Friday, February 3, 2012
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Labour Force Survey, January 2012
Employment was virtually unchanged in January, and the unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage points to 7.6% as more people searched for work. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment rose by 129,000 (+0.7%), with most of the growth occurring in the first six months of this period.
Stocks of principal field crops, December 31, 2011
Canadian Foreign Post Indexes, February 2012
Coal and coke statistics, November 2011
Electric utility financial report, 2010
Upcoming releases: February 6 to 10, 2012
January 31, 2012
Gross domestic product by industry, November 2011
Real gross domestic product edged down 0.1% in November, following no growth in October and monthly increases from June to September. Most of the November decline was accounted for by lower output in the energy sector.
January 31, 2012
Industrial product and raw materials price indexes, December 2011
From November to December, the Industrial Product Price Index declined 0.7% and the Raw Materials Price Index was down 2.4%. These declines were mainly the result of lower petroleum and metals prices.
January 26, 2012
Payroll employment, earnings and hours, November 2011
In November, average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $883.96, virtually unchanged from the previous month. On a year-over-year basis, earnings rose 2.2%.
January 24, 2012
Retail trade, November 2011
Retail sales in November rose for a fourth consecutive month, increasing 0.3%. Gains were reported in 7 of 11 subsectors.