Table 1
Leading indicators

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Leading indicators
  October 2011 November 2011 December 2011 January 2012 February 2012 March
2012		 Last month of data available
              % change
Composite leading indicator (1992=100) 256.8 259.0 260.4 262.0 263.8 264.9 0.4
Housing index (1992=100)1 132.7 133.0 134.1 135.1 133.6 134.4 0.6
Business and personal services employment ('000) 3,038 3,050 3,061 3,072 3,073 3,078 0.2
S&P/TSX stock price index (1975=1,000) 12,578 12,359 12,161 12,097 12,301 12,329 0.2
Money supply, M1 (millions of dollars, 1992)2 232,560 234,314 236,339 238,319 239,335 240,188 0.4
U.S. Conference Board leading indicator (1992=100)3 140.4 140.3 140.3 140.3 140.6 141.3 0.5
Manufacturing              
Average workweek (hours) 36.9 37.3 37.5 37.7 37.8 37.9 0.3
New orders, durables (millions of dollars, 1992)4 25,574 26,496 26,683 26,639 27,056 26,728 -1.2
Shipments/inventories of finished goods4 1.90 1.92 1.93 1.96 1.99 2.00 0.015
Retail trade              
Furniture and appliance sales (millions of dollars, 1992)4 3,001 2,980 2,945 2,919 2,914 2,908 -0.2
Other durable goods sales (millions of dollars, 1992)4 10,753 10,822 10,903 10,872 10,899 10,973 0.7
Unsmoothed composite leading indicator 260.9 264.0 261.8 266.5 266.0 266.6 0.2
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.