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(Note) (January 2013)35,056,064 - CPI annual inflation
(April 2013)0.4% - Unemployment rate
(April 2013)7.2% - Monthly GDP growth
(February 2013)0.3%
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- Employment Insurance
March 2013 - Retail trade
March 2013 - Consumer Price Index
April 2013 - Wholesale trade
March 2013
May 23, 2013
Employment Insurance
March 2013
The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits continued to trend down for the fifth consecutive month in March, declining slightly by 1.0% (-5,200) to 523,700. Compared with a year earlier, the number of beneficiaries was down 8.1%.
May 22, 2013
Retail trade
March 2013
Retail sales were flat in March, holding at $39.5 billion. After removing the effects of price changes, particularly lower gasoline prices, retail sales in volume terms rose 0.7%.
May 17, 2013
Consumer Price Index
April 2013
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in the 12 months to April, following a 1.0% increase in March. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the Consumer Price Index decreased 0.4% in April, after posting no change in March.
May 17, 2013
Wholesale trade
March 2013
Wholesale sales advanced by 0.3% in March to $49.1 billion. The increase was mainly due to higher sales in the motor vehicle industry. Since May 2012, wholesale sales have been relatively flat.
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