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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Retail trade, March 2013
Retail sales were flat in March, holding at $39.5 billion. After removing the effects of price changes, particularly lower gasoline prices, retail sales in volume terms rose 0.7%.

Investment in new housing construction, March 2013

Job vacancies, three-month average ending in February 2013

Civil aviation operating statistics, March 2013

Dairy statistics, March 2013

New products and studies

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Recent releases from The Daily

May 17, 2013
Consumer Price Index, April 2013
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in the 12 months to April, following a 1.0% increase in March. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the Consumer Price Index decreased 0.4% in April, after posting no change in March.

May 17, 2013
Wholesale trade, March 2013
Wholesale sales advanced by 0.3% in March to $49.1 billion. The increase was mainly due to higher sales in the motor vehicle industry. Since May 2012, wholesale sales have been relatively flat.

May 16, 2013
Canada's international transactions in securities, March 2013
Non-resident investors acquired $1.2 billion of Canadian securities in March, led by investment in government bonds. Meanwhile, Canadian investors added $3.8 billion of foreign securities to their holdings, following a $4.3 billion acquisition in February.

May 15, 2013
Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, March 2013
Manufacturing sales edged down 0.3% to $49.5 billion in March, the third decline in four months.

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