Economic Update

Canadian GDP surprised to the upside in May

Growth came in above consensus with a 0.5% increase in May—markets were expecting +0.3%. With activity rising month-over-month in 19 of 20 industries it was the most broadly-based gain in more than a decade. Utilities provided the only drag as April’s weather-related increase in electricity demand was retraced. Conversely, sectors that were held down by bad weather in the prior month (retail and construction) saw a healthy rebound in May. The other factor that held growth to 0.1% in April was a pullback in non-energy mining, which increased only modestly in May. Across-the-board gains in services sent activity in the sector up 0.5%, matching the best monthly pace in a decade.

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