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	Index of consumer confidence: January 2021 The monthly Index of consumer confidence is constructed from responses to four attitudinal questions posed to a random sample of Canadian households.
	Metropolitan housing starts: December 2020 The monthly Metropolitan housing starts publication provides the recent trends in housing starts for 29 metropolitan areas and expectations for starts over both the short and long term.
	Index of consumer confidence: December 2020 The monthly Index of consumer confidence is constructed from responses to four attitudinal questions posed to a random sample of Canadian households.
	Metropolitan resale snapshot: November 2020 The monthly Metropolitan resale snapshot provides an overview of the existing home market and expectations for existing home price growth over the short term for 30 areas.
	Index of business confidence: November 2020 This quarterly survey poses ten qualitative questions regarding the business climate and investment intentions to senior officers of approximately 1,500 Canadian business organizations.
	Provincial Outlook Summary: November 25, 2020 This quarterly economic forecast provides highlights of the Provincial Outlook report, which presents the short-term outlook for Canada’s provinces.
	Index of consumer confidence: October 2020 The monthly Index of consumer confidence is constructed from responses to four attitudinal questions posed to a random sample of Canadian households.
	Major City Insights: May 12, 2020 This publication focuses on the metropolitan economies of Halifax, Québec City, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria.
	Provincial Outlook Economic Forecast: Spring 2020 This preliminary Provincial Outlook updates our outlook for the Canadian economy and provides our new, preliminary estimates for growth in each of the provinces in this challenging year.
	Metropolitan Outlook 2: Winter 2020 This publication focuses on the metropolitan economies of St. John’s, Moncton, Saint John, Saguenay, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Kingston, Oshawa, St. Catharines–Niagara, Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo, Guelph, London, Windsor, Greater Sudbury, Thunder Bay, and Abbotsford.
	Composite leading index for Canada: February 2020 The composite leading index of the Canadian economy sums up the performance of nine components that track the short-term course of the economy.
	Canadian Outlook Economic Forecast: Spring 2020 Summary This quarterly economic forecast provides highlights of the Canadian Outlook report, which presents the short-term national outlook.
	Canadian Outlook Long-Term Economic Forecast: 2020 This annual economic forecast presents the long-term national outlook. The U.S. economic outlook is presented in a separate section.
	World Outlook Economic Forecast: Winter 2020 This quarterly examination of the short-term economic outlook for the world's major economies also contains an in-depth analysis of a number of issues that are relevant for understanding world economic trends and developments.
	Survey of forecasters: Winter 2020 This quarterly survey reflects the opinions of Canada’s top forecasting organizations and their outlook for the Canadian economy.

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