Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy was off to a solid start in January but early signs suggest growth hit a wall in February. The agency said Friday that real gross domestic product rose 0.4 per cent in January thanks largely to a boom in the oil and gas,

Canada’s economic growth came to a halt after a solid start to the year as tariff threats mounted. Advance data showed gross domestic product was unchanged in February, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Canada’s economy expanded by 0.4 per cent in January from the month before, beating analysts’ estimates and setting the stage for quarterly annualized growth to hit the Bank of Canada’s target of two per cent.