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The Pulse of the Economy
Population
3rd quarter 2007 		32,976,026
Unemployment rate
October 2007 		5.8 %
Inflation rate
September 2007 		2.5 %
Real GDP
August 2007, % change 		0.2 %
Exports
2nd quarter 2007, % change 		0.7 %
Imports
2nd quarter 2007, % change 		1.6 %
Exchange rate
October 2007 - $CAN buys US$ 		1.0254
Prime interest rate
October 2007 		6.25 %
S&P;/TSX Composite Index
October 2007 (1975=1000) 		14,625.00
Federal debt
2006 - $ millions 		481,499.0
Retail sales
August 2007 , % change 		0.7 %
Housing starts
October 2007,thousands 		219.5
Composite leading indicator
October 2007, % change 		0.1 %
Last modified: 2007-11-14
Source: Statistics Canada
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