The unchanged level of manufacturing sales in September was even worse than meets the eye, given it was largely driven by a price-related jump in energy products, while sales volumes fell sharply. The data therefore provides little reason for us to doubt Stats Can’s preliminary estimate that GDP contracted by 0.1% m/m in September.
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