Leading Indicator Climbs in August

(Reuters – Louise Egan)

Canada’s composite leading indicator climbed 0.2% in August from July, Statistics Canada said on Thursday, correcting its report of a 0.3% rise earlier in the day.

Statscan said there was no change in the indicator in July, rather than the 0.1% increase it had originally reported.

The agency is still looking over the numbers provided for the specific components of the index and will publish corrected figures as soon as possible, an official said.

Summary statistics and a link to the data set are on the Statistics Canada website.