Statistics
Canada announced on Wednesday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP)
grew 0.4 percent m-o-m in October, following an unrevised 0.8 percent m-o-m
advance in September.
This was above
economists’ forecast for a 0.3 percent m-o-m advance and marked the sixth
consecutive monthly gain. However, overall economic activity was still about 4
percent below February's pre-pandemic level.
In y-o-y terms,
the Canadian GDP fell 3.5 percent in October.
According to the
report, both goods-producing (+0.1 percent m-o-m) and services-producing (+0.5
percent m-o-m) industries were up as 16 of 20 industrial sectors posted
advances in October.