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Canadian gross domestic product for the fourth quarter will be released Friday at 8:30am, and investors may want to watch through their fingers like it’s Friday The 13th Part IX. Though hopes remain that the slowdown is in the rearview mirror, recent economic indicators have been very disappointing.