For more than four years, one constant of Canada’s economy has been the central bank’s 1 percent overnight interest rate. The Ottawa-based bank hasn’t changed the rate, which influences everything from car loans to mortgages, since September 2010, the longest pause since World War II, as it tries to guide the country back to full capacity. Here’s a list of nine other noteworthy numbers from the year just ended that will shed light on where the world’s 11th largest economy is headed in 2015. 1,710,900 The number of Canadian factory workers in June, the fewest since at least 1976. The decline -- a legacy of how the ... (full story)