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Selected economic indicators, Canada and United States (monthly and quarterly)
| |
Latest period |
Change from previous period |
Annual change |
| |
| Canada – Labour market 1,2 |
| |
thousands |
% |
| Labour force(SA) |
December 2004 |
17,373 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
| Employment (SA) |
December 2004 |
16,149 |
0.2 |
1.4 |
| |
% |
| Unemployment rate (SA) |
December 2004 |
7.0 |
-4.1 |
-5.4 |
| |
$millions |
% |
| Gross Domestic Product at market prices (SAAR)3 (Chained 1997
dollars) |
3rd quarter 2004 |
1,054,535 |
1.0 |
3.9 |
| |
index |
% |
| Consumer Price index (1992=100) |
December 2004 |
125.4 |
-0.2 |
2.1 |
| |
% |
| Stock market (closing quotations at month end)4 (1975=1000) |
December 2004 |
9,246.7 |
2.4 |
12.5 |
| SA - seasonally adjusted |
| SAAR - seasonally adjusted at annual rates |
| 1. Labour Force Survey for Canada, Payroll
Survey for the United States. |
| 2. Canadian estimates are drawn from a household
survey while American estimates use a business survey and provide somewhat
different coverage and definitions. |
| 3. In Canadian dollars. |
| 4. S&P/TSX Composite Index for Canada, and
Dow Jones Composite Index for United States. |
| Sources: Statistics Canada,
CANSIM, tables 176-0046,
282-0087,
326-0001,
379-0018,
451-0006,
451-0009
and 451-0010. |
| Last modified: 2005-01-18. |
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