Although the monthly small business optimism index fell back in November, the quarterly average of our seasonally adjusted measure still points to fourth-quarter GDP growth of just below 2.0% annualised, up from 0.6% in the third quarter. This supports our view that growth is likely to fall short of the Bank of Canada's forecast of 2.5%.
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