Private sector rapped for productivity gap

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Ottawa-based Centre for the Study if Living Standards has found that Canada lags behind the United States in productivity. The report, whihc measures gross domestic product for hours worked, attributed the gap in productivity to lower levels of capital intensity and other factors.

United States, Reports, Productivity accounting, Centre for the Study if Living Standards

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Power problems to have minimal effect on economy, analysts say

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The massive North American blackout has caused minimal economic disruption in the province of Ontario. Industry analysts, such as John Anania at Royal Bank of Canada, said that recovery will quick for most businesses.

North America, Ontario, Use of energy, Banking industry, Evaluation, Energy use, Royal Bank of Canada, Power failure, Power failures

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Unchanged jobs rate surprises analysts

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Economic analysts are surprised by Canada's unchanged unemployment rate at 7 percent in April.

Administration of General Economic Programs, Employment Levels, Statistics, Unemployment

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