june 2005 includes special reports on canada s national accounts and labour productivity for first quarter the monthly economic indicators mei provides a variety of analysis data in convenient format does not interpret or evaluate government policies every attempt is made to present factual information an informed balanced manner consistent with generally accepted principles it available all employees industry either hard electronic copy can be accessed via internet at http strategis ic gc ca epic ineas aes nsf en h_ra01898e html key change since last month year real gdp 97 b goods services composite index employment 000 full time part unemployment youth adult cpi inflation retail sales m housing starts trade balance exports imports m&e 1 061 9 329 8 733 6 203 16 153 13 161 2 992 12 5 7 4 30 409 218 055 36 364 31 309 991 mar apr may 0