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Data Liberation Initiative Business and Economic Statistics Dissemination Michel B. Séguin Atlantic DLI Training April 2009
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Weekend of February 28th and March 1st 2009 Minister of Finance declared that Statistics Canada will release the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on Monday Numbers may not be good news See articles in binder Calgary Sun, Edmonton Journal Announcements prior to release ofCanadian Economics Accounts Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
07:00 Monday March 2nd Headlines in the Ottawa Citizens In Deep: StatsCan to confirm big drop in GDP The wizards at Statistics Canada will publish their preliminary view of how the country’s economy did in the fourth quarter as measured by the gross economic product. See article in handout Announcements prior to release ofCanadian Economics Accounts Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
08:30 – Daily was released http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/090302/tdq090302-eng.htm See copy of Daily in the binder Release of Daily – March 2nd 2009 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
09:00 Ottawa Citizen’s Web Site Globe and Mail’s Web Site Already an article indicating the decline of the Real Gross Domestic Product by 0.8% as described in the Daily released ½ hour before. Release of Daily – March 2nd 2009 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
The Gazette of March 3rd 2009: Our recession has begun Bank of Canada Dropped rates to 0.5% - an all-time low Globe and Mail With interest rates cut to a record low and inflation rate nowhere in sight, Bank of Canada looks to boosting money supply Le Devoir Le Produit Intérieur Brute (PIB) s’est contracté de 3.4% Day after release – March 3rd 2009 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Globe and MailThursday, March 12, 2009 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
Ottawa CitizenSaturday, March 14, 2009 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada
08:30 – March 31st 2009 The Daily, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 08:30 April 2nd 2009 The Daily, Friday, April 3, 2009. Following Releases Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada