The Port of Vancouver. Statistics Canada is set to release gross domestic product data for the month of June and the second quarter today.

Statistics Canada is set to release gross domestic product data for the month of June and the second quarter as a whole today.

The agency’s early estimates for GDP in the second quarter had been for zero growth as trade uncertainty and tariffs weigh on business and consumer sentiment.

It would mark a sharp slowdown from the 2.2 per cent annualized increase reported for the first quarter, when firms rushed to get ahead of looming tariff deadlines, heightening business activity.

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