Fast Facts Friday: February 3, 2023

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Fast Facts Friday
  1. Real gross domestic product (GDP) dged up 0.1% in November 2022, following a +0.1% uptick in October. - The Daily — Gross domestic product by industry, November 2022
  2. Canadian manufacturers produced 766 million cigarettes in December 2022, down 45.1% from November 2022. - The Daily — Production and disposition of tobacco products, December 2022
  3. In October 2022, the number of active businesses fell by 0.3% (-2,563). This drop was attributable to a 0.4 percentage point decline in the opening rate and a slight increase of 0.1 percentage point in the closure rate. - The Daily — Monthly estimates of business openings and closures, October 2022
  4. Businesses in the repair and maintenance services subsector generated $34.3 billion in operating revenue in 2021, an increase of 8.2% from 2020. - The Daily — Repair and maintenance services subsector, 2021
  5. The Canadian residential real estate market recorded record resale transactions and price appreciation in 2021, driving operating revenue up 38.1% in the real estate agents and brokers industry group. - The Daily — Real estate agents and brokers, 2021
  6. Retail sales reached $64.3 billion in November 2022, an increase of 6.0% compared with the same month in 2021. Higher sales were reported in 13 of the 19 commodity classes. - The Daily — Retail Commodity Survey, November 2022
  7. The monthly total seasonally adjusted value of building permits in Canada decreased 7.3% in December 2022 to $10.3 billion. - The Daily — Building permits, December 2022

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