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Economic Indicators

Last updated: Friday, March 1, 2024

Welcome to EFC’s Economic Dashboard. This dashboard offers a snapshot of current Canadian economic and market conditions based on key economic and market indicators and is to be used as a tool to help set context when evaluating the current state of the economy.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Geoffrey Pereira, Senior Data Analyst, at gpereira@electrofed.com.

Canadian Dollar

CAD/USD Exchange Rate

2024-03-27:
0.7360

Published each business
day by 16:30 ET.

Consumer Price Index

January 2024

+2.9%

(12-month change)

Building Permits –
CAN

$9.2 billion

December 2023

-14.0%

(monthly change)

Housing Starts
(SAAR) CAN

233,705

Q4 2023

+2.1% 

(yearly change)

Manufacturing Sales

$71.2 billion

December 2023

-0.7% 

(monthly change)

Real GDP Canada

December 2023

+0.0%

(monthly change)

Employment Insurance

Regular Employment

464,370

December 2023

+1.4%

(monthly change)

Building Permits –
Non-Residential

$ 3.5 billion

December 2023

-12.5% 

(12-month change)

Housing Completions
– CAN

43,798

Q4 2023

-22.5%

(previous Quarter)

Wholesale Sales

$82.9 billion

December 2023

+0.3% 

(monthly change)

Real GDP – US

Q4 2023

+3.3%

(quarterly change)

Employment Insurance YoY

Regular Employment

December 2023

+14.8%

(12-month change)

 Investment in Building Construction

$19.8 billion

December 2023

 +0.3% 

(monthly change)

Machinery & Equipment
Index

Q4 2020

-1.7 %

(quarterly change)


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