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<terms url="https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/"></terms>
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    <label>Intentions to increase investment   have become more prevalent</label>
    <description><![CDATA[Investment spending: Over the next 12 months, is your firm’s investment spending on machinery and equipment expected to be higher, lower or the same as over the past 12 months?

* Percentage of firms expecting higher investment spending minus the percentage expecting lower investment spending

Source: Business Outlook Survey]]></description>
    <link>https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=243736</link>
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<label>Investment spending, change over the next 12 months (balance of opinion*)</label>
<description></description>
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<series id="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">
<label>Historical average balance of opinion, investment spending</label>
<description></description>
<dimension key="d" name="Date"/>
</series>
</seriesDetail>
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<o d="2017-01-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">35.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2017-04-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">29.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2017-07-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">17.00</v></o>
<o d="2017-10-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">29.00</v></o>
<o d="2018-01-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">24.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2018-04-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">17.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2018-07-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">33.00</v></o>
<o d="2018-10-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">25.00</v></o>
<o d="2019-01-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">20.00</v></o>
<o d="2019-04-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">20.00</v></o>
<o d="2019-07-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">28.00</v></o>
<o d="2019-10-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">11.00</v></o>
<o d="2020-01-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">12.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2020-04-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">-30.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2020-07-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">2.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2020-10-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">26.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2021-01-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">40.00</v></o>
<o d="2021-04-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">36.00</v></o>
<o d="2021-07-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">46.00</v></o>
<o d="2021-10-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">47.00</v></o>
<o d="2022-01-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">42.00</v></o>
<o d="2022-04-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">37.00</v></o>
<o d="2022-07-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">29.00</v></o>
<o d="2022-10-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">20.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2023-01-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">19.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2023-04-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">14.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2023-07-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">7.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2023-10-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">22.00</v></o>
<o d="2024-01-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">0.00</v></o>
<o d="2024-04-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">11.00</v></o>
<o d="2024-07-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">9.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
<o d="2024-10-01"><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S1">32.00</v><v s="BOS_2024Q4_C5_S2">16.10</v></o>
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