More advantages to working in the public sector or the private sector, Describe working in the public sector (e.g. rewarding, boring, paper pushing)

Employer is doing a better job at offering work-life balance than in the past, In your workplace that women are doing better or worst than in the past, Up to how much less per year would you accept in terms of annual salary to guarantee a job with an employer that offered work-life benefits?

Company benefits and HR programs fail to equally recognize the value and needs of non-married, kid- free employees, People without kids have no idea how much harder it is to juggle raising a family and a career

Canada is in store for a return to a recession in the next year [consumer confidence]

% indicated that their plans for investing in their own businesses through capital expenditures have not changed, % would slightly or significantly increase their capital expenditures., % would decrease capital expenditures

% foresee their hiring plans to remain unchanged in the coming six months, % plan to increase staff, reduce staff [business confidence]

Barriers to doing business internationally - % report: risk of doing business in foreign currencies, local regulations and complexities, complexity of certain international markets, solvency or reliability of overseas suppliers, sovereign risk

Anticipated change in business indicators next 12 Months (Total revenue, Total profits, Imports, Number of employees, Skills training/staff development budget, Input prices, Prices organization charges, Average basic salary, Advertising sales and marketing, Research & new product development, IT budget, Total funding from debt, from equity, from bank borrowing)

In the past couple of months, how often have you worried about each of the following? (The safety of your savings, The value of your investments, Your employer running into serious financial trouble, Being able to pay your mortgage or rent, You, or somebody in your household becoming unemployed)

Thinking about the next six months, do you expect the price of each of the following items to go up, stay about the same, or go down? (Gasoline, Real estate, A new car, A new TV, A week’s worth of groceries)

When do you think Canada’s economy will get out of recession? [Financial Crisis 2008]

How would you say your PERSONAL financial or economic situation is compared to one year ago? How do you expect your PERSONAL financial or economic situation to be one year from now compared to what it is like today.

I am worried that I or somebody in my household might lose their job this year

Would you describe your job, at this time, as secure, somewhat secure, somewhat not secure or not at all secure? Thinking of your personal finances, are you better off, worse off or has there been no change over the past year?

In the next six months do you believe that your personal debt will increase, stay the same or decrease? In the next six months do you believe that the value of real estate in your neighbourhood will increase, stay the same or decrease?

Where do you spend spare cash? (Out-of-home entertainment, New clothes, New technology products, Home improvement/decorating, Holidays/vacations, Paying off debts/credit cards/loans, Putting into savings, Investing in shares of stock/mutual funds, Retirement fund, I have no spare cash)

Top Canadian concerns - % report Increasing utility bills, Debt, Health, Economy, Work-Life Balance

How concerned are you about each of the following economic possibilities: Weak growth in US, Levels of personal debt, Another credit crunch, Another crash in the stock market, Weak consumer demand, Higher interest rates, Deflation

What are your expectations for your company over the next 12 months, What is the biggest concern facing your company (e.g. access to credit, internal organizational challenges, market fluctuation)

% of small business owners said they were extremely or a little stressed by the economy, % predict revenue growth in the coming 12 months, Of these % expect that growth to be 20 per cent or more, Average expected increase

Weakness facing their business in the next 12 months - % report cast flow, wage and benefit costs

Biggest threat in coming year - % report competition

Exports, Imports, Change in Non-Farm Inventories, Final Sales, International Current Account Balance, Pre-tax Corp. Profits, GDP Deflator (Y/Y), Nominal GDP

Labour Force, Employment (%), Employment ('000s), Unemployment Rate (%), Personal Disposable Income, Pers. Savings Rate (%), CPI (Y/Y)