{
    "terms": {
        "url": "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/"
    },
    "groupDetail": {
        "label": "Chart 3: Firms strongly impacted by US trade policies have weaker past and expected sales growth than other firms",
        "description": "Sales levels: Over the past (next) 12 months, did (will) your firm\u0027s sales volumes increase, stay the same, or decrease? Indicators of future sales: Compared with 12 months ago, have your recent indicators of future sales (order books, advance bookings, sales inquiries, etc.) improved, deteriorated or remained the same?\n\n* Percentage of firms reporting that sales volumes have increased minus the percentage reporting that sales volumes have decreased\r\n† Percentage of firms reporting that indicators of future sales have improved minus the percentage reporting that indicators of future sales have deteriorated\r\n‡ Percentage of firms reporting that they expect sales volumes to increase minus the percentage that expect sales volumes to decrease\r\nNote: The share of firms that reported they are strongly impacted by US trade policies is 33%.\n\nSource: Business Outlook Survey",
        "link": "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=251075"
    },
    "seriesDetail": {
        "BOS_2025Q4_C3_S1": {
            "label": "Firms strongly impacted by US trade policies",
            "description": "",
            "dimension": {
                "key": "k",
                "name": "Category"
            }
        },
        "BOS_2025Q4_C3_S2": {
            "label": "Firms not strongly impacted by US trade policies",
            "description": "",
            "dimension": {
                "key": "k",
                "name": "Category"
            }
        }
    },
    "observations": [
        {
            "k": "Change in sales levels, past 12 months (balance of opinion*)",
            "BOS_2025Q4_C3_S1": {
                "v": "-11.8"
            },
            "BOS_2025Q4_C3_S2": {
                "v": "33.8"
            }
        },
        {
            "k": "Change in indicators of future sales compared with 12 months ago (balance of opinion†)",
            "BOS_2025Q4_C3_S1": {
                "v": "-5.9"
            },
            "BOS_2025Q4_C3_S2": {
                "v": "23.4"
            }
        },
        {
            "k": "Change in sales levels, next 12 months (balance of opinion‡)",
            "BOS_2025Q4_C3_S1": {
                "v": "23.5"
            },
            "BOS_2025Q4_C3_S2": {
                "v": "58.8"
            }
        }
    ]
}