CANADA DATA: Aug mfg sales +1.5%, led by 8.6%……..

CANADA DATA: Aug mfg sales +1.5%, led by 8.6% increase in sales of petroleum and
coal products and 4.4% increase in sales at motor vehicle assembly plant.
Inventory levels -0.1%. Unfilled orders -0.7%, new orders +1.4% in Aug.

CANADA DATA: Foreign inv in Canadian securities C$6.897 bln in Aug,led by bond
acquisitions. Canadian investment in foreign securities -C$1.685 billion ends
three straigh monthly gains.