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All indicators of business activity (future sales, expected employment, and investment intentions) have increased relative to the previous survey.

On balance, businesses expect their sales over the next 12 months to increase at a rate slightly above that posted during the preceding 12 months. Hiring and investment intentions have not changed significantly since the last survey.

Overall, businesses continue to be positive about the economic outlook.

The results of this Business Outlook Survey are broadly in line with those of the previous one.

Businesses are positive about the economic outlook. Hiring and investment intentions are strong, while future sales are expected to increase at about the same pace as in the past 12 months.

Supplemental questions on the appreciation of the Canadian dollar - Spring 2006

The results of this survey are broadly similar to those of the autumn survey, with firms in aggregate remaining optimistic about the economic outlook.

Firms overall remain positive about the economic outlook.

Businesses remain optimistic about the economic outlook. Indeed, the results of this survey are broadly similar to those of the spring 2005 survey.

Businesses are more optimistic about the economic outlook than in the winter survey. The greater stability of the Canadian dollar in the three months since the previous survey has helped to ease concerns among exporters. Businesses continue to expect strong domestic sales.

Businesses remain positive about the economic outlook but less so than in the autumn survey. The appreciation of the Canadian dollar between the survey periods has heightened uncertainty among businesses and dampened the expectations of those adversely affected by the rising dollar.

Supplemental questions on the appreciation of the Canadian dollar - Winter 2004-05