Pub date: 02 May 2012 North America / Canada Business Forecast Report
Core Views The Canadian economy faces major external headwinds from the US, Europe and, increasingly, China. However, Canada will likely avoid falling into recession. Growth drivers will shift away... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 North America / Canada Agribusiness Industry Report
BMI View: We forecast steady growth in grains output over the short term in Canada, as we do not believe the recent decision to end the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on grains trading will affect ... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 North America / Canada Autos Industry Report
BMI's forecast for passenger car sales to end 2011 down by around 2%, largely owing to supply issues for Japanese brands, played out, as did our decision to raise our forecast for light CVs given the... Read More
Pub date: 28 Mar 2012 North America / Canada Commercial Banking Industry Report
The big change to Canadian banking sector data since Q311 has been the shift in accounting standards to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as of November 2011. This has affected Canad... Read More
Pub date: 02 May 2012 North America / Canada Defence & Security Industry Report
Canada will spend up to US$18.5bn on defence for FY2011/12. Over the long term, the country's defence budget is expected to grow to eventually reach around US$30bn annually by 2027. This budgetary i... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 North America / Canada Food & Drink Industry Report
The Canadian growth outlook remains relatively positive. The country's economy grew by 2.4% in real terms in 2011, which was a challenging and volatile year by any measure. We forecast a full-year a... Read More
Pub date: 27 Feb 2012 North America / Canada Freight Transport Industry Report
BMI's outlook for Canada's freight transport sector for 2012 remains broadly positive. Canada's external accounts will continue to be buffeted as a strong dollar pushes up imports, even as global dem... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 North America / Canada Information Technology Industry Report
BMI View: Canadian IT spending is expected to reach US$3.5bn in 2012, up 4%, with BMI downwardly revising its forecast due to expectations of a macroeconomic cooling in H112. Government spending will... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 North America / Canada Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: Canada's construction industry will continue to outperform its developed market peers over the medium term, driven by strong activity across all subsectors of the industry. A combination of... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 North America / Canada Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks Over the last two years, a recurrent theme in BMI's reports on Canada's insurance sector has been its strength in global terms. In November 2011, this strength remains evi... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 North America / Canada Metals Industry Report
While the Canadian metals market is set to be an outperformer, consumption growth will be insufficient to sustain output growth in 2012 with the US market set to determine production, according to BM... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 North America / Canada Mining Industry Report
Canada's mining sector will continue to expand with an eye towards supplying global demand for metals and minerals. Because historical production has focused primarily on serving North American marke... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 North America / Canada Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Oil sands-based liquids supply and shale gas production form the foundation of Canada's energy supply outlook. Conventional sources of crude oil and natural gas output are in decline, with ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Jan 2012 North America / Canada Petrochemicals Industry Report
Despite the more difficult operating environment in 2012, BMI’s latest Canada Petrochemicals Report states that the economy approached its full potential in 2011 and with capacity utilisation being e... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 North America / Canada Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: With Canada's economy set to weather the external storm, the outlook for the country's pharmaceutical market looks relatively stable. Over the longer-term an ageing population in this alrea... Read More
Pub date: 25 Apr 2012 North America / Canada Power Industry Report
BMI View: A number of factors have prompted us to revise our forecasts for Canada's power sector. As part of a revision of our historical data series, we have now factored in lower generation, consum... Read More
Pub date: 17 Feb 2012 North America / Canada Shipping Industry Report
We are forecasting real GDP growth in Canada of 2.4% in 2012, a downgrade from our previous forecasts of 2.8%. While the economy showed signs of a slowdown in H111 - with real GDP growth estimated to... Read More
Pub date: 23 Apr 2012 North America / Canada Telecommunications Industry Report
Canadian telecommunications market continues to grow in Q411, but at a slower rate than expected. The market added356,000 net additions this quarter, down from 443,000 in Q311. The reason for this dr... Read More
Pub date: 15 Apr 2009 North America / Canada Oil & Gas Special Report
BMI assesses the impact of the global economic downturn on Alberta’s oil sands industry as lower oil prices hit project economics.... Read More