Statistics Canada – Advisor's Edge https://phoenix.advisor.ca The best news source for Canadian financial advisors. Investments, financial markets, insurance, practice management, tax and estate planning Tue, 03 Oct 2023 19:32:28 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://phoenix.advisor.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/cropped-advisor-ico-32x32.png Statistics Canada – Advisor's Edge https://phoenix.advisor.ca 32 32 Retail sales up 0.3% in July https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/retail-sales-up-0-3-in-july/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:44:19 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=231042 Data reinforces the BoC's decision to hold rates, economist says

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Statistics Canada says household debt ratio down in Q2 as income grew https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/statistics-canada-says-household-debt-ratio-down-in-q2-as-income-grew/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:07:08 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=230713 Disposable income comfortably outpaced the growth in debt, demand for mortgages fell

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Canada posts $987M merchandise trade deficit in July: StatsCan https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/canada-posts-987m-merchandise-trade-deficit-in-july-statscan/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:11:14 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=230425 Canada's merchandise trade surplus with the United States rose to $7.4 billion

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Retail sales edge up 0.1% in June: StatsCan https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/retail-sales-edge-up-0-1-in-june-statscan/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:16:14 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=230023 Consumer spending “continued to sputter” as economic growth weakened

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Foreign investors pile into government debt: StatsCan https://phoenix.advisor.ca/investments/market-insights/foreign-investors-pile-into-government-debt-statscan/ Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:38:25 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=228822 Cross-border portfolio flows rise in May as offshore investors add federal paper, Canadian investors retreat

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Wholesale sales saw largest monthly increase since November 2021 https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/wholesale-sales-saw-largest-monthly-increase-since-november-2021/ Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:41:38 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=228804 StatsCan reported sales were up in four of the seven subsectors that it tracks

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Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales up 1.2% at $72.9 billion in May https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/statistics-canada-says-manufacturing-sales-up-1-2-at-72-9-billion-in-may/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:49:02 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=228634 Chemical products and motor vehicles were winners, while primary metals fell

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Retail sales rose 1.1% in April, Statistics Canada says https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/retail-sales-rose-1-1-in-april-statistics-canada-says/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:03:45 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=227000 Sales at general merchandise retailers rose 3.3% in April, while food and beverage retailers saw a gain of 1.5%

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Foreign investors back in Canadian bond markets https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/foreign-investors-back-in-canadian-bond-markets/ Fri, 16 Jun 2023 18:44:15 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=226841 StatsCan reports that offshore investors resumed corporate, federal government bond buying in April

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Economy continues to outperform, raising odds of rate hike next week https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/economic/economy-continues-to-outperform-raising-odds-of-rate-hike-next-week/ Wed, 31 May 2023 17:36:38 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=226142 Statistics Canada reports real gross domestic product grew at annualized rate of 3.1% in Q1

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