Data available through: April 6, 2001
Data are monthly unless otherwise noted
Oct00 Nov00 Dec00 Jan01 Feb01 Mar01
Payroll Level Change +20.2k +58.3k +31.1k +0.7k -23.5k +29.7k
Unemployment Rate 6.9% 6.9% 6.8% 6.9% 6.9% 7.0%
Average Weekly Earnings NA NA NA +0.1%
Help-wanted Index 178 181 181 177 171 168
CPI (unadjusted) +0.2% +0.3% +0.1% -0.3% +0.4%
excl Food and Energy +0.1% +0.1% UNCH -0.2% +0.5%
Industrial Product Price +0.8% +0.6% -0.9% -0.2% +0.5%
Raw Materials Price Index +0.7% +2.2% -7.1% +0.9% +1.5%
Composite Leading Index +0.5% +0.2% -0.1% -0.2% +0.1%
Retail Sales -0.7% +0.4% +0.8% +0.6%
excl autos +0.9% -0.1% +1.1% UNCH
Wholesale Trade +1.4% -0.9% +0.9% +0.8%
Wholesale Inventories +0.3% +0.8% +1.1% +0.3%
Mfg Shipments +2.9% -0.9% -1.9% +0.3%
Mfg Inventories +1.1% +1.5% -1.5% +0.3%
Mfg Unfilled Orders +1.2% -0.2% -1.0% -2.3%
Capacity Util. (qtrly) 85.4%
Motor Vehicle Sales -12.6% +2.5% +2.4% -0.4%
Building permits -6.8% +0.5% +2.3% +21.5% -9.1%
Residential +5.5% +1.9% -4.2% +22.0% -0.9%
Nonresidential -18.4% -1.1% +10.4% +20.9% -17.9%
Intl Trade (bln) +C$4.9 +C$4.4 +C$5.8
Exports +0.5% +0.9% +3.7%
Imports -0.4% +2.4% -0.4%
Intl Sec Transactions (bl+C$13.1 -C$1.0 -C$21.6 +C$3.7
GDP at factor cost +0.3% UNCH +0.3% +0.3%
Qtrly Real GDP annualized +2.6%