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Business condition survey of the manufacturing sector, unadjusted, by provinces (quarterly)

  4th quarter 2003 1st quarter 2004 2nd quarter 2004 3rd quarter 2004 4th quarter 2004
  unadjusted
  %
Canada
Production prospects
higher 32 28 28 20 21
about the same 50 52 63 67 68
lower 17 20 9 13 11
Orders received
rising 21 22 21 19 20
about right 55 68 60 72 71
declining 24 11 19 9 9
Employment prospects
increasing 13 12 19 17 16
little change 68 69 70 73 71
decreasing 19 18 11 10 13
Note: The Business condition survey provides an advance indication of current trends for the manufacturing sector of the Canadian economy.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, tables 302-0007 and 302-0008.
Last modified: 2004-10-28.

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