The Daily Friday, January 18, 2019
Press Release
Consumer Price Index, December 2018
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.0% on a year-over-year basis in December, following a 1.7% increase in November. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.2% in December.
Consumer Price Index: Annual review, 2018
The annual average increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 2.3% in 2018, following gains of 1.6% in 2017 and 1.4% in 2016. The increase in 2018 was the largest since 2011 and coincided with strong labour market conditions, including a low unemployment rate throughout the year and strong wage growth in the first half of the year. Excluding gasoline, the annual average CPI rose 1.9%.
Canada’s international transactions in securities, November 2018
Foreign investors acquired $9.5 billion of Canadian securities in November, mainly bonds. Meanwhile, Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign securities by $4.1 billion as they sold US shares. The divestment in foreign securities was the largest in a year and followed two strong months of acquisitions.
Remaining useful service life ratios of non-residential capital stock, 2016
An asset’s share of remaining useful life is an estimate of the percentage of its remaining useful life before it no longer delivers economic benefit to its owner. For example, if the expected useful life of an asset is 20 years, and the average remaining useful life of the asset is 15 years, then the share of the remaining useful life would be 75%.
Advertising and related services, 2017
The advertising and related services industry reported $10.5 billion in total operating revenue in 2017, up 6.2% from the previous year. Businesses in Ontario (7.8%) and Quebec (7.6%) fuelled most of the growth and accounted for 81.3% of the industry’s revenue.
Monthly Survey of Large Retailers, November 2018
Monthly data from the large retailers program are now available for November.
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