Consumer Price Index, July 2008
Consumer prices rose 3.4% in July 2008 compared with July 2007, an increase from the 3.1% rise recor rded in the 12 months to June 2008. Higher gasoline prices continued to exert the strongest upward pressure on consumer prices.
Quarterly financial statistics for enterpris es, second quarter 2008
Canadian corporations earned $69.4 billion in operating profits in the second quarter of 2008, up 2.5% from the first quarter, helped by an increase in commodity prices.
Construction Union Wage Rate Index, July 2008
Large urban transit, June 2008
Investment in new housing construction, June 2008
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