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<terms url="https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/"></terms>
<groupDetail>
    <label>Chart 7: The majority of firms plan to keep employment steady</label>
    <description><![CDATA[Number of employees: Over the next 12 months, will the number of employees (full-time equivalent) at your organization (in Canada) be higher, lower or the same? (Share of firms)]]></description>
    <link>https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=246806</link>
</groupDetail>
<seriesDetail>
<series id="EMPLOYHIGHER">
<label>Higher (%)</label>
<description>Future Employment Level - Over the next 12 months, your firm’s level of employment is expected to be…</description>
<dimension key="d" name="Date"/>
</series>
<series id="EMPLOYSAME">
<label>Same (%)</label>
<description>Future Employement Level - Over the next 12 months, your firm’s level of employment is expected to be…</description>
<dimension key="d" name="Date"/>
</series>
<series id="EMPLOYLOWER">
<label>Lower (%)</label>
<description>Future Employment Level - Over the next 12 months, your firm’s level of employment is expected to be…</description>
<dimension key="d" name="Date"/>
</series>
</seriesDetail>
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