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Housing Starts Slide On Labour Shortages and Borrowing Costs

CANADA DATA
  • Canadian housing starts continue to swing wildly, most recently sliding -23% M/M in May to an annualized 202.5k (cons 240k) after an almost unrevised 261.4k in Apr that had come on a 22% jump.
  • The recent whipsawing leaves starts at their lowest level since May’20 and a weaker looking trend than what had appeared a tentative bounce along with existing home sales in April.
  • From the press release: “The decline in housing starts is due to constraints in new construction, including labour shortages and higher construction and borrowing costs, which is considerably affecting multi-unit starts. Despite this, starts have only declined to the relatively high levels observed prior to 2020 [presumably talking about the six-month average here]”

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