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March 2010
 

DATE	STATISTIC	FOR	CURRENT MONTH	PREVIOUS MONTH
Thursday, March 04, 2010	Building Permits	Jan	Municipalities issued building permits worth $5.7 billion in January, a 4.9% decline from December. However, this value was still 32.7% higher than the level in January 2009. The decline between December and January was due to a substantial drop in building intentions in the non-residential sector.	Contractors took out $6.2 billion in building permits in December, up 2.4% from November and 32.6% higher than in December 2008.
Thursday, March 11, 2010	New Housing Price Index	Jan	The New Housing Price Index rose 0.4% in January, registering the same month-over-month growth rate for the third consecutive month.	The New Housing Price Index rose 0.4% in December, the same increase as reported in November.
Thursday, March 11, 2010	Canadian international merchandise trade	Jan	Canada's merchandise exports grew 0.5% in January, a slower pace than in the previous four months, while imports declined 1.7%. As a result, Canada posted a trade surplus with the world of $799 million in January compared with a surplus of $75 million in December.	Canada's merchandise exports and imports both advanced in December on the strength of automotive products. Exports rose 1.7% and imports increased 1.8%. As a result, Canada's trade deficit with the world widened to $246 million in December from $201 million in November.
Friday, March 12, 2010	Labour Force Survey	Feb	---	Employment increased by 43,000 in January, all in part time, pushing the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 8.3%. January marks the fourth employment gain in six months.
Monday, March 15, 2010	New motor vehicle sales	Jan	---	New motor vehicle sales increased 2.6% to 128,663 units in December. This gain brought sales back to September's level after fluctuating in October and November. Higher sales of North American-built passenger cars were responsible for most of the increase.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010	Monthly Survey of Manufacturing	Jan	---	Manufacturing sales increased 1.6% in December to $43.0 billion. The gains were mostly concentrated in the transportation equipment industry.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010	Wholesale trade	Jan	---	In December, wholesale sales in current dollars increased by 0.7% to $42.8 billion, the sixth increase in seven months.
Thursday, March 18, 2010	Canada's international transactions in securities	Jan	---	Non-residents acquired $11.2 billion of Canadian securities in December as purchases of Canadian bonds continued to dominate foreign inflows. Canadian investment in foreign securities, which was up in November after four months of divestments, slowed to $663 million in December. Portfolio investment activity in 2009 was marked by unprecedented foreign acquisitions of Canadian securities to the tune of $109.4 billion, predominantly bonds.
Friday, March 19, 2010	Retail Trade	Jan	---	Retail sales rose 0.4% in December.
Friday, March 19, 2010	Consumer Price Index	Feb	---	Consumer prices rose 1.9% in the 12 months to January, following a 1.3% increase in December 2009. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, prices rose 0.4% from December to January.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010	Leading Indicators	Feb	---	The composite leading index rose 0.9% in January, about equal to its average increase over the previous eight months but less than the 1.5% gain in December. Overall, 8 of the 10 components rose, while the 2 that declined were related to manufacturing.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010	Employment Insurance	Jan	---	The number of regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries fell for the third consecutive month, down 40,100 in December to 744,000.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010	Industrial Product Price Index	Feb	---	In January, the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) rose 0.3%, led by a rebound in petroleum prices.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010	Raw Materials Price Index	Feb	---	In January, the Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) rose 3.3%, led by a rebound in petroleum prices.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010	Payroll employment, earnings and hours	Jan	---	Non-farm payroll employment increased by 22,000 in December compared with the previous month. This represented the fourth consecutive month of modest gains.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010	GDP	Jan	---	Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.2% in the fourth quarter, the largest quarterly increase since the second quarter of 2004. Final domestic demand advanced 1.1% as consumer spending continued to grow. Real GDP increased 0.6% in December, a fourth consecutive monthly advance.