Real GDP expands 0.7% in January compared to 0.5% expected

  • The Canadian economy grew faster than expected in January.
  • USD / CAD is trading modestly down around 1.2600 after the data.

Canada’s real GDP gross domestic product expanded 0.7% in January, as data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday showed. This reading arrives after the December growth of 0.1% and has been better than the market expectation of 0.5%.

“This ninth consecutive monthly increase continued to offset the steeper declines in Canadian economic activity seen in March and April 2020,” the publication read. “Nevertheless, total economic activity is about 3% below the February level before the COVID-19 pandemic“.

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