Building permits
Canada building permits seasonally adjusted
  • Prior report was 14.1%
  • Building permits -7.3% MoM for December vs -5.0% estimate
  • Residential construction felt -8.4% to $6.5 billion
  • Nonresidential felt -5.3% to $3.8 billion

The data can be quite volatile, but the recent trend is back to the downside.