Friday, May 18, 2012
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Consumer Price Index, April 2012
Consumer prices rose 2.0% in the 12 months to April, following a 1.9% increase in March. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the Consumer Price Index increased 0.2% in April.
Apartment Building Construction Price Index, first quarter 2012
Monthly Survey of Large Retailers, March 2012
Upcoming releases : May 22 to 25, 2012
May 17, 2012
Canada's international transactions in securities, March 2012
Foreign investors reduced their holdings of Canadian securities for the second time in three months as they divested $2.1 billion in March, led by debt instruments. Canadian investors acquired the largest amount of foreign securities in nearly five years at $7.8 billion, with investment concentrated in equities.
May 17, 2012
Wholesale trade, March 2012
Wholesale sales rose 0.4% in March to $48.7 billion. Higher sales were reported in three of the seven subsectors, accounting for almost half of total wholesale sales.
May 16, 2012
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, March 2012
Manufacturing sales increased 1.9% in March to $49.7 billion, the largest advance since September 2011. The gain was led by the petroleum and coal products industry.
May 11, 2012
Labour Force Survey, April 2012
Employment increased by 58,000 in April, mostly in full-time work. This was the second consecutive month of notable gains after four months of little change. With more people searching for work, the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 7.3%.