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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…
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Canada Industrial Capacity Utilization Rates: 2Q 2015
Canadian industries operated at 81.3 per cent of their production capacity in 2Q, down from 82.6 per cent in 1Q, said Statistics Canada Thursday. This was the second consecutive quarterly decline. As in the previous quarter, the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction and manufacturing industries led the decline. Outside of manufacturing, capacity utilization…
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Canada Industrial Price Index: July 2015
The Industrial Product Price Index increased 0.7 per cent in July, mainly because of higher prices for motorized and recreational vehicles, said Statistics Canada also Friday. The Raw Materials Price Index declined 5.9 per cent in July, led by lower prices for crude energy products. Canada Industrial Product and Raw Materials Prices The Industrial Product…
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US Producer Price Index: July 2015
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for July. Inflation in prices received by producers (prior to sales to consumers) rose 0.2 per cent in July after a 0.4 per cent increase in June. The increase was based on rising prices for services (0.4 per cent), prices for goods…
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US Producer Prices: June
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Wednesday released the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for June. Inflation in prices received by producers rose 0.4 per cent in June after a 0.5 per cent increase in May. The increase was based on rising prices for both goods (0.7 per cent) and services (0.3 per cent). Within…
