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The Pulse of the Economy
Population
3rd quarter 2006 		32,623,490
Unemployment rate
October 2006 		6.2 %
Inflation rate
October 2006 		0.9 %
Real GDP
August 2006, % change 		0.3 %
Exports
2nd quarter 2006, % change 		-0.3 %
Imports
2nd quarter 2006, % change 		2.3 %
Exchange rate
October 2006 - $CAN buys US$ 		0.8861
Prime interest rate
October 2006 		6.00 %
S&P;/TSX Composite Index
October 2006 (1975=1000) 		12,344.59
Federal debt
2005 - $ millions 		499,863.0
Retail sales
September 2006 , % change 		-1.2 %
Housing starts
October 2006,thousands 		223.2
Composite leading indicator
October 2006, % change 		0.2 %
Last modified: 2006-11-22
Source: Statistics Canada
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