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- TSX +2.2% m/m and +29.3% y/y
- Canada monthly housing starts = 335,000 units SAAR in March 2021
- Canadian unemployment rate = 8.1% - April 2021
- Canada's foreign trade - March 2021 = -$13.7 billion CAD
- Canadian construction material costs - Softwood Lumber +103.3%, year over year
- Latest U.S. initial jobless claims = 498,000, a decline of -92,000 vs the previous week's number
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