"TERMS AND CONDITIONS" "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/" "NAME" "Business Outlook Survey—data by firm size (four quarter moving averages) - Input prices" "DESCRIPTION" "Firm sizes are defined as follows: small firms have 10 to 99 employees, medium-sized firms have 100 to 499 employees, and large firms have 500 or more employees. Because the responses are presented here as four-quarter moving averages, these charts may not show the same movements as the aggregate BOS data published each quarter." "LINK" "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=217700" "SERIES" "id","label","description" "BOS_INP_S","Small firms","Input prices, four-quarter moving average - Over the next 12 months, are prices of products/services purchased expected to increase at a greater, lesser, or the same rate as over the past year?" "BOS_INP_M","Medium-sized firms","Input prices, four-quarter moving average - Over the next 12 months, are prices of products/services purchased expected to increase at a greater, lesser, or the same rate as over the past year?" "BOS_INP_L","Large firms","Input prices, four-quarter moving average - Over the next 12 months, are prices of products/services purchased expected to increase at a greater, lesser, or the same rate as over the past year?" "OBSERVATIONS" "date","BOS_INP_S","BOS_INP_M","BOS_INP_L" "2004Q1","-1.62","-13.05","-16.61" "2004Q2","-0.73","-3.90","-3.50" "2004Q3","-3.67","-1.82","7.00" "2004Q4","-2.67","-12.87","4.71" "2005Q1","1.76","-13.23","9.16" "2005Q2","1.76","-21.72","3.07" "2005Q3","17.54","-11.55","1.86" "2005Q4","20.38","5.62","9.91" "2006Q1","15.34","7.76","9.24" "2006Q2","15.10","17.95","5.08" "2006Q3","3.03","7.53","1.60" "2006Q4","-0.06","-3.71","-5.02" "2007Q1","0.42","-3.00","-11.22" "2007Q2","-2.17","-7.08","-10.44" "2007Q3","-3.73","-5.12","-9.14" "2007Q4","-3.65","-3.97","-6.20" "2008Q1","7.20","1.38","5.09" "2008Q2","22.02","8.15","12.59" "2008Q3","21.00","5.63","7.18" "2008Q4","6.70","-2.14","-4.04" "2009Q1","-14.08","-14.08","-17.03" "2009Q2","-27.88","-30.75","-26.40" "2009Q3","-23.15","-18.65","-23.88" "2009Q4","-4.33","-4.80","-4.08" "2010Q1","7.47","11.09","14.49" "2010Q2","14.25","28.42","26.73" "2010Q3","17.10","23.93","35.37" "2010Q4","16.75","31.86","36.62" "2011Q1","26.14","28.89","39.12" "2011Q2","29.52","30.69","33.75" "2011Q3","25.25","24.84","31.49" "2011Q4","21.77","16.45","22.95" "2012Q1","11.51","13.70","11.23" "2012Q2","0.69","4.38","8.51" "2012Q3","1.68","5.89","6.90" "2012Q4","-1.62","8.47","5.62" "2013Q1","3.78","4.19","3.41" "2013Q2","11.41","2.72","-2.71" "2013Q3","13.99","2.85","-2.15" "2013Q4","21.86","3.92","1.19" "2014Q1","24.54","13.74","12.48" "2014Q2","17.74","9.46","15.52" "2014Q3","14.19","12.23","16.30" "2014Q4","9.96","5.41","11.69" "2015Q1","7.05","-2.75","-3.67" "2015Q2","2.61","-5.52","-9.68" "2015Q3","-0.29","-3.49","-10.26" "2015Q4","-2.90","-11.35","-9.81" "2016Q1","-4.50","-16.97","4.77" "2016Q2","-0.29","-13.76","12.98" "2016Q3","0.13","-17.93","9.65" "2016Q4","4.59","-2.02","17.62" "2017Q1","2.53","4.43","12.24" "2017Q2","4.21","8.99","20.52" "2017Q3","10.10","7.06","18.91" "2017Q4","12.65","2.05","24.67" "2018Q1","17.19","6.50","24.09" "2018Q2","23.83","9.07","27.35" "2018Q3","25.22","16.64","37.05" "2018Q4","19.73","15.10","29.29" "2019Q1","12.00","11.90","24.50" "2019Q2","2.23","9.31","8.54" "2019Q3","-4.72","4.45","-4.10" "2019Q4","-3.87","8.61","-4.70" "2020Q1","1.14","5.61","-2.36" "2020Q2","1.89","1.13","2.88" "2020Q3","8.28","1.78","8.14" "2020Q4","15.00","5.22","6.63" "2021Q1","23.51","12.49","19.92" "2021Q2","34.00","18.98","21.42" "2021Q3","34.36","19.64","20.03" "2021Q4","30.86","12.01","18.31" "2022Q1","19.02","8.35","10.59" "2022Q2","11.06","8.00","12.15" "2022Q3","-5.02","-5.14","5.93" "2022Q4","-16.58","-13.61","-7.57" "2023Q1","-25.24","-35.30","-22.91" "2023Q2","-29.23","-55.08","-43.17" "2023Q3","-31.01","-60.93","-53.70" "2023Q4","-37.56","-64.88","-57.65"