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OECD: Canada To Lead G7 Growth: April 2010
OECD: Canada To Lead G7 Growth: April 2010
OECD: Canada To Lead G7 Growth: April 2010
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Business Development Bank of Canada
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USA JPN EURO* DEU FRA ITA GBR CAN G7
*Average of the 3 largest Euro-area countries (Germany, France, Italy)
Sources: Datastream, Markit Economics Limited, OECD calculations
$80
$40
$0 rGDP 3mnth-%ch-SAAR
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Index (0-100)*
Source: Global Insight
The loonie is trading near parity with the U.S. dollar, after * Index of 50 = equal balance of stronger and weaker business expectations. Note
weeks of better-than-expected economic data that fuelled that CFIB’s Business Barometer Index has been revised as of May 2009. The
Index is based on the same survey, but is now a weighted average of response
speculation of an interest rate hike from the Bank of Canada. scores: 100 for stronger performance, 50 for same performance and 0 for weaker
$1.10 performance.
$1.00
$0.90
$0.80
$0.70
$0.60
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Source: Global Insight