The upside surprises to both manufacturing and wholesale sales in October supports our view that the near-term economic outlook is now better than the Bank of Canada seems to think. It looks likely that the preliminary estimate of a 0.1% m/m gain in GDP in October will be revised up and, given the recent improvements in the various survey indicators, prospects for the rest of the quarter look bright too.
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