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Summary Table - Key Indicators

Year and month   Employment, percent change Unemployment rate Composite leading index, percent change Housing starts (000s) Consumer price index, percent change Real gross domestic product, percent change Retail sales volume, percent change Merchandise exports, percent change Merchandise imports, percent change
CANSIM: V2062811 V2062815 V7688 V730390 V41690973 V41881175 V21645485 V191490 V183406
2005   1.4 6.8 5.1 224 2.2 2.9 3.7 5.3 6.9
2006   2.0 6.3 5.3 228 2.0 2.9 5.3 0.9 4.1
                   
2005 N 0.2 6.3 0.3 227 -0.2 0.5 1.5 -2.8 0.2
D -0.1 6.5 0.5 235 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 1.5 1.6
                   
2006 J 0.2 6.6 0.4 247 0.6 0.2 1.2 -1.8 -0.2
F 0.1 6.3 0.4 238 -0.2 0.3 0.5 -5.1 -4.5
M 0.3 6.3 0.6 247 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.1 2.5
A 0.1 6.4 0.5 223 0.6 0.1 1.6 0.7 2.2
M 0.6 6.1 0.6 223 0.5 0.1 -0.4 -1.4 -1.2
J -0.1 6.1 0.3 237 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 2.4 1.9
J 0.0 6.4 0.4 236 0.1 0.2 1.0 1.4 3.2
A 0.0 6.4 0.4 215 0.2 0.3 0.8 -0.6 -0.2
S 0.1 6.4 0.3 208 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 -1.1 -3.1
O 0.3 6.1 0.3 225 -0.2 0.2 0.2 -2.8 0.3
N 0.1 6.2 0.4 229 0.2 0.1 -0.2 4.5 1.7
D 0.3 6.1 0.3 213 0.2 0.3 1.5 5.7 2.9
                   
2007 J 0.5 6.2 0.5 253 0.0 0.3 0.0 -1.9 -1.6
F 0.1 6.1 0.5 199 0.7 0.4 -0.6 -1.3 -0.2
M 0.3 6.1 0.4 214 0.8 0.3 1.7 3.4 2.8
A 0.0 6.1 0.4 219 0.5 0.0 0.1 -0.3 -2.7
M 0.1 6.1 0.5 235 0.4 0.4 2.6 -1.4 -2.0
J 0.2 6.1 0.3 225 -0.2 0.2 -0.8 -2.4 1.2
J 0.1 6.0 0.4 225 0.1 0.1 -0.8 1.4 4.2
A 0.1 6.0 0.3 236 -0.3 0.2 1.3 -2.3 -4.1
S 0.3 5.9 0.3 281 0.2 0.1 -0.5 -2.3 2.2
O 0.4 5.8 0.1 228 -0.3 .. .. .. ..
N 0.3 5.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
                   
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM.
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