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    <label>Chart 3: Uncertainty remains the most pressing concern for firms</label>
    <description><![CDATA[In the current quarter, what are the most pressing concerns for your company? Select up to three.  (Share of all firms)

Note: This question in the Business Leaders’ Pulse is typically asked only one month in each quarter. The question was not asked in any month during the third quarter of 2022. * The taxes and regulations category was expanded in February 2025 to include duties and tariffs on international trade.]]></description>
    <link>https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=248864</link>
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<o k="Cost pressures"><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S01">56.5</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S02">59.8</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S03">61.1</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S04">57.1</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S05">59.7</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S06">53.2</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S07">45.2</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S08">48.8</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S09">51.9</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S10">51.9</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S11">49.0</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S12">49.5</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S13">41.1</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S14">46.5</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S15">47.9</v></o>
<o k="Slowing demand or sales"><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S01">18.6</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S02">22.7</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S03">18.3</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S04">32.0</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S05">28.8</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S06">32.9</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S07">40.6</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S08">43.8</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S09">49.0</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S10">39.5</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S11">46.0</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S12">47.0</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S13">40.5</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S14">58.5</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S15">44.7</v></o>
<o k="Taxes and regulations*"><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S01">13.3</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S02">14.3</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S03">11.7</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S04">12.2</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S05">13.2</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S06">16.7</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S07">20.7</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S08">18.2</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S09">27.4</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S10">42.0</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S11">38.3</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S12">38.7</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S13">52.8</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S14">34.7</v><v s="BOS_2025Q3_C3_S15">41.4</v></o>
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