{
  "id": 10692614,
  "title": "Canada's economic growth unchanged in July, August likely to expand 0.2%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/canadas-economic-growth-unchanged-in-july-august-likely-to-expand-0-2",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260929/canadas-economic-growth-unchanged-in-july-august-likely-to-expand-02"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OTTAWA — Canada's economic growth remained stagnant in July, according to data released on Tuesday, in line with forecast expectations and indicating a slower start to the third quarter following a robust expansion in the previous quarter. This comes after three consecutive months of positive growth and precedes new U.S. tariffs set to impact Canada in August. The data from Statistics Canada revealed that both goods-producing and services-producing industries were largely unchanged in July. The goods-producing sectors, which account for about a quarter of the country's gross domestic product, showed no significant movement. Manufacturing, the largest component of goods production, experienced a decline of 0.9 percent in July, marking its first decrease in four months. This decline was primarily driven by a 6.2 percent drop in activity at petroleum refineries. Additionally, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sectors also contracted by 0.5 percent, marking two consecutive months of decline. However, the growth in utilities and construction sectors, up 1.7 percent and 1.3 percent respectively, helped mitigate much of the downturn.",
  "summary": "OTTAWA — Canada's economic growth was flat in July, data showed on Tuesday, in line with expectations and signaling a slower start to the third quarter after a solid growth in the prior three months quarter. This was after three straight months of positive growth and comes right before a new set of tariffs from the United States hit Canada in August. Both the goods-producing industries and…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Canada’s economy stalled in July with 0% growth, StatCan says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/canadas-economy-stalled-in-july-with-0-growth-statcan-says",
        "published": "2026-09-29T13:00:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Canada's economic growth unchanged in July, August likely to expand 0.2%",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/canadas-economic-growth-unchanged-in-july-august-likely-to-expand-0-2-10696482",
        "published": "2026-09-29T13:27:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}