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October  2002, Vol. 125, No.10

Information technology and economic growth in Canada and the U.S.

Tarek M. Harchaoui
Chief,  Statistics Canada multifactor productivity program, Micro-Economic Analysis Division Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Email: harctar@statcan.ca

Faouzi Tarkhani, Chris Jackson, and Philip Armstrong 
Economists in various areas at Statistics Canada. 
The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of  Statistics Canada.

Information and communication technology was the largest contributor to growth within capital services for both Canada and the United States during the late 1990s, but the contribution of this capital asset in Canada was lower than that in the United States.

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