Backgrounder on removing the past sales growth question from the Business Outlook Survey https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=233204 Past sales growth (left scale) Past sales level (right scale) Original BOS indicator Without past sales growth question Original BOS indicator New BOS indicator effective 2023Q1 -11 -4 3 7 17 23 33 48 43 28 23 -3 -10 -14 -14 14 10 8 8 -1 10-0.77-0.90-0.77-0.72 0-1.05-1.03-1.05-1.00 2-1.07-1.11-1.07-1.02 90.510.550.510.52 170.700.560.700.73 190.26-0.110.260.30 290.740.510.740.80 200.490.310.490.52 242.182.122.182.19 322.352.082.352.37 271.891.551.891.93 181.171.071.171.20 91.010.871.011.06 150.750.530.750.78 181.431.231.431.48 120.630.510.630.64 180.28-0.070.280.28 220.05-0.340.050.04 9-0.56-0.67-0.56-0.57 70.670.650.670.64 -2-1.12-1.19-1.12-1.10 -25-7.05-7.26-7.05-7.05 -18-6.95-7.13-6.95-6.94 -52-5.27-4.57-5.27-5.24 -43-3.85-3.02-3.85-3.79 -52-2.39-1.35-2.39-2.35 -43-1.22-0.27-1.22-1.20 180.110.180.110.11 220.510.580.510.55 300.630.530.630.63 290.850.700.850.84 242.142.102.142.12 300.10-0.220.100.12 290.450.080.450.46 221.031.011.031.07 270.990.750.991.00 6-0.28-0.35-0.28-0.30 -2-0.92-0.77-0.92-0.88 -17-1.75-1.44-1.75-1.73 9-0.79-0.86-0.79-0.80 -11-0.30-0.06-0.30-0.33 -3-0.200.03-0.20-0.19 140.850.920.850.84 5-0.54-0.39-0.54-0.50 140.450.520.450.47 21-1.16-1.40-1.16-1.14 25-1.51-1.83-1.51-1.51 12-1.62-1.80-1.62-1.59 0-1.93-1.80-1.93-1.90 0-3.38-3.42-3.38-3.35 -459-2.10-2.00-2.10-2.09 039-2.40-2.38-2.40-2.38 144-1.35-1.31-1.35-1.33 0480.130.390.130.14 2340.030.220.030.07 20732.032.052.032.05 13780.570.510.570.59 20661.651.511.651.64 20711.211.111.211.22 29942.432.212.432.42 12772.232.212.232.20 22771.621.371.621.62 -647-1.25-1.05-1.25-1.20 -343-0.34-0.16-0.34-0.32 -5460.260.440.260.28 -1560.480.560.480.47 -1229-0.83-0.59-0.83-0.82 -44-20-6.32-6.06-6.32-6.33 -47-36-2.63-1.88-2.63-2.62 -29-330.461.120.460.46 -29-41.632.551.631.64 -29-123.013.843.013.02 30654.354.204.354.39 641255.915.265.915.91 421034.974.534.974.94 481204.884.254.884.83 21901.741.291.741.76 2820.07-0.220.070.06