New Zealand took the top spot, followed by Norway and Sweden Canada is the fourth-best country in the world to be a working woman, according to The Economist’s glass-ceiling index release. Using data from the Organization for ...
The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced Thursday that total January exports of $184.5 billion and imports of $228.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $44.4 ...
Tags: Trade Deficit, crude oil, crude bitumen
Statistics Canada reported Thursday that building permits in the country totaled $5.8 billion in January, up 1.7 percent from December. The increase in the residential sector more than offset a decrease in the non-residential sector. ...
Canadian railways have reported a 0.7 percent increase in freight volumes in December 2012 from volumes reported during same month in 2011. Statistics Canada Freight further reported that freight loaded in both Canada and the US raised ...
Tags: Coal freight, iron afreight, steel freight
The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced Friday that total December exports of $186.4 billion and imports of $224.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $38.5 ...
Tags: Trade Deficit, economy, import&export
The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced Thursday that privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 903,000. This is ...
Statistics Canada reported Friday that November manufacturing sales in the country increased 1.7 percent to $49.9 billion, the highest level since May 2012. Sales rose in 12 of 21 industries, representing about two-thirds of the ...
Tags: Manufacturing sales, Durable goods sales, substantial growth
Statistics Canada reported Thursday that building permits in the country totaled$6.2 million in November,down 17.9 percent from October and the lowest level since January 2012.The drop followed a 15.9 percent increase in October.The ...
Tags: Canada, Building permits, hit new low, Statistics Canada
Figures from the US Department of Labor Friday showed that 155,000 jobs were added in December 2012,following 161,000 new jobs added in November.The unemployment rate remained unchanged in December at 7.8 percent after the November level ...
Tags: US, Canada, USDLF, unemployment rate, Statistics Canada, employment
Despite a healthy economic growth, Canada’s economy lost 2,800 jobs in February, with at least 18% of those positions belonging to the mining sector. According to the latest report from Statistics Canada, released this morning, the ...
Tags: mining industry, mining, mining sector, mining market
On Friday,the US Department of Labor said that 146,000 jobs were added in November,while the unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points to 7.7%,its lowest level since December 2008. The Labor Department said in a ...
Tags: US Department of Labor, unemployment rate, private sector, job
TORONTO — Sleep Country Canada has become the first Canadian retailer to floor Octaspring, the high-end European all-foam spring mattress. The retailer rolled out the brand to its more than 150 stores across the country in early ...
Tags: cut-away view, mattress, restful sleep
WHEAT:The 2012/13 U.S.wheat balance sheet is unchanged this month;however,small by-class adjustments are made to projected exports and stocks.Projected exports for Hard Red Winter wheat are lowered 25 million bushels with Hard Red Spring ...
Hard maple supplies stayed under control through the peak winter cut, even with Canadian hardwood lumber production 29 percent higher during Q1 2012 than during the same period in 2011, according to Statistics Canada. Apparently, markets ...
Tags: market view, whitewood, price
Usually the articles I write feature change of some sort. Most often it’s a statistical series that has moved up or down. Sideways is the exception. A series that is well-known for its volatility is construction costs. That’s ...
Tags: market view, construction