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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…
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Canada Industrial Product Prices and US Manufacturing Index: Dec 2015 and Jan 2016
Canada’s Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) declined 0.2 per cent in December, said Statistics Canada January 29. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) fell 5.0 per cent. The IPPI (-0.2 per cent) fell for the fifth consecutive month in December and has declined 1.7 per cent since July 2015. The main reason for the decline…
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US Producer Prices: December 2015
In the US, The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for December Friday. Inflation in prices received by producers (prior to sales to consumers) declined 0.2 per cent in December based on declining energy prices. Prices for goods declined 0.7 per cent, but excluding food and energy, rose 0.1 per…
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US Producer Price Index: October 2015
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for October. Inflation in prices received by producers declined 0.4 per cent in October following a 0.5 per cent decline in September and no change in August. The decline was the combination of a 0.3 per cent decline in prices for services and…
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Canada Survey of Manufacturing: September 2015
Manufacturing sales in Canada declined 1.5 per cent to $51.1 billion in September, following a 0.6 per cent decrease in August, said Statistics Canada Wednesday. Lower sales in the motor vehicle assembly and the petroleum and coal product industries were responsible for the decline. Sales were down in 13 of 21 industries, representing 78.6 per…
