| Open Job Sheets | $10,914,000 | Open Job Sheets | 106 | | Below $1,000 | $3,500 | Below $1,000 | 7 | | Above $1,000 | $16,500 | Above $1,000 | 11 | | Above $3,000 | $44,000 | Above $3,000 | 11 | | Above $5,000 | $96,000 | Above $5,000 | 16 | | Above $7,000 | $34,000 | Above $7,000 | 4 | | Above $10,000 | $200,000 | Above $10,000 | 16 | | Above $15,000 | $70,000 | Above $15,000 | 4 | | Above $20,000 | $210,000 | Above $20,000 | 7 | | Above $40,000 | $250,000 | Above $40,000 | 5 | | Above $80,000 | $90,000 | Above $80,000 | 1 | | Above $100,000 | $300,000 | Above $100,000 | 2 | | Above $300,000 | $350,000 | Above $300,000 | 1 | | Above $400,000 | $450,000 | Above $400,000 | 1 | | Above $500,000 | $8,800,000 | Above $500,000 | 16 | | $8-$11 per hour | N/A | $8-$11 per hour | 1 | | $15-$20 per hour | N/A | $15-$20 per hour | 1 | | $20-$25 per hour | N/A | $20-$25 per hour | 1 | | $25-$30 per hour | N/A | $25-$30 per hour | 1 | | Average Contract | $107,000 | % cleared | 51% |
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| 28 Aug: Inflation at 2.3 per cent |
| 24 Jul: The Bank of Canada left its overnight target rate at 2% druing last week's announcement. The central bank will likely raise rates in October. |
| 1 May: The nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) remained unchanged in February after a decline of 0.2 per cent in January. |
| 16 Apr: On Tuesday, the Bank of Canada cut its overnight target rate to 2.00% from its previous rate of 2.25%. This motivated chartered banks to cut its prime lending rate to 3.75% from 4.00%. |
| 2 Apr: A leading supplier of steel market information, MEPS International reports hikes in price between February 2003 and February 2004 as high as 65.5 percent. Rebar, which averaged U.S. $249 per ton a year ago is up to $412 per ton. Medium sections and steel beams which sold last year for $336 per ton now sell for $491 per ton. Wire mesh, which averaged $257 per ton last year is now at $403 per ton.
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| 2 Apr: Canadian economy will grow by 2.8 per cent in 2004 and 3.1 per cent in 2005, according to The Conference Board of Canada's Canadian Outlook Spring 2004 |
| 2 Apr: Statistics Canada revealed economic activity slipped 0.1 per cent in January |
| 23 Feb: TBX's Building Exchange News achieves over 11,000 subscribers |
| 23 Feb: Annual inflation rate plummets to 1.2 per cent |
| 24 Jan: Bank of Canada announced on Tuesday that it was lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 2.5 per cent from 2.75 per cent. |
| 24 Jan: OSB 7/16" Toronto sold for C$490—$30 higher than a week ago. OSB specialists are convinced the next price for 7/16" Toronto will be no less than C$550. |
| 3 Oct: Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) jumped 0.6 per cent in July to rest at $1,016,991,000,000. |
| 3 Oct: Ontario voters handed the Liberal Party a landslide victory on Thursday and gave the Liberals 72 of the legislature’s 103 seats. In doing so, the voting populace said no to further tax cuts and social conservatism. |
| 3 Aug: TBX's Building Exchange News achieves over 6,000 subscibers |
| 3 Aug: Lower condo prices forecast - Economist sees 10 per cent drop Surplus of units in Toronto area |
| 3 Aug: The Ontario market for Oriented Strand Board (OSB), has surged from its 31 May price level of $C292 per thousand square feet (tsf) to a 1 August price of $C492, a 68% price hike.
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| 31 Jul: U.S. Treasury prices buckled today, driving yields to one-year highs, as fresh evidence of improvement in the economy reinvigorated optimism for a swift recovery in coming months |
| 25 Jun: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices surged a dollar on Wednesday after the U.S. government showed an unexpected drop in already tight fuel inventories |
| 25 Jun: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut U.S. interest rates a quarter percentage point to 1958 lows and suggested it stood ready to take more action if the risk of falling prices worsened |
| 25 Jun: US home loan refinancings off in latest week |
| 25 Jun: Stocks held their gains in late morning on Wednesday as investors nibbled at technology stocks and waited for the Federal Reserve to announce its decision on interest rates |
| 22 May: 145 Open Job Sheets of total value $3,512,500 currently on the TBX Labour Exchange |
| 12 May: Open Job Sheet Value on the TBX Labour Exchange currently $1,614,000 |
| 8 May: Open Job Sheet Value on the TBX Labour Exchange currently $1,268,500 |
| 7 May: Canadian Dollar up to 71.82 US cents on the back of US economic uncertainty. US material prices may become cheaper over next few months. |
| 5 May: Open Jobs: Average Value $14,000: 9 Carpentry, 7 Drywall, 1 Electrician, 5 Painting, 3 Plumbing, 5 Roofing |
| 3 May: Open Jobs: Average Value $15,000: 8 Carpentry, 4 Drywall, 5 Electrician, 5 Painting, 5 Plumbing, 3 Roofing |
| 22 Apr: With 5 million citizens, the GTA produces 20% of Canada's gross domestic product. |
| 16 Apr: TBX does $4.4m volume within first 9 days of opening the Labour Exchange |
| 16 Apr: TBX does $574,000 volume within first 48 hours of opening the Labour Exchange |
| 14 Apr: At TBX, Members can earn ten of thousands of TBX dividends a year. Find out how. |
| 14 Apr: TBX is successfully opened on 14th April 2003 |
| 14 Apr: TBX Opening marks an evolution in construction networking. |
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