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- Canada's current account balance (on a seasonally adjusted basis) recorded a $10.6 billion deficit in the fourth quarter of 2022, up $2.2 billion from the previous quarter. - The Daily — Canada's balance of international payments, fourth quarter 2022
- Real gross domestic product (GDP) edged down 0.1% in December 2022, following a 0.1% uptick in November. - The Daily — Gross domestic product by industry, December 2022
- Real gross domestic product (GDP) was nearly unchanged in the fourth quarter, following five consecutive quarterly increases. - The Daily — Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, fourth quarter 2022
- Businesses and governments are expected to invest $319.9 billion in non-residential construction and machinery and equipment in 2023, a 4.3% increase from 2022. - The Daily — Non-residential capital and repair expenditures, 2021 (revised), 2022 (preliminary) and 2023 (intentions)
- Retail sales reached $65.3 billion in December 2022, an increase of 7.0% compared with the same month in 2021. Higher sales were reported in 15 of the 19 commodity classes. - The Daily — Retail Commodity Survey, December 2022
- In 2018, when the value of paid and unpaid work was combined, women’s contribution to economic activity was 35.8% (21.5% paid work; 14.3% unpaid work). - The Daily — Economic and Social Reports, February 2023
- Capital expenditures in the oil and gas extraction industries, including expenditures on exploration and evaluation, totalled $9.0 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. - The Daily — Quarterly capital spending: Oil and gas industries, fourth quarter 2022
- Farm cash receipts totalled $94.9 billion in 2022, up 14.1% (+$11.7 billion) compared with 2021. - The Daily — Farm cash receipts, January to December, 2022
- In 2020, both energy used by industries (-8.0%) and industrial greenhouse gas emissions (-10.2%) decreased significantly. These drops can largely be attributed to the COVID19 pandemic. - The Daily — Canadian System of Environmental–Economic Accounts: Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, 2020
- The labour productivity of Canadian businesses fell 0.5% in the fourth quarter, a third consecutive quarterly decline. - The Daily — Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost, fourth quarter 2022
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