february 2004 the monthly economic indicators mei provides a variety of analysis and 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 canada 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 s full time part unemployment youth adult cpi inflation retail sales m housing starts trade balance exports imports m&e 1 018 2 318 9 700 6 188 15 936 12 964 972 7 4 13 26 305 195 5 424 33 431 28 007 8 050 nov dec jan 0 14
