ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } Canada’s Economy Posts Surprise Annualized Fourth Quarter Growth of 2.6% – BCI 24 News Network
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Canada’s Economy Posts Surprise Annualized Fourth Quarter Growth of 2.6%

28 February 2025 3:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

OTTAWA—Canada’s gross domestic product in the fourth quarter expanded by 2.6 percent on an annualized basis, surpassing widespread expectations, as a jump in consumer spending, business investments and exports lifted growth, data showed on Friday.
Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the GDP to grow by 1.8 percent in annualized terms in the quarter ending December, similar to Bank of Canada’s predictions from last month.
The third quarter growth rate was revised to 2.2 percent from 1 percent earlier, Statistics Canada said. It added that, on a month-on-month basis, the economy in December expanded by 0.2 percent, reversing the contraction seen in November….