The Daily Thursday, April 18, 2019
Press Release
Retail trade, February 2019
Following three consecutive monthly declines, retail sales rose 0.8% in February to $50.6 billion. Sales were up in 5 of 11 subsectors, representing 73% of retail trade.
Monthly Survey of Large Retailers, February 2019
Monthly data from the large retailers program are now available for February.
Employment Insurance, February 2019
In February, 441,200 people received regular Employment Insurance benefits, an increase of 4,400 or 1.0% from January.
Study: Economic well-being across generations of young Canadians: Are millennials better or worse off?
Examining debt and wealth for young households, who have begun to accumulate assets and debt over a period of sustained home price inflation, provides another perspective on the health of balance sheets in Canada. A new Statistics Canada study compares financial outcomes for millennials with those of Gen-Xers when they were at the same age.
Experimental monthly estimates of international trade in services, February 2019
Experimental estimates of Canada’s international trade in services are now available upon request. This month’s release includes data for February as well as revised figures for January 2018 to January 2019.
Food services and drinking places, February 2019
On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in the food services and drinking places subsector increased 0.6% to $6.1 billion in February. Higher sales were reported in full-service restaurants (+1.7%) and special food services (+2.3%), whereas limited-service restaurants (-0.6%) and drinking places (-1.7%) were down.
Construction Union Wage Rate Index, March 2019
The Construction Union Wage Rate Index (including supplements) for Canada was unchanged in March compared with the previous month. The index for all trades (including supplements) rose 1.3% over the 12 month period ending in March.
New products
Economic Insights: “Economic Well-being Across Generations of Young Canadians: Are Millennials Better or Worse Off?”, No. 92
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Statistics Canada – Infographics: “Wealth and debt: How are millennials doing?”
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Statistics Canada – Data Visualization Products: “Food Services and Drinking Places Sales”
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StatCan Research Beat: “StatCan Research Beat: Economic well-being across generations: Are millennials better or worse off?”
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