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Canadian economic growth remains weak in fourth quarter, December GDP shrinks

Published on March 1, 2013; Published on March 1, 2013

Topics :: Statistics Canada , OTTAWA

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy grew by 0.6 per cent on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter of 2012.

The annualized growth was slighly lower than a revised 0.7 per cent rate for the third quarter.

The agency says real gross domestic product shrank 0.2 per cent in December on a month-to-month basis, in line with the consensus estimate.

There were increases in household and government consumption, business fixed capital investment and exports.

However, inventory investment slowed sharply from the third quarter and imports were down.

Statistics Canada says mining and oil and gas extraction were the main sources of industrial growth in the fourth quarter.

Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version reported third-quarter annualized growth was 0.2 per cent.

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