Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Jobless rate holds steady

THE NATION'S unemployment rate held steady at 7.0% in January as employment remained virtually unchanged for the third consecutive month.    more >>

Modest rebound in GDP

ECONOMIC growth rebounded modestly in November after posting virtually no growth in each of the two previous months.    more >>

Price relief for factories

PRICES received by manufacturers for goods as they leave the plant gate rose in December for the first time since last August.    more >>

SPOTLIGHT: Loss of farmland

This week’s Spotlight is on the loss of farmland. Urban expansion has devoured a large amount of Canada’s best agricultural land. Between 1971 and 2001, towns and cities more than doubled the area of dependable agricultural land they occupied.    more >>

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