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September 2010
 

DATE	STATISTIC	FOR	CURRENT MONTH	PREVIOUS MONTH
Wednesday, September 08, 2010	Building Permits	July	---	The value of building permits totalled $6.6 billion in June, up 6.5% from May and a 24.9% increase from June 2009. The gain in June was due to the non-residential sector, which more than offset the decline in the residential sector
Thursday, September 09, 2010	Canadian international merchandise trade	July	---	Canada's merchandise exports fell 2.5% in June, led by industrial goods and materials. Imports decreased 1.2% as a result of a significant decline in energy products. Consequently, Canada's trade deficit with the world widened from $695 million in May to $1.1 billion in June.
Thursday, September 09, 2010	New Housing Price Index	July	---	The New Housing Price Index (NHPI) rose 0.1% in June following a 0.3% increase in May.
Friday, September 10, 2010	Labour Force Survey	Aug	---	Following strong gains in recent months, employment was little changed in July, with large full-time declines mostly offset by part-time gains. The unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage points to 8.0%
Tuesday, September 14, 2010	New motor vehicle sales	July	---	The number of new motor vehicles sold rose 2.5% to 130,135 units in June. Higher truck sales were the main contributor to the increase.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010	Monthly Survey of Manufacturing	July	---	Manufacturing sales edged up 0.1% to $44.8 billion in June. Sales have advanced in 11 of the past 13 months since the low reached in May 2009. Constant dollar manufacturing sales rose 0.7% to $41.7 billion in June.
Monday, September 20, 2010	Canada's international transactions in securities	July	---	Following two months of substantial investment, foreign investors' acquisitions of Canadian securities slowed significantly to $5.4 billion in June. Meanwhile, Canadian acquisitions of foreign securities rebounded in June, with investors adding $4.0 billion to their portfolios, mainly non-U.S. foreign securities.
Monday, September 20, 2010	Wholesale trade	July	---	Wholesale sales declined 0.3% to $43.9 billion in June, with four of the seven wholesale subsectors posting declines.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010	Consumer Price Index	Aug	---	Consumer prices rose 1.8% in the 12 months to July, following a 1.0% increase in June. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.6% from June to July. Consumer prices were affected by changes in consumption taxes in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010	Retail Trade	July	---	Retail sales edged up 0.1% in June. When price changes are factored in, retail sales in volume terms were up 0.9%.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010	Leading Indicators	Aug	---	The composite leading index slowed to a 0.4% increase in July, after a gain of 0.7% in June. Most of the slowdown originated in the household sector, where three components fell. None of the seven other components decreased.
Thursday, September 23, 2010	Employment Insurance	July	---	In June, 691,600 people received regular Employment Insurance benefits, up slightly (+8,400) from May and the third consecutive month of small increases.
Friday, September 24, 2010	Payroll employment, earnings and hours	July	---	Between June 2009 and June 2010, the average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees rose by 4.0% to $853.50. This was the fastest year-over-year increase since February 2008.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010	Industrial Product Price Index	Aug	---	The Industrial Product Price Index edged up 0.1% in July, led mainly by primary metal products. The Raw Materials Price Index rose 1.8%, largely because of higher prices for crude oil.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010	Raw Materials Price Index	Aug	---	The Raw Materials Price Index declined 0.3%, largely because of lower prices for non-ferrous metals and animals and animal products.
Thursday, September 30, 2010	GDP	July	---	Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.5% in the second quarter, after increasing by 1.4% in the first quarter. Final domestic demand advanced 0.9%, led by business investment in machinery and equipment. Real GDP increased by 0.2% in June.