The Daily Thursday, January 18, 2018
Press Release
Employment Insurance, November 2017
Regular Employment Insurance beneficiaries totalled 506,700 in November, down slightly from the previous month (-3,500 or -0.7%).
Natural resource indicators, third quarter 2017
Real natural resource gross domestic product edged up 0.1% in the third quarter of 2017, with growth in mining (+1.8%) offsetting declines in all other subsectors. Natural resource related prices saw a second quarter of decline after four consecutive increases.
Commercial Rents Services Price Index, third quarter 2017
The Commercial Rents Services Price Index increased 0.8% in the third quarter, following a 0.2% decrease the previous quarter. The increase was attributable to higher average rents for all sectors, namely, industrial, retail and office buildings.
Travel arrangement services, 2016
Operating revenue for the travel arrangement and reservation services industry group increased 3.2% from 2015 to $13.2 billion in 2016.
Balance sheet of the agricultural sector, December 31, 2016 (revised data)
Canadian farm equity increased to $500.5 billion at year-end 2016, up 4.6% from a year earlier as the increase in the value of assets outpaced that of liabilities. The total asset value on Canadian farms increased 5.0% from 2015, to $591.3 billion in 2016. The largest increase was in Alberta, up 6.8% to $162.4 billion in 2016.
Exports of grains by final destination, November 2017
Data on exports of grains by final destination are now available for November.
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