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Canada Building Permits: December 2014
Contractors took out building permits worth $7.1 billion in December, up 7.7% from November. This followed a 13.6% decline the previous month. The increase in December resulted mostly from higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in Alberta and British Columbia.
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Canada and US International Trade: December 2014
Canada’s imports increased by 2.3 per cent in December and exports rose 1.5 per cent, according to Statistics Canada Thursday. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $335 million in November to $649 million in December. Meanwhile, the US goods and services deficit was US$46.6 billion in December, up from…
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Producer Price Index Canada, ISM Index US
Canada’s Industrial Product Price Index decreased 1.6 per cent in December, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The Raw Materials Price Index declined 7.6 per cent in December, mainly due to lower prices for crude energy products. Meanwhile the US ISM Non-manufacturing index in January was at 56.7 per cent, up from 56.5 per cent in December,…
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US Construction Spending, House Prices
Total private residential spending in the US increased 0.3 per cent from the revised November estimate to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$349.6 billion, said the National Association of Home Builders Monday. The December month-over-month increase was driven by a 1.2 per cent increase in the single-family component of private residential construction. CoreLogic Tuesday…
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Softwood Lumber Production, Exports – Canada : Nov 2014
Softwood Lumber Production, Exports – Canada : Nov 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter Softwood Lumber Production, Exports – Canada : Nov 2014 Canada Softwood Lumber Exports : VALUES 2010 to Nov 2014. Canada Softwood Lumber Production: VOLUMES: 2010 to Nov 2014. Construction Framing Material Price Comparison, North America : Key Dimension 2×4 Lumber Prices January…
