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  • Industrial Product & Material Prices, Canada: June 2016

    Canada’s Industrial Product Price Index rose 0.6 per cent in June, mainly due to higher prices for energy and petroleum products. The Raw Materials Price Index increased 1.8 per cent, according to Statistics Canada Friday. Producer Price Index, Canada The Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) rose 0.6 per cent in June, mainly due to higher…

  • Canada Railway Car Loadings: May 2016

    The volume of rail freight carried in Canada totalled 27.7 million tonnes in May, an 8.2 per cent drop last year, said StatsCan Wednesday. The volume of rail freight carried in Canada totalled 27.7 million tonnes in May, an 8.2 per cent decrease from the same month last year, said Statistics Canada Wednesday. In contrast,…

  • US Home Ownership Rate, Price-to-Rent Ratio

    According to Census Bureau’s Housing Vacancy Survey, the US homeownership rate dropped to 62.9 per cent in 2Q 2016, according to Eye on Housing Tuesday. Elsewhere, on a price-to-rent basis, the Case-Shiller National index is back to July 2003 levels, the Composite 20 index is back to June 2003 levels, and the Core– Logic index…

  • US House Prices, New Home Sales Volatility

    The pace of the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index index (equal to 100 in January 2000) rose from 136.7 in December 2011 to 179.4 in May of 2016. The monthly change between April and May was 0.2 per cent, or 2.3 per cent on an annualized basis, and the index is up…

  • Canada Railway Car Loadings: May 2016

    The volume of rail freight carried in Canada totalled 27.7 million tonnes in May, an 8.2 per cent drop last year, said StatsCan Wednesday. In contrast, from May 2011 to May 2016, the total volume of rail freight carried in Canada increased 5.4 per cent. Canada Rail Car Loadings In May, freight originating in Canada…