Access Statistics Canada Table 187-0001,Quarterly Balance Sheet and Income Statement, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

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Access Statistics Canada Table 187-0001,“Quarterly Balance Sheet and Income Statement,” by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (you can access these data through E-STAT). From this table, retrieve data about quarterly operating profits for the retail trade sector, from the first quarter of 1988 to the most recent data available. Use appropriate graphical and numerical measures to summarize these data, commenting on the amounts of quarterly profits, and patterns over time. Compare the operating profits of the retail sector with those of the manufacturing sector, and analyze the nature and strength of any relationship between the quarterly profits of the two sectors.
Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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