Canada's economy grows 1.7 percent annualized in third quarter

[December 01, 2017]  (Reuters) - Canada's economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.7 percent in the third quarter on the strength of household final consumption expenditure, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

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Weaker exports moderated growth over the quarter. Growth in both goods-producing and service-producing industries helped push September's GDP growth up by 0.2 percent.

Following are seasonally adjusted figures for gross domestic product, in percent. With the exception of the price index data, they are adjusted for inflation.

NOTE: The median forecast of analysts in a Reuters poll was for 1.6 percent annualized growth in the quarter and September GDP growth of 0.1 percent.

(Reporting by Dale Smith; Editing by Leah Schnurr)

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