The uncertainty created by the fragile global backdrop and the potential fight brewing over the US debt ceiling are hurting Canadian business investment, and will continue to hold the economy back in the early part of this year. We expect business investment to contribute only half as much to GDP growth in 2013 as it did last year, and even that forecast depends on Canadian oil prices not falling any lower.
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