…
OTTAWA: Manufacturing sales increased for the eighth time in nine months, advancing 0.4 per cent to $44.8 billion in May, according to Statistics Canada. The motor vehicle and parts industries were the primary contributors to the higher sales. Excluding motor…
Employment rose by 93,000 in June, pushing the unemployment rate down 0.2 percentage points to 7.9 per cent, according to Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey. This is the first time the rate has been below the eight per cent mark…
OTTAWA: Canadian industries operated at 74.2 per cent of their production capacity in the first quarter of 2010, up from 71.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009. According to Statistics Canada, this was the third consecutive quarterly increase.…
OTTAWA: Industrial goods and materials spurred Canada’s exports growth by 2.8 per cent in February, widening our trade surplus with the world widened to $1.4 billion in February from $754 million in January, according to the latest trade data from…
