The improvement in the goods trade position in September was for all the wrong reasons, with a fall in imports outpacing a decline in exports. While this suggests that net trade provided a small boost to third-quarter GDP growth, the Bank of Canada is unlikely to see it as welcome news given falling imports paint a bleak picture of domestic demand.
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