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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time

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

Sawmills, December 2008 

Crushing statistics, January 2009

Deliveries of major grains, January 2009

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