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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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Private and public investment, 2009
Investments in non-residential construction and machinery and equipment are expected to total $237.5 billion in 2009, down 6.6% from 2008. While public sector capital spending is expected to increase 9.5%, private sector investment is anticipated to fall by 13.1%, mainly due to the mining and oil and gas extraction industry.
Characteristics of international travellers, third quarter 2008
Visitors from the United States made 5.2 million overnight trips to Canada during the third quarter of 2008, the lowest third-quarter level since records were first kept in 1972. Overnight travel to Canada from the United States fell 6.9% compared with the third quarter of 2007, while overnight travel to the United States from Canada rose 4.6%.
Machinery and equipment price indexes, fourth quarter 2008
Railway carloadings, December 2008
Crushing statistics, January 2009
Deliveries of major grains, January 2009