Section 3: Recent feature articles

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December 2011
Recent trends in Canada's labour force participation rate

September 2011
The post-recession recovery of Canadian exports, 2009-2011

August 2011
Projected trends to 2031 for the Canadian labour force

June 2011
The relationship between monthly, quarterly, and annual growth rates

April 2011
2010 in review

March 2011
Recent trends in business investment

January 2011
How did the 2008-2010 recession and recovery compare with previous cycles?

December 2010
Slowdowns during periods of economic growth

November 2010
Different measures of economic activity: Physical quantity, current dollars, and volume

September 2010
The evolution of the global financial crisis and cross-border financial activity, 2007-2010

July 2010
The role of inventories in recent business cycles

May 2010
The accelerated pace of the 2008-2009 downturn

April 2010
Year-end review of 2009

March 2010
Seasonal adjustment and identifying economic trends

February 2010
The impact of age, income, and family structure on homeownership

January 2010
The changing cyclical behaviour of labour productivity

December 2009
Differences in Canadian and US income levels, 1961-2008

November 2009
1. What does the Pension Satellite Account tell about Canada's pension system?
2. Canada's employment downturn

October 2009 
Canada's international trade during the recession

September 2009 
Trends in GDP and self-employment of unincorporated enterprises, 1987 - 2005

August 2009
The evolution of the Canadian manufacturing sector

June 2009
A National Accounts perspective on recent financial events

May 2009 
Cyclical changes in output and employment

April 2009
2008 in Review

March 2009
the impact of recessions in the United States on Canada

January 2009
Are monthly changes in the economy becoming more volatile?

December 2008
Terms of trade in central Canada

November 2008
The role of natural resources in Canada's economy

October 2008
Trends in employment and wages, 2002 to 2007

August 2008
Over a barrel? Canada and the rising cost of energy

June 2008
Food Prices: A boon for producers, a buffer for consumers

May 2008
From lagging to leading: Newfoundland and Saskatchewan dig into the resource boom

April 2008
Turbulent stability: Canada's economy in 2007

March 2008
Loonie tunes: Industry exposure to the rising exchange rate

February 2008
Tracking value-added trade: Examining global inputs to exports

January 2008
The Terms of Trade and Domestic Spending

December 2007
Cross-border shopping and the loonie: Not what it used to be

November 2007
Trading with a giant: An update on Canada-China trade

October 2007
The new underground economy of subsoil resources: no longer hewers of wood and drawers of water

September 2007
From roads to rinks: Government Spending on Infrastructure in Canada, 1961 to 2005

August 2007
Not Dutch Disease, it's China Syndrome

June 2007
Labour Force Projections for Canada, 2006-2031

May 2007
Canada's Changing Auto Industry

April 2007
Year end review: westward ho!

March 2007
Recent trends in output and employment

February 2007
1. Federal government revenue and spending by province: a scorecard of winners and losers in confederation?
2. Canada's unemployment mosaic, 2000 to 2006

January 2007
Work hours instability

December 2006
Trade liberalization and the Canadian clothing market

November 2006
The changing composition of the merchandise trade surplus

October 2006
National and regional trends in business bankruptcies 1980-2005

September 2006
The Alberta economic juggernaut: The boom on the rose

August 2006
Converging gender roles

July 2006
Head office employment in Canada, 1999 to 2005

June 2006
From she to she: changing patterns of women in the Canadian labour force

May 2006
The west coast boom

April 2006
1. The year in review: the revenge of the old economy.
2. Recent trends in corporate finance

March 2006
1. Canada's place in world trade, 1990-2005.
2. Changes in foreign control under different regulatory climates: multinationals in Canada

February 2006
Emerging patterns in the labour market: a reversal from the 1990s

January 2006
Multipliers and outsourcing: how industries interact with each other and affect GDP

December 2005
1. Is Canada's manufacturing lagging compared with the US?
2. Wholesalers of pharmaceutical products: a vibrant industry

November 2005
Rising energy prices: how big a shock to consumers and industry?

October 2005
Socio-demographic factors in the current housing market

September 2005
Long-run cycles in business investment

August 2005
Provincial income disparities through an urban-rural lens

June 2005
Canada's trade and investment with China

May 2005
1. Canada's natural resource exports.
2. Federal personal income tax: slicing the pie

April 2005
Canada's economic growth in review

March 2005
1. Recent changes in the labour market.
2. Canada's textile and clothing industries

February 2005
The soaring loonie and international travel

January 2005
1. Using RRSPs before retirement.
2. The output gap between Canada and the US: The role of productivity 1994-2002

December 2004
National versus Domestic Output: A Measure of Economic Maturity?

November 2004
Social Assistance by Province, 1993-2003

October 2004
Four decades of creative destruction: Renewing Canada's manufacturing base from 1961-1999

September 2004
Canada's imports by country

August 2004
Social assistance use: Trends in incidence, entry and exit rates

June 2004
Canada's Trade with China

May 2004
1. A diffusion index for GDP.
2. Provincial GDP in 2003

April 2004
Year-end review

March 2004
Terms of trade, GDP and the exchange rate

February 2004
1. The labour market in 2003.
2. The recent growth of floriculture

January 2004
Research and development in the service sector

December 2003
Recent trends in retailing

November 2003
1. The changing role of inventories in the business cycle.
2. Ontario-US power outage: impact on hours worked

October 2003
Canadian foreign affiliates, 1999 to 2001

September 2003
Information technology workers

August 2003
The impact of self-employment on productivity growth in Canada and the US

June 2003
The import intensity of provincial exports

May 2003
1. Do Canadians pay more than Americans for the same products?
2. Provincial growth in 2002

April 2003
Recent trends in spending and savings in Canada and the US

March 2003
Year-end Review

February 2003
2002—A good year in the labour market

January 2003
The labour market: Up north, down south

December 2002
Cyclical implications of the rising import content in exports

November 2002
The digital divide in Canada

October 2002
The effect of dividend flows on Canadian incomes

September 2002
Are knowledge-based jobs better?

August 2002
The effects of recessions on the services industries

June 2002
Recent trends in the merchandise trade balance

May 2002
1. Foreign affiliate trade statistics: how goods and services are delivered in international markets.
2. Provincial GDP in 2001

April 2002
Economic trends in 2001

March 2002
Output of information and communications technologies

February 2002
The labour market in 2001

January 2002
After the layoff

December 2001
Tracking the business cycle: monthly analysis of the economy at Statistics Canada, 1926-2001

November 2001
1. Mergers, acquisitions and foreign control.
2. The labour market in the week of September 11

October 2001
Electronic commerce and technology use in Canadian business

September 2001
Time lost due to industrial disputes

August 2001
Interprovincial productivity differences

June 2001
Foreign control and corporate concentration

May 2001
Experiencing low income for several years

April 2001
Year-end review

March 2001
1. Demography and the labour market.
2. Expenditure on GDP and business cycles

February 2001
An updated look at the computer services industry

January 2001
Plugging in: household internet use

December 2000
Recent trends in provincial GDP

November 2000
New hiring and permanent separations

September 2000
Unemployment kaleidoscope

August 2000
Income inequality in North America: does the 49th parallel still matter?

June 2000
Brain drain and brain gain: part II, the immigration of knowledge workers to Canada

May 2000
Brain drain and brain gain: part I, the emigration of knowledge workers from Canada

April 2000
Year-end review

March 2000
Advanced technology use in manufacturing during the 1990s

February 2000
1. Women's and men's earnings.
2. The labour market in the 1990s

January 2000
The labour market in the 1990s

December 1999
Patterns of inter-provincial migration, 1982-95

November 1999
The importance of exports to GDP and jobs

October 1999
Supplementary measures of unemployment

September 1999
Productivity growth in Canada and the United States

August 1999
Saving for retirement: self-employed vs. employees

June 1999
Entertainment services: a growing consumer market

May 1999
Seasonality in employment

April 1999
Year-end review

March 1999
The role of self-employment in job creation in Canada and the United States

February 1999
Canadians connected

January 1999
Long-term prospects of the young

December 1998
Canada — US labour market comparison

November 1998
"Can I help you?": household spending on services

October 1998
Labour force participation in the 1990s

September 1998
What is happening to earnings inequality and youth wages in the 1990s?

August 1998
The cellular telephone industry: birth, evolution, and prospects

July 1998
Employment insurance in Canada: recent trends and policy changes

June 1998
Provincial trends in GDP

May 1998
Are jobs less stable in the services sector?

April 1998
Economic trends in 1997

March 1998
Business demographics, volatility and change in the service sector

February 1998
Differences in earnings inequality by province, 1982-94

January 1998
Regional disparities and non-permanent employment

December 1997
Corporate financial trends in Canada and the United States, 1961-1996

November 1997
1. Trucking in a borderless market – an industry profile.
2. A profile of the self-employed

October 1997
Earnings patterns by age and sex

September 1997
Are Canadians more likely to lose their jobs in the 1990s?

August 1997
Factors affecting technology adoption: a comparison of Canada and the United States

July 1997
1. Measuring the age of retirement.
2. Trading travellers – international travel trends

June 1997
Provincial economic trends in 1996

May 1997
Youths and the labour market

April 1997
Year-end review

February 1997
An overview of permanent layoffs

January 1997
1. RRSP withdrawals revisited.
2. REPO transactions between residents of Canada and non-residents

December 1996
Access to the information highway

November 1996
Job creation, wages and productivity in manufacturing

October 1996
The effect of rebasing on GDP

September 1996
The changing workweek: trends in weekly hours of work

August 1996
The concentration of job creation in companies

July 1996
Recent trends in provincial growth

June 1996
Do earnings rise until retirement?

May 1996
Technology and competitiveness in Canadian manufacturing establishments

April 1996
Economic developments in 1995

March 1996
The labour force survey: 50 years old

February 1996
Alternative measures of business cycles in Canada: 1947-1992

January 1996
Changes in job tenure since 1981

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