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Canada’s leading economic indicators index rose a more-than-expected 1.5% m/m to 229.0 in December, a seventh consecutive monthly rise and matching February 1983 for the biggest monthly gain since September 1958, after a 1.3% m/m increase in November, LEI data from Statistics Canada showed, indicating the Canadian economic recovery is steadily strengthening. All 10 index components rose, with the largest gains in household spending and the stock market.