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    <label>Chart 4: Concerns about high prices and economic uncertainty continue to weigh on consumer spending plans</label>
    <description><![CDATA[Consider the total spending of all members of your household (including you) over the next 12 months. Do you expect your spending to be negatively, positively or not affected by economic factors or personal circumstances? If negatively affected: Which of the following economic factors or personal circumstances do you expect will have the greatest negative impact on your spending over the next 12 months? (Share of respondents expecting their spending to be negatively affected by any factor)

Respondents could select more than one option. Results for 2024Q4 are included to compare with results from before trade tensions began.]]></description>
    <link>https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=252732</link>
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<label>2024Q4</label>
<description>2024Q4</description>
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<label>2025Q3</label>
<description>2025Q3</description>
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<label>2025Q4</label>
<description>2025Q4</description>
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<label>2026Q1</label>
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<o k="High prices of goods and services"><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S1">38.29</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S2">44.29</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S3">42.62</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S4">43.55</v></o>
<o k="Economic uncertainty"><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S1">21.48</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S2">34.78</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S3">30.30</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S4">32.07</v></o>
<o k="High rent or mortgage payments"><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S1">17.95</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S2">17.32</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S3">18.28</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S4">18.76</v></o>
<o k="Elevated debt"><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S1">9.58</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S2">10.55</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S3">10.87</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S4">10.29</v></o>
<o k="Job security concerns"><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S1">9.04</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S2">11.33</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S3">9.61</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S4">10.26</v></o>
<o k="Savings goals"><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S1">9.66</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S2">9.74</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S3">8.83</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S4">8.80</v></o>
<o k="Limited availability of products or services"><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S1">6.58</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S2">8.87</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S3">8.38</v><v s="CSCE_2026Q1_C5_S4">8.27</v></o>
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