Foreign direct investment into Canada fell in the third quarter, reaching the lowest level in a year and a half.

Canada will add new tariffs to a list of steel products, including many US-made items, as Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks to protect an industry badly hurt by the trade war and a flood of cheap Chinese metal.

Statistics Canada has delayed another release of international merchandise trade data due to the US government shutdown.

Canada’s corporations continue to expand their profits, even as the economy contends with tariff damage.

The Bank of Canada said the country’s anemic productivity growth is a “systemic” problem, doubling down on its message to governments and businesses to urgently address the issue.