CA Business Outlook Survey - Fourth Quarter of 2024

From bankofcanada.ca

Overall business sentiment remains subdued, but firms are beginning to anticipate improvements in sales activity. Meanwhile, businesses expect growth in costs to continue to ease and growth in selling prices to stabilize. • After a period of weak demand, firms expect their sales growth to improve over the coming year. This expectation is largely driven by recent interest rate reductions and the anticipation of further cuts ahead. • With lower financing costs and improving demand outlooks, intentions to increase investment have become more widespread among firms. Part of this is a resumption of previous plans that ... (full story)