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    <label>Chart 6: Investment intentions have increased sharply among firms unaffected by trade tensions</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?  Are your investment spending plans being impacted by trade tensions?

* Percentage of firms reporting that investment spending will be higher minus the percentage of firms reporting that investment spending will be lower

Source: Business Outlook Survey]]></description>
    <link>https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=252742</link>
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<label>Investment intentions of firms impacted by trade tensions</label>
<description>Investment intentions of firms impacted by trade tensions</description>
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<label>Investment intentions of firms not impacted by trade tensions</label>
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<o d="2025-01-01"><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S1">-5.00</v><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S2">8.00</v></o>
<o d="2025-04-01"><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S1">-4.00</v><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S2">12.00</v></o>
<o d="2025-07-01"><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S1">-4.00</v><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S2">11.00</v></o>
<o d="2025-10-01"><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S1">6.00</v><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S2">8.00</v></o>
<o d="2026-01-01"><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S1">-2.00</v><v s="BOS_2026Q1_C6_S2">31.00</v></o>
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