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Canadian Month at a Glance A snapshot of the Canadian economy for the last six months. U.S. Month at a Glance A snapshot of the U.S. economy for the last six months. Briefings - Playing in the Big Leagues
Playing in the Big Leagues is a series of briefings that examines what it takes for a professional sports team to be successful in Canada.
> Read series - Canada’s Trade in a Digital World
Digitization opens up new trade and investment possibilities, changes the nature of trade, and poses new challenges for Canadian businesses. This briefing aims to help leaders address these issues.
> Read briefing Index of Consumer Confidence The monthly Index of Consumer Confidence is constructed from responses to four attitudinal questions posed to a random sample of Canadian households. - View archive (This research is only available to subscribers.)
Index of Business Confidence This quarterly survey poses ten qualitative questions regarding the business climate and investment intentions to senior officers of approximately 1,500 Canadian business organizations. - View archive (This research is only available to subscribers.)
Survey of Forecasters This quarterly survey reflects the opinions of Canada’s top forecasting organizations and their outlook for the Canadian economy. - View archive (This research is only available to subscribers.)
Leading Indicator of Industry Profitability The monthly Leading Indicator of Industry Profitability is constructed from high frequency data series. The indicators are designed to be predictive of movements in corporate profitability six months hence. An industry leading index is created for the economy as a whole, as well as for 49 individual sectors within the economy, thus providing coverage for most of the private business activity that takes place in Canada. - View archive (This research is only available to subscribers.)
Metro Help-Wanted Index The monthly Help-Wanted Index is an indicator of the number of new jobs advertised online. It is used to predict near-term employment trends. Metropolitan Housing Starts The monthly Metropolitan Housing Starts publication provides the recent trends in housing starts for 27 metropolitan areas and expectations for starts over both the short and long term. Metro Resale Snapshot The monthly Metro Resale Snapshot provides an overview of the existing home market for 28 areas and expectations for existing home price growth over the short term.
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