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• United States: starts post a worrisome dip
  - November 18, 2009 (PDF, 96.8 KB)
• Canada: inflation back in the black
  - November 18, 2009 (PDF, 93.5 KB)

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2009

• United States: manufacturing output slides
  - November 17, 2009 (PDF, 96.2 KB)
• United States: once again, cars stimulate retail sales
  - November 16, 2009 (PDF, 94.5 KB)
• Canada: auto industry inflates manufacturing sales
  - November 16, 2009 (PDF, 93.2 KB)
• United States: trade deficit deteriorates more than forecast
  - November 13, 2009 (PDF, 93.7 KB)
• Canada: foreign trade improves in September
  - November 13, 2009 (PDF, 92.8 KB)
• Canada: housing starts decline slightly in Québec, but rise in most other provinces
  - November 9, 2009 (PDF, 96.6 KB)
• United States: unemployment rate at 10.2%
  - November 6, 2009 (PDF, 99.0 KB)
• Job losses return in October in Canada: The labour market will recover gradually
  - November 6, 2009 (PDF, 85.6 KB)
• United States: the non-manufacturing ISM ticks down
  - November 4, 2009 (PDF, 100 KB)
• United States: the ISM manufacturing index heads up again
  - November 2, 2009 (PDF, 96.2 KB)
• Real GDP falls 0.1% in August: the third quarter looks anaemic in Canada
  - October 30, 2009 (PDF, 94.4 KB)
• United States: real GDP growth at last!
  - October 29, 2009 (PDF, 97.7 KB)
• United States: new home sales decline, but durable goods orders rise
  - October 28, 2009 (PDF, 99.0 KB)
• United States: consumer confidence dips again
  - October 27, 2009 (PDF, 99.2 KB)
• Canada: retail sales are growing again
  - October 22, 2009 (PDF, 94.6 KB)
• United States: the housing sector's recovery is still tepid
  - October 20, 2009 (PDF, 100 KB)
• Canada: widespread decline by wholesale sales in August
  - October 20, 2009 (PDF, 100 KB)
• United States: manufacturing continues to recover
  - October 16, 2009 (PDF, 96.9 KB)
• Canada: the annual total inflation rate appears to be at its cyclical low
  - October 16, 2009 (PDF, 92.3 KB)
• United States: consumer prices show modest growth in September
  - October 15, 2009 (PDF, 98.8 KB)
• Canada: manufacturing sales stumble in August
  - October 15, 2009 (PDF, 95.2 KB)
• Canada: resale market shows surprising strength
  - October 15, 2009 (PDF, 98 KB)
• United States: the end of the Cash for Clunkers program saps retail sales
  - October 14, 2009 (PDF, 96.3 KB)
• United States: trade deficit improves slightly in August
  - October 9, 2009 (PDF, 89.6 KB)
• Canada: employment posts surprise increase in September
  - October 9, 2009 (PDF, 84.2 KB)
• Canada: the trade balance deteriorates more steeply in August
  - October 9, 2009 (PDF, 93.3 KB)
• Canada: housing starts slide briefly in September
  - October 8, 2009 (PDF, 88.1 KB)
• United States: the ISM non-manufacturing index goes above 50
  - October 5, 2009 (PDF, 99.4 KB)
• United States: employment disappoints
  - October 2, 2009 (PDF, 94.4 KB)
• United States: auto sales trigger a big jump in consumption
  - October 1, 2009 (PDF, 95.4 KB)
• United States: ISM manufacturing index edges down
  - October 1, 2009 (PDF, 94.0 KB)
• Canada: real GDP by industry stands still in July
  - September 30, 2009 (PDF, 87.2 KB)
• United States: consumer confidence ticks down
  - September 29, 2009 (PDF, 98.8 KB)
• United States: home resales take a break
  - September 24, 2009 (PDF, 101 KB)
• Canada: retail sales weaken temporarily in July
  - September 22, 2009 (PDF, 94.3 KB)
• Canada: deflation is starting to ease off
  - September 17, 2009 (PDF, 107 KB)
• United States: industrial output posts a second straight monthly gain
  - September 16, 2009 (PDF, 89.7 KB)
• Canada: jump in manufacturing sales offset by drop in inventories
  - September 16, 2009 (PDF, 84.8 KB)
• United States: strongest increase in retail sales since 2006
  - September 15, 2009 (PDF, 86.1 KB)
• Canada: the competitiveness of Canada’s companies is deteriorating
  - September 15, 2009 (PDF, 86.1 KB)
• Canada: unused production capacities growing to significant levels
  - September 14, 2009 (PDF, 97.1 KB)
• United States: automobile imports lead to trade deficit deterioration
  - September 10, 2009 (PDF, 93.1 KB)
• Canada: a surge in imports pulls back the trade balance
  - September 10, 2009 (PDF, 93.2 KB)
• Canada: the rise by construction starts is confirmed
  - September 9, 2009 (PDF, 99.3 KB)
• United States: layoffs somewhat less severe
  - September 4, 2009 (PDF, 88.5 KB)
• August: a break in Canadian employment's downtrend
  - September 4, 2009 (PDF, 98.1 KB)
• United States: at last! The ISM manufacturing index rises above 50
  - September 1, 2009 (PDF, 97.9 KB)
• Canada: after a record plunge last winter, real GDP contracts 3.4%
  - August 31, 2009 (PDF, 95.9 KB)
• Canada: the current account deficit deepens
  - August 28, 2009 (PDF, 98.3 KB)
• United States: new orders rise thanks to aviation
  - August 26, 2009 (PDF, 92.2 KB)
• United States: consumer confidence and home prices rise
  - August 25, 2009 (PDF, 99.6 KB)
• Canada: gas sales inflate retail trade
  - August 24, 2009 (PDF, 95.0 KB)
• United States: the leading indicator continues to advance
  - August 20, 2009 (PDF, 93.4 KB)
• Canada: wholesale sales are back in the black
  - August 20, 2009 (PDF, 96.2 KB)
• Canada: deflation at a level not seen since 1953
  - August 19, 2009 (PDF, 98.6 KB)
• United States: housing starts dip slightly
  - August 18, 2009 (PDF, 93.7 KB)
• United States: annual inflation at its lowest since 1950
  - August 14, 2009 (PDF, 89.1 KB)
• United States: retailing stumbles despite the rise by car sales
  - August 13, 2009 (PDF, 86.2 KB)
• United States - Canada: North American exports improve
  - August 12, 2009 (PDF, 85.6 KB)
• Canada: housing starts fall again in Ontario and western Canada
  - August 11, 2009 (PDF, 88.2 KB)
• United States: employment falls less than forecast in July
  - August 7, 2009 (PDF, 93.6 KB)
• Canada: the job market has not stabilized yet
  - August 7, 2009 (PDF, 93.8 KB)
• United States: disappointing drop by the non-manufacturing ISM... but an astounding jump by new orders
  - August 5, 2009 (PDF, 97.9 KB)
• United States: the ISM index is very close to 50
  Housing construction rises in June
  - August 3, 2009 (PDF, 95.2 KB)
• United States: the real GDP contracts less sharply than forecast
  - July 31, 2009 (PDF, 99.8 KB)
• The Canadian economy continues to slide in May
  - July 31, 2009 (PDF, 97.5 KB)
• United States: consumer confidence deteriorates again in July
  - July 28, 2009 (PDF, 93.1 KB)
• United States: sales of existing homes come in slightly above expectations
  - July 23, 2009 (PDF, 99.5 KB)
• Retail trade in Canada: astoundingly strong in May
  - July 22, 2009 (PDF, 94.2 KB)
• The U.S. leading indicator rises again: the "formal" recession climate appears to be coming to an end
  - July 20, 2009 (PDF, 97.7 KB)
• United States: housing starts gradually shifting away from low points
  - July 17, 2009 (PDF, 96.0 KB)
• Canada: inflation rate slips into negative territory
  - July 17, 2009 (PDF, 96.5 KB)
• United States: the drop in jobless claims is a mirage
  - July 16, 2009 (PDF, 101 KB)
• United States: gas drives the monthly change in consumer prices up
  - July 15, 2009 (PDF, 97.2 KB)
• Manufacturing sales: down 6.0% in Canada in May
  - July 15, 2009 (PDF, 99.3 KB)
• United States: gas and motor vehicles bump retail sales up
  - July 14, 2009 (PDF, 95.7 KB)
• Canadian businesses are more optimistic
  - July 13, 2009 (PDF, 95.7 KB)
• U.S. trade balance improves, but Canada's deficit deepens
  - July 10, 2009 (PDF, 96.1 KB)
• The pace of job deterioration is easing in Canada
  - July 10, 2009 (PDF, 93.2 KB)
• Canada: housing starts are up again
  - July 9, 2009 (PDF, 102 KB)
• United States: strong spurt in the non-manufacturing ISM
  - July 6, 2009 (PDF, 99.1 KB)
• United States: employment deteriorates more than forecast
  - July 2, 2009 (PDF, 88.3 KB)
• United States: consumer confidence retreats
  - June 30, 2009 (PDF, 96.8 KB)
• Canada: the real GDP edges down in April
  - June 30, 2009 (PDF, 92.7 KB)
• United States: consumption up slightly vs. income
  - June 26, 2009 (PDF, 99.9 KB)
• United States: resales rise for the second time in a row, for the first time since 2005!
  - June 23, 2009 (PDF, 99.9 KB)
• Canada: retail sales are back in the red
  - June 19, 2009 (PDF, 95.7 KB)
• The leading indicator rises for a second time in a row: the economic recovery in the United States is shaping up
  - June 18, 2009 (PDF, 94.5 KB)
• The annual inflation rate in Canada falls to 0.1%: deflation is still on hold
  - June 18, 2009 (PDF, 95.3 KB)
• United States: prices rise less than forecast in a month
  - June 17, 2009 (PDF, 94.2 KB)
• Canada: the leading indicator improves: hopes of a recovery strengthen
  - June 17, 2009 (PDF, 90.7 KB)
• United States: housing starts rebound while industrial output slumps
  - June 16, 2009 (PDF, 87.8 KB)
• Canada: the deterioration in employment prompts a productivity gain
  - June 16, 2009 (PDF, 85.5 KB)
• Canada: sales by manufacturers fall less than forecast
  - June 15, 2009 (PDF, 94.8 KB)
• United States: retail sales are back on the growth side
  - June 11, 2009 (PDF, 93.9 KB)
• Canada: the capacity utilization rate is under 70%
  - June 11, 2009 (PDF, 100 KB)
• United States: the trade balance deteriorates slightly again
  - June 10, 2009 (PDF, 101 KB)
• Canada: the trade balance is back in negative territory
  - June 10, 2009 (PDF, 95.0 KB)
• Canada: housing starts post a temporary rise
  - June 8, 2009 (PDF, 99.2 KB)
• United States: layoffs continue to dwindle
  - June 5, 2009 (PDF, 89 KB)
• Canada: job losses strike again: Ontario especially hard-it
  - June 5, 2009 (PDF, 89 KB)
• United States: the ISM non-manufacturing index rises less than expected
  - June 3, 2009 (PDF, 90.7 KB)
• Canada: the economy contracts 5.4% in Q1 of 2009, less than forecast
  - June 1, 2009 (PDF, 87.6 KB)
• Canada: the current account balance at a historic low
  - May 29, 2009 (PDF, 101 KB)
• United States: new orders rise, but remain shaky
  - May 28, 2009 (PDF, 91 KB)
• United States: home resales rise, but do not really improve
  - May 27, 2009 (PDF, 91 KB)
• Canada: corporate earnings continue to slide
  - May 27, 2009 (PDF, 104 KB)
• United States: household sentiment continues to improve
  - May 26, 2009 (PDF, 89 KB)
• Canada: auto sales take retailing up slightly in March
  - May 22, 2009 (PDF, 99 KB)
• United States: the leading indicator rises sharply
  - May 21, 2009 (PDF, 87 KB)
• Japan: the economy plunges
  - May 20, 2009 (PDF, 84.7 KB)
• Canada: lowest total inflation in almost 15 years
  - May 20, 2009 (PDF, 89.4 KB)
• United States: housing starts set a new low
  - May 19, 2009 (PDF, 91.8 KB)
• United States: inflation slips a little further, as does industrial output
  - May 15, 2009 (PDF, 101 KB)
• Canada: manufacturing sales plunge again
  - May 15, 2009 (PDF, 102 KB)
• United States: retail sales retreat again
  - May 13, 2009 (PDF, 88.7 KB)
• Canada: the rebound by auto sales does not wipe out prior declines
  - May 13, 2009 (PDF, 86.4 KB)
• United States: the trade balance deteriorates slightly
  - May 12, 2009 (PDF, 89.2 KB)
• Canada: the trade balance continues to improve
  - May 12, 2009 (PDF, 84.7 KB)
• United States: job losses tick down in April
  - May 8, 2009 (PDF, 96.2 KB)
• Canada: an unexpected job growth in April
  - May 8, 2009 (PDF, 93.7 KB)
• Canada: construction starts literally collapse in April
  - May 8, 2009 (PDF, 96.7 KB)
• United States: the ISM non-manufacturing index is up as well!
  - May 5, 2009 (PDF, 96.7 KB)
• Lending conditions in the United States: some signs of improvement can be seen
  - May 4, 2009 (PDF, 99.9 KB)
• United States: the climb by the ISM manufacturing index is more convincing
  - May 1, 2009 (PDF, 98.1 KB)
• Canada: February’s slight dip by real GDP will not prevent a record drop in production for the winter
  - April 30, 2009 (PDF, 93.4 KB)
• United States: GDP contractions keep coming, but are not similar
  - April 29, 2009 (PDF, 88.7 KB)
• United States: consumer confidence improves!
  - April 28, 2009 (PDF, 103 KB)
• Canada: four provinces see real GDP pull back in 2008
  - April 27, 2009 (PDF, 84.1 KB)
• United States: home resales retreat again
  - April 23, 2009 (PDF, 95.2 KB)
• Canada: the tumble by car sales will once again put the brakes on retailing
  - April 23, 2009 (PDF, 95.6 KB)
• Canada: the annual change in the total CPI remains positive... for now
  - April 17, 2009 (PDF, 92.5 KB)
• United States: housing starts pull back
  - April 16, 2009 (PDF, 95.0 KB)
• Canada: the auto sector takes manufacturing sales up
  - April 16, 2009 (PDF, 97.2 KB)
• Deflation emerging in the United States
  - April 15, 2009 (PDF, 111 KB)
• United States: retail sales slide more steeply than forecast
  - April 14, 2009 (PDF, 96.4 KB)
• Bank of Canada surveys: Businesses seem a little less pessimistic
  - April 13, 2009 (PDF, 85.4 KB)
• Against all expectations, the trade balance improves in the United States and Canada
  - April 9, 2009 (PDF, 96.8 KB)
• Canada: the unemployment rate reaches 8% in March
  - April 9, 2009 (PDF, 93.1 KB)
• Canada: housing starts post an unexpected rebound in March
  - April 8, 2009 (PDF, 96.3 KB)
• United States: over five million jobs lost since the recession began!
  - April 3, 2009 (PDF, 93.9 KB)
• United States: mixed climb by the ISM manufacturing index
  - April 1, 2009 (PDF, 89.6 KB)
• United States: income and real consumption decline again
  - March 27, 2009 (PDF, 93.6 KB)
• United States: timid gains in new home sales and manufacturing orders
  - March 25, 2009 (PDF, 96.0 KB)
• The Canadian leading indicator's slide accelerates: real GDP will contract more sharply
  - March 23, 2009 (PDF, 97.3 KB)
• Canada: retail sales pick up in January
  - March 20, 2009 (PDF, 99 KB)
• Canada: inflation comes in higher than expected in February
  - March 19, 2009 (PDF, 98.8 KB)
• United States: a slight rise in inflation, which is still very low
  - March 18, 2009 (PDF, 102 KB)
• United States: a slight rally in housing starts
  - March 17, 2009 (PDF, 93.5 KB)
• Canada: productivity and manufacturing sales down sharply
  - March 17, 2009 (PDF, 97.1 KB)
• United States: industrial production falls again
  - March 16, 2009 (PDF, 102 KB)
• Canada: capacity use falls to its lowest level
  - March 16, 2009 (PDF, 94.6 KB)
• Canada: home prices continue to fall in February
  - March 16, 2009 (PDF, 97 KB)
• United States: smallest trade deficit since 2002
  - March 13, 2009 (PDF, 97.2 KB)
• Canada: job losses proliferate, the unemployment rate shoots up
  - March 13, 2009 (PDF, 94.7 KB)
• Canada: foreign trade falls sharply in January
  - March 13, 2009 (PDF, 93.6 KB)
• United States: retail sales fall less than expected
  - March 12, 2009 (PDF, 94.0 KB)
• Canada: the plunge in housing starts intensifies in February
  - March 9, 2009 (PDF, 95.0 KB)
• Highest jobless rate since 1983 in the United States: 8.1%
  - March 6, 2009 (PDF, 95.0 KB)
• United States: real consumption goes up
  - March 2, 2009 (PDF, 95.6 KB)
• A first step into the recession in Canada: real GDP fell in the fall of 2008
  - March 2, 2009 (PDF, 92.2 KB)
• United States: the GDP revision confirms the recession's magnitude
  - February 27, 2009 (PDF, 94 KB)
• Canada: the current account balance falls into negative territory
  - February 27, 2009 (PDF, 94 KB)
• United States: further contraction in sales of new homes and in new orders
  - February 26, 2009 (PDF, 97.9 KB)
• Canada: corporate earnings nosedive
  - February 26, 2009 (PDF, 95.1 KB)
• United States: pullback by home resales
  - February 25, 2009 (PDF, 95.3 KB)
• Canada: investment should come down substantially in 2009
  - February 25, 2009 (PDF, 92.5 KB)
• United States: consumer confidence keeps falling
  - February 24, 2009 (PDF, 98.5 KB)
• Canada: retail sales crumble in December
  - February 23, 2009 (PDF, 95.0 KB)
• United States: zero inflation
  - February 20, 2009 (PDF, 108 KB)
• Canada: the total consumer price index is still heading towards deflation
  - February 20, 2009 (PDF, 96.2 KB)
• United States: continuing decline in housing starts and industrial production
  - February 18, 2009 (PDF, 97.0 KB)
• Canada: wholesale sales hurt by the global recession
  - February 18, 2009 (PDF, 98.3 KB)
• Canada: the tumble by manufacturing sales shatters another record
  - February 16, 2009 (PDF, 95.8 KB)
• Japan's economy contracts sharply in Q4
  - February 16, 2009 (PDF, 95.8 KB)
• Europe's economy contracts sharply
  - February 13, 2009 (PDF, 95.4 KB)
• United States: surprise increase in retail sales
  - February 12, 2009 (PDF, 95.1 KB)
• United States: the decline in trade helps the trade balance improve
  - February 11, 2009 (PDF, 93.4 KB)
• Canada: price effects blur the foreign trade picture
  - February 11, 2009 (PDF, 93.0 KB)
• Canada: the slide steepens for housing starts
  - February 9, 2009 (PDF, 89.2 KB)
• Canada: bankruptcies surge in December
  - February 9, 2009 (PDF, 93 KB)
• United States: job market carnage continues
  - February 6, 2009 (PDF, 96.2 KB)
• Canada: record job losses and sharp increase in the unemployment rate
  - February 6, 2009 (PDF, 92.9 KB)
• United States: Increase not enough to lift ISM out of the dumps
  - February 2, 2009 (PDF, 85.6 KB)
• Canada: real GDP falls 0.7%: The economic problems spread
  - January 30, 2009 (PDF, 97 KB)
• United States: new orders close 2008 in decline
  - January 29, 2009 (PDF, 98.3 KB)
• United States: resales and the leading indicator rise
  - January 26, 2009 (PDF, 92.9 KB)
• Inflation falls, closing in on the Bank of Canada's lower target
  - January 23, 2009 (PDF, 97.2 KB)
• United States: housing starts reach new low
  - January 22, 2009 (PDF, 96.6 KB)
• Canada: the drop in prices brings on a sharp decline in retail sales
  - January 22, 2009 (PDF, 96.9 KB)
• China: economic growth slows sharply
  - January 22, 2009 (PDF, 96.9 KB)
• Canada: manufacturing sales post a record decline
  - January 20, 2009 (PDF, 94.7 KB)
• United States: total inflation is almost flat
  - January 16, 2009 (PDF, 96.9 KB)
• United States: no holiday miracles for retail sales
  - January 14, 2009 (PDF, 96.9 KB)
• United States: big improvement in the trade balance
  - January 13, 2009 (PDF, 99.5 KB)
• Canada: foreign trade hard hit by the drop in energy demand
  - January 13, 2009 (PDF, 93.0 KB)
• Bank of Canada surveys: businesses are very pessimistic
  - January 12, 2009 (PDF, 85.4 KB)
• United States: employment wraps the year up badly
  - January 9, 2009 (PDF, 95.9 KB)
• With job losses mounting, Canada is in recession
  - January 9, 2009 (PDF, 94.3 KB)
• Housing starts decline again in Canada: 2009 promises to be gloomy
  - January 9, 2009 (PDF, 96.5 KB)

2008

• Canada: the hike in auto prices inflates the CPIX
  - December 19, 2008 (PDF, 93.2 KB)
• Canada: Retail sales and the leading indicator corroborate the recession
  - December 18, 2008 (PDF, 90.4 KB)
• United States: inflation slides and housing starts crumble
  - December 16, 2008 (PDF, 99.8 KB)
• Canada: the loonie's depreciation inflates the value of manufacturer sales
  - December 16, 2008 (PDF, 96.6 KB)
• United States: industrial production pulls back again
  - December 15, 2008 (PDF, 96.0 KB)
• United States: retail sales are still contracting
  - December 12, 2008 (PDF, 96.8 KB)
• Canada: the capacity utilization rate is at its lowest point ever
  - December 12, 2008 (PDF, 103 KB)
• United States–Canada: trade feels the impacts of the global recession
  - December 11, 2008 (PDF, 94.0 KB)
• Canada: housing starts tumble in November
  - December 8, 2008 (PDF, 89.0 KB)
• United States: employment plummets
  - December 5, 2008 (PDF, 96.4 KB)
• Canada: job losses confirm recession
  - December 5, 2008 (PDF, 93.2 KB)
• It's official: The United States went into recession in January 2008
  - December 1, 2008 (PDF, 114 KB)
• United States: the ISM manufacturing index signals that the economy is still deteriorating
  - December 1, 2008 (PDF, 90.7 KB)
• Canada: a last jump by the real GDP before the recession
  - December 1, 2008 (PDF, 83.8 KB)
• Canada: the current account balance deteriorates and more declines are on the way
  - November 28, 2008 (PDF, 86.7 KB)
• United States: another tumble by consumption
  - November 26, 2008 (PDF, 86.9 KB)
• United States: consumer confidence improves, but the real GDP and home prices sink a little deeper
  - November 25, 2008 (PDF, 85.4 KB)
• Canada: stunning rise in retail sales
  - November 25, 2008 (PDF, 86.5 KB)
• Canada: energy prices dragging down inflation
  - November 21, 2008 (PDF, 88.3 KB)
• Canada: profits are still growing... for now
  - November 20, 2008 (PDF, 86.6 KB)
• United States: a time of substantial disinflation has begun!
  - November 19, 2008 (PDF, 90.7 KB)
• United States: the energy sectors make industrial production rebound
  - November 17, 2008 (PDF, 87.3 KB)
• Japan: the world's second biggest economy is officially in recession
  - November 17, 2008 (PDF, 84.4 KB)
• United States: record drop by retail sales
  - November 14, 2008 (PDF, 87.4 KB)
• Canadian manufacturers hold up despite depressed U.S.
  - November 14, 2008 (PDF, 89.4 KB)
• Euro zone officially in recession
  - November 14, 2008 (PDF, 88.3 KB)
• The balance of trade improves in the United States, but deteriorates in Canada
  - November 13, 2008 (PDF, 88.4 KB)
• Canada: starts decline and price growth slows
  - November 10, 2008 (PDF, 85.9 KB)
• United States: job losses mount to almost 1.2 million for 2008
  - November 7, 2008 (PDF, 87.4 KB)
• Canada: economic slowdown has yet to affect employment
  - November 7, 2008 (PDF, 88.8 KB)
• United States: the ISM non-manufacturing index at a historic low
  - November 5, 2008 (PDF, 84.1 KB)
• United States: the ISM manufacturing index is clearly at recession level!
  - November 3, 2008 (PDF, 89.8 KB)