The oil-price-driven improvement in Canada’s goods trade balance in March overstates the health of the export sector, with total export volumes falling despite a big rise in the volatile gold sector. Likewise, the decline in import volumes suggests that it will take some time for higher energy-related export earnings to offset weakness elsewhere in the economy.
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