The Daily Friday, November 10, 2017
Press Release
Biannual Survey of Suppliers of Business Financing, first half 2017
Overall credit conditions remained essentially unchanged during the first half of 2017. The Bank of Canada maintained its policy interest rate at 0.50% along with the prime rate, unchanged at 2.70%. Corporations in Canada recorded a third consecutive lower debt-to-equity ratio, which fell from 0.948 in the second half of 2016 to 0.932 in the first half of 2017, according to the Quarterly Survey of Financial Statements.
Traveller Accommodation Services Price Index, third quarter 2017
The Traveller Accommodation Services Price Index (TASPI) increased 12.1% in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter.
Leading indicator of cross-border traveller volume, October 2017
Data indicating the number of US residents entering Canada by automobile in October through land ports equipped with the automated Integrated Primary Inspection Line (IPIL) system are now available upon request. Data are available by the visitors’ state of residence and by province of entry into Canada.
Aircraft movement statistics: Small airports, July 2017
Take-offs and landings at 127 Canadian airports without air traffic control towers reached 74,833 movements in July.
Pilot Survey of Non-federally Regulated Mortgage Lenders, first quarter 2017
Data from the Pilot Survey of Non-federally Regulated Mortgage Lenders are now available for the first calendar quarter of 2017.
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