Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 0.7% to $72.4-billion, while wholesale trade sales excluding petroleum, petroleum products and other hydrocarbons, and excluding oilseed and grain, increased to $83-billion
Two key indicators of the economy climbed in August as Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 0.7 per cent to $72.4-billion that month, while wholesale trade sales excluding petroleum, petroleum products and other hydrocarbons, and excluding oilseed and grain, increased 2.3 per cent to $83-billion.
The agency says sales of petroleum and coal products rose 10.5 per cent to $8.4-billion in August on higher volumes and prices, while sales of food products rose 1.5 per cent to $12.6-billion in August, the highest level on record.
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