The Daily Thursday, July 30, 2015
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July 30, 2015
Payroll employment, earnings and hours, May 2015
Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $948 in May, down 0.6% from the previous month. Compared with 12 months earlier, weekly earnings increased by 1.4%, the lowest growth rate since October 2013.
Value-added exports, 2007 to 2011
Production related to exports accounted for 22% of gross value added or gross domestic product (GDP) and 2.9 million jobs in 2011. Despite increasing in 2010 and 2011, the contribution of exports to total GDP remained below its pre-recession high of 25% in 2008.
Natural gas transportation and distribution, May 2015
Canadian natural gas utilities received 11.7 billion cubic metres of total marketable gas in May, up 2.4% from the same month in 2014.
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing Services Price Index, first quarter 2015
The Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing Services Price Index declined 2.0% in the first quarter, the largest quarterly decrease since the series began in 2006. This followed a 0.4% decrease in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Aircraft movement statistics: Major airports, May 2015
Aircraft take-offs and landings at Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations declined 1.6% in May from the same month a year earlier.
Motor vehicle fuel sales, 2014
Canada’s gross sales of gasoline for which road taxes were paid rose 1.4% in 2014 to 43.5 billion litres.
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