Stats Canada: GDP rose 0.7% in March

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Ottawa – Real gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.7% in March, following a 0.9% expansion in February. Broad-based increases across most sectors were led by client-facing industries. Both services-producing (+0.6%) and goods-producing (+0.9%) industries were up, as 14 of 20 industrial sectors expanded in March. Advance information indicates that real GDP increased 0.2% in April. Output was up in the mining, quarrying and …