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• Seasonally adjusted housing starts +4% to 294,085 units in July from 283,523 units in June.
• The six-month moving average trend in July +3.7% to 263,088 from +3.6% in June.
• Among the three big cities, Montreal posted +212% YOY in actual housing starts driven by higher multi-unit starts. Vancouver saw +24% YOY rise while Toronto -69% YOY due to a drop in multi-unit and single-detached starts in July.
• The year-to-date total was 137,875, up 4% from the same period in 2024.

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Monday 18 August:

• Global: US President Donald Trump hosts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House following the former’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 15 August. In contrast to the ill-tempered Oval Office meeting in February, this time around, Zelenskyy will be supported in person by the leaders of Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Finland, and the European Commission. Trump will meet with Zelenskyy first at 13:00ET/18:00BST/19:00CET, followed by the European leaders at 15:00ET/20:00BST/21:00CET. While Zelenskyy and the European leaders will seek to impress upon Trump the requirement for security guarantees for Ukraine, the US president has already sought to rule out the return of Crimea and the prospect of Ukrainian NATO membership.

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