Month: September 2021

Canadian GDP down 0.3% in Q2

Substantial declines in home resale activities and exports pushed real gross domestic product (GDP) down 0.3% in the second quarter of 2021. This contrasted with three consecutive quarterly increases that followed the sharp decline (-11.3%) caused by pandemic-related business shutdowns and travel restrictions in the second quarter of 2020.Increases in investment in business inventories, government final consumption expenditures, …

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