Scotiabank Previews Thursday's GDP Data in Canada

BY MT Newswires | ECONOMIC | 08:26 AM EDT

08:26 AM EDT, 04/30/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Canada will publish gross domestic product for February and preliminary March at 8:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, said Scotiabank.

Canada's economy likely posted modest growth in February of 0.2% month-over-month seasonally, noted the bank.

Key, however, may be March GDP for which there has been very little data and which serves as an important contribution to tracking Q1 overall and to hand-off math into Q2 GDP, stated Scotiabank.

Q1 GDP is tracking 1.5 to as much as over 2% quarter over quarter seasonally adjusted annual rate, added the bank.

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