Timing of next rate hike in question after surprise stall in August GDP - BNN Bloomberg
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That fell short of economists’ calls and the agency’s own early expectations for a gain of 0.2 per cent in the month.
Wholesale trade fell 1.4 per cent in August as most subsectors contracted.
StatCan cited a “prolonged summer shutdown at a major auto assembly plant” to explain a 5.8 per cent decline in motor vehicles and parts manufacturing in August.
StatCan’s early estimates for September suggest real GDP declined 0.1 per cent, driven by losses in manufacturing and mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction.
The agency’s flash estimates still see real GDP expanding 1.3 per cent on an annualized basis in the third quarter, a slowdown from 3.3 per cent growth in the second quarter.
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Signs that economic growth stalled over the summer have some economists debating the timing of the Bank of Canada’s next interest rate hike.
Statistics Canada said Friday that real gross domestic product was essentially unchanged for a second straight month in August. That fell short of economists’ calls and the agency’s own early expectations for a gain of 0.2 per cent in the month.
Wholesale trade fell 1.4 per cent in August as most subsectors contracted.…
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