Canadian manufacturing sales increased 2.5% to $53.7 billion in July, exceeding the previous record of $53.2 billion set in July 2008. Manufacturing sales have trended upwards since January 2014. The gain in July was largely attributable to higher sales in the transportation equipment and primary metal industries. Sales rose in 16 of 21 industries, representing about 56% of Canadian manufacturing. Constant dollar sales rose 2.8% in July, indicating the gain was mainly due to a rise in volumes rather than prices. Transportation equipment sales rose 10.3% to $10.1 billion in July. The advance was mainly due to gains in ... (full story)