Canada: Recovery continued in January, growth to remain strong – NFB
|Data released on Wednesday showed the real GDP in Canada expanded at a rate of 0.7% in January. Analysts at the National Bank of Canada point out that the highly uneven economic recovery extended into January. They expect growth to remain strong for the remainder of the year.
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“While the monthly figure was solid, the economic recovery remains uneven. Several sectors have already exceeded their pre-pandemic peaks – agriculture/forestry/fishing and hunting (+10.7% compared with February 2020), finance/insurance (+4.8%), wholesale (+4.0%), real estate (+3.2%) – while others continue to lag and have even worsened given rising Covid-19 caseloads in some regions.”
“Encouragingly, the economic rebound is likely to have extended into February; Statistics Canada advance estimate suggests production expanded another 0.5% in the month.”
“Looking further ahead, with the release of certain lockdown measures to control the spread of COVID-19 and the constant rollout of vaccines, we think growth should remain strong for the remainder of the year, supported by rebounds in the industries most affected by the pandemic.”
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