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<terms url="https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/"></terms>
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    <label>Chart 4: Consumers plan to increase their spending</label>
    <description><![CDATA[Over the next 12 months, how do you expect the total spending of all members of your household (including you) to change in these categories? (Double-weighted balance of opinion*)

*Percentage of respondents expecting their spending to increase minus the percentage expecting their spending to decrease. Responses of decrease significantly and increase significantly are given twice the weight of responses of decrease slightly and increase slightly. The range of potential outcomes of this double-weighted balance of opinion is -200% to 200%.]]></description>
    <link>https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=243705</link>
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<label>2024Q3</label>
<description></description>
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<label>2024Q4</label>
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<o k="Durables"><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S1">7.57</v><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S2">13.55</v></o>
<o k="Vacation (within Canada)"><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S1">5.09</v><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S2">13.99</v></o>
<o k="Restaurants and entertainment"><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S1">6.06</v><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S2">14.25</v></o>
<o k="Vacation (outside Canada)"><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S1">4.77</v><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S2">15.14</v></o>
<o k="Essential purchases"><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S1">38.70</v><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S2">42.02</v></o>
<o k="Housing costs"><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S1">59.40</v><v s="CSCE_2024Q4_C4_S2">56.25</v></o>
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