MAJOR RELEASES

Retail trade, October 2002
Consumers went on a shopping spree in October, catching up primarily on clothing and automobile purchases. Retail sales advanced 1.7% in October to $26.0 billion, after remaining essentially flat since June.

Canada's international transactions in securities, October 2002
In October, foreign investors made their largest monthly investment in Canadian securities thus far in 2002, $3.8 billion, as they bought debt instruments but sold equities. At the same time, Canadian investors sold off a record amount of foreign securities, mostly foreign bonds.

OTHER RELEASES

Employment, earnings and hours, October 2002 

Department store sales and stocks, November 2002

Stocks of frozen and chilled meat products, December 2002

Definitions of "rural", 1996

Aircraft movement statistics: Major airports, September 2002

For-hire motor carriers of freight, top carriers, third quarter 2002

Health Indicators

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