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<terms url="https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/"></terms>
<groupDetail>
    <label>Firms see a risk of higher prices and lower activity following the US election</label>
    <description><![CDATA[Do you expect the outcome of the US election to affect any components of your business? If yes, do you expect the business component to be higher or lower than your outlook before the election?

* Percentage of firms expecting the component of their business to be higher minus the percentage expecting it to be lower

Source: Business Leaders’ Pulse]]></description>
    <link>https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=243736</link>
</groupDetail>
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<series id="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S1">
<label>Expected to be lower (share of all firms)</label>
<description></description>
<dimension key="k" name="Category"/>
</series>
<series id="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S2">
<label>Expected to be higher (share of all firms)</label>
<description></description>
<dimension key="k" name="Category"/>
</series>
<series id="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S3">
<label>Balance of opinion*</label>
<description></description>
<dimension key="k" name="Category"/>
</series>
</seriesDetail>
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<o k="Capital expenditures"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S1">-12.40</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S2">4.30</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S3">-8.10</v></o>
<o k="Employment"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S1">-11.80</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S2">3.70</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S3">-8.10</v></o>
<o k="Input costs"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S1">-1.90</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S2">22.40</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S3">20.50</v></o>
<o k="Selling prices"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S1">-11.20</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S2">18.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S3">6.80</v></o>
<o k="Domestic sales"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S1">-11.20</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S2">6.80</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S3">-4.30</v></o>
<o k="Export sales"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S1">-14.90</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S2">4.70</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S3">-10.20</v></o>
<o k="Financing costs"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S1">-10.60</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S2">11.20</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S3">0.60</v></o>
<o k="Other"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S1">-0.90</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S2">0.30</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C3_S3">-0.60</v></o>
</observations>
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