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

  4th quarter 2003 1st quarter 2004 2nd quarter 2004 3rd quarter 2004 4th quarter 2004
  seasonally adjusted
  %
Canada
Production prospects
higher 34 28 22 23 22
about the same 51 56 63 64 69
lower 16 15 15 13 9
Orders received
rising 20 24 20 19 18
about right 62 66 58 69 78
declining 17 11 22 12 4
Employment prospects
increasing 16 15 14 17 18
little change 70 68 71 71 73
decreasing 15 17 15 11 9
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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