OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2013 Issue 2
The OECD Economic Outlook is the OECD’s twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, prices, fiscal and current account balances. Coverage is provided for all OECD member countries as well as for selected non-member countries. This issue includes a general assessment, chapters summarising developments and providing projections for each individual country and a statistical annex.
Canada
Growth is projected to strengthen through 2014 and 2015, led by exports and business investment. Improving exports result from the recovery in foreign markets and steps firms are taking to expand into the fastest-growing markets and enhance competitiveness, while business investment should be supported by declining spare capacity and cheap and readily available credit. Residential investment is likely to weaken since the housing stock seems greater than underlying demand. Projected growth should be enough to absorb the small degree of remaining excess capacity by end-2015, and the inflation rate should increase to near the 2% target rate.