OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy edged back 0.1 per cent in April, hurt by weakness in the mining and energy sectors, to post the fourth consecutive monthly decline.
Economists had expected the country's real gross domestic product to gain 0.1 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters.
The pullback for April follows the first quarter which saw the economy contract at an annual pace of 0.6 per cent.
Statistics Canada says a decrease in the output of goods-producing industries outweighed an increase by the service sector.
Weakness in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sectors led to goods production to drop 0.8 per cent in April.
Service-providing industries grew 0.3 per cent in April, helped by wholesale trade.
