That (the drop in the core rate) will take some pressure off the Bank of Canada to aggressively raise interest rates.

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There's a lot of uncertainty about whether Rita will cause as much damage to the oil infrastructure as Katrina did.

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Foreign investors are still quite keen to buy Canadian bonds as we still have low and stable inflation.

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Price pressures were fairly mild, despite the economy operating flat out.

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The non-residential construction that is related to several capital projects. These large capital works projects will drive growth in New Brunswick through next year.

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With incomes outpacing spending I think American consumers will keep spending like crazy going into the New Year, ... That's going to be taken into consideration by Greenspan, who's trying to slow things down.

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The hurricane heading to the U.S. coast is raising fears of oil production cutbacks, higher energy prices and a slower U.S. economy.

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