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- The Farm Product Price Index (FPPI) rose 9.4% in December 2022 compared with December 2021, the first FPPI monthly year-over-year single digit increase in close to two years. - The Daily — Farm Product Price Index, December 2022
- The price index for household final consumption expenditure (excluding food and energy) rose 0.9% in the fourth quarter, a deceleration from the first half of 2022. - The Daily — Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, fourth quarter 2022
- In January 2023, Canada's merchandise exports increased 4.2%, while imports were up 3.1%. - The Daily — Canadian international merchandise trade, January 2023
- Canada's monthly international trade in services deficit increased from $1.3 billion in December 2022 to $2.3 billion in January 2023. - The Daily — Canadian international trade in services, January 2023
- Borrowing in the form of debt securities by Canadian governments and corporations totalled $46.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022, the lowest level since the first quarter of 2021. - The Daily — Securities statistics, fourth quarter 2022
- The operating revenue of the engineering services industry grew by 4.5% to $35.1 billion in 2021. The same year, operating expenses grew 5.0% to $32.3 billion. - The Daily — Engineering services industry, 2021
- Canadian businesses sold $20.9 billion worth of domestic and export environmental and clean technology goods in 2021, an increase of $1.4 billion (+7.2%) compared with 2020. - The Daily — Annual Survey of Environmental Goods and Services, 2021
- Employment was little changed in February 2023 (+22,000; +0.1%), following increases in December (+69,000; +0.3%) and January (+150,000; +0.8%). - The Daily — Labour Force Survey, February 2023
- Canada's net foreign asset position, the difference between its international financial assets and international liabilities, increased by $223.9 billion to $839.7 billion at the end of the fourth quarter. - The Daily — Canada's international investment position, fourth quarter 2022
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