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Leading indicators
  October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 Last month of data available
              % change
Composite leading indicator (1992=100) 229.1 228.9 228.4 228.6 228.1 228.1 0.0
Housing index (1992=100)1 150.5 149.8 145.8 143.9 141.5 141.8 0.2
Business and personal services employment (thousands) 2,869 2,875 2,874 2,877 2,881 2,893 0.4
S&P/TSX stock price index (1975=1,000) 14,032 13,988 13,981 13,880 13,777 13,522 -1.9
Money supply, M1 ($ millions, 1992)2 168,100 168,850 169,576 170,276 170,623 171,434 0.5
US Conference Board leading indicator (1992=100)3 126.6 126.3 126.0 125.5 125.1 124.7 -0.3
Manufacturing              
Average workweek (hours) 38.4 38.4 38.3 38.2 38.1 38.1 0.0
New orders, durables ($ millions, 1992)4 26,680 26,218 25,996 26,813 25,954 26,121 0.6
Shipments/inventories of finished goods4 1.82 1.81 1.81 1.82 1.81 1.80 -0.015
Retail trade              
Furniture and appliance sales ($ millions, 1992)4 2,715 2,726 2,745 2,776 2,790 2,808 0.6
Other durable goods sales ($ millions, 1992)4 9,291 9,295 9,258 9,276 9,391 9,499 1.2
Unsmoothed composite leading indicator 228.9 228.0 226.5 229.6 227.6 229.0 0.6
1.Composite index of housing starts (units) and house sales (multiple listing service).
2.Deflated by the Consumer Price Index for all items.
3.The figures in this row reflect data published in the month indicated, but the figures themselves refer to data for the month immediately preceding.
4.The figures in this row reflect data published in the month indicated, but the figures themselves refer to data for the second preceding month.
5.Difference from previous month.
Date Modified: 2009-08-13

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