Statistics Canada – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:25:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Statistics Canada – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Statistics Canada reports dip in retail sales https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/statistics-canada-reports-dip-in-retail-sales/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:59:08 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=484671 February result weighed down by slumping fuel sales

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]]> Annual inflation rate increased to 2.9% in March https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/annual-inflation-rate-increased-to-2-9-in-march/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:29:38 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=483913 Gasoline prices rose 4.5% compared with a year earlier

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]]> Statistics Canada reports $496M merchandise trade surplus for January https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/statistics-canada-reports-496m-merchandise-trade-surplus-for-january/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:22:22 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481836 Total imports dropped 3.8% to $61.8 billion

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]]> No rush on rate cuts after January job numbers https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/unemployment-rate-falls-to-5-7-in-january/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:00:33 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=480291 Canada sees first decline in unemployment in over a year

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]]> StatsCan reports $312M trade deficit for December https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/statscan-reports-312m-trade-deficit-for-december/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:15:12 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=480038 Total exports fell 1.9% in December to $64.1 billion, led by reduced shipments of motor vehicles and parts

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]]> Canada added just 100 jobs in December https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/canada-added-just-100-jobs-in-december/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:16:46 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=478197 Softer job market conditions came as high interest rates continued to weigh on growth

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]]> Statistics Canada reports $3B merchandise trade surplus for October https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/statistics-canada-reports-3b-merchandise-trade-surplus-for-october/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:13:47 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=476697 Imports fell 2.8% for the month to $63 billion

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]]> Top 1% of tax filers saw incomes rise by almost 10% in 2021: StatsCan https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/top-1-of-tax-filers-saw-incomes-rise-by-almost-10-in-2021-statscan/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 19:10:57 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=475069 Those in the bottom half of earners saw their average income decline

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]]> Statistics Canada says household debt ratio down in Q2 as income grew https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/statistics-canada-says-household-debt-ratio-down-in-q2-as-income-grew/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:09:21 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=471448 Disposable income comfortably outpaced the growth in debt, demand for mortgages fell

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]]> Retail sales edge up 0.1% in June: StatsCan https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/retail-sales-edge-up-0-1-in-june-statscan/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:13:24 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=470559 Consumer spending “continued to sputter” as economic growth weakened

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