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Second quarter 2012
- The New Housing Price Index (2007=100) increased 0.7% in the second quarter of 2012 following a 0.6% increase the previous quarter. The Atlantic Region (+0.2%), Québec (+0.3%), Ontario (+1.2%) and the Prairie Region (+0.7%) all posted increases, while British Columbia (-0.2%) recorded its fourth consecutive quarterly decrease.
- The composite price index for non-residential building construction rose 0.6% in the second quarter compared with the previous quarter. The quarterly increase was mainly a result of higher labour costs. Year over year the composite price index for non-residential building construction rose 3.1%.
- The Machinery and Equipment Price Index (MEPI) rose 0.8% in the second quarter compared with the previous quarter. The import component was up 1.2% over this period, while the domestic component increased 0.1%. Compared with the second quarter of 2011, the total MEPI increased 4.4%, with the import component rising 6.5% and the domestic component up 1.4%.
- Construction costs for electric utility distribution systems series increased by 0.9% during the first half of 2012 compared with the 2011 annual index. In the first half of 2012, construction costs for the transmission line system series rose 1.4%.
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