Turbulent stability: Canada's economy in 2007
Despite the turmoil in financial markets and a slowdown in the US, Canada's growth was remarkably steady in 2007. This reflects the ongoing boom in the resource sector and the boost the rising loonie gave to domestic spending.
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- Aging population
- Analytical products
- Commodities
- Consumer price index
- Consumer spending
- Corporations
- Costs
- Cross-border shopping
- Economic conditions
- Employment growth
- Energy sector
- Exchange rates
- Exports
- Financial statistics
- Globalization
- Gross domestic product
- Household expenditures
- Housing demand
- Inflation
- Interest rates
- International comparisons
- Labour supply
- Mining
- Prices
- Productivity
- Recession
- Rural areas
- Small business
- Stock markets