Manufacturing sales rose in 2016 after declining in 2015, Statistics Canada reports. Sales were up 1 per cent to $614.4 billion last year, reaching a record $53.5 billion in December. …
Canada’s manufacturing sales rose in 2016, led by cars, food Read More »
Despite unrelentingly bad news from Canada’s energy sector, the country’s wholesale trade ended the year 2014 on a high. Wholesale sales rose 2.5 per cent in December, Statistics Canada reports. …
Wholesale trade saw healthy gains in 2014: Statistics Canada Read More »
Despite declining by 1.4 per cent in November, Canada’s manufacturing sales for the first eleven months of the year remain 5.2 per cent higher than for the same period last …
Manufacturing sales off in November led by cars, chemicals Read More »
Almost every sector of Canada’s economy expanded in the second quarter of the year, Statistics Canada reports. The annualized growth rate of 3.1 per cent was greater that had been …
Consumer spending drives strong GDP growth in second quarter Read More »
The free trade deal that the Harper government has been negotiating with the European Union has been stalled, if not killed outright, by the refusal of the German government to …
Canada-EU free trade deal in jeopardy over investor protection Read More »
For the fourth time in five months, Canada’s manufacturers sold more of their goods in May. Statistics Canada reports that manufacturing sales rose 1.6 per cent to $51.6 billion in May, largely …
May manufacturing sales higher on petroleum, cars Read More »
Manufacturing sales in Canada fell 0.1 per cent in April to $50.9 billion. It was the first decrease in four months, due mainly to lower sales of petroleum and coal products, aerospace …
Slight drop in April manufacturing sales due to petroleum, aerospace Read More »
Though the news from the aerospace sector has not been good in January, with Bombardier announcing the layoff of 1,700 workers in Montreal earlier this week, and the unemployment numbers …
Manufacturing sector continued to gain in November Read More »
