Business investment outlook less encouraging

Despite the global economic slowdown, Canadian business investment is just about holding up, largely thanks to the strength of engineering and construction projects. All things considered, we think businesses bolstered third-quarter GDP growth, but not by enough to outpace the economy's 2% potential pace.

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