Imports increased for the first time since July, advancing 0.4percentto to 33.5 billion Canadian dollars.
As of June, however, the number increased for the first time in years.
Still, spending on single-family homes increased for the first time in eight months.
(It was just $200,000 until January, when it was increased for the first time since 1969).
In 2004 deaths from tuberculosis (TB) increased for the first time in more than 40 years.
Meanwhile, deflationary pressures eased in Japan wholesale prices increased for the first time in nearly four years.
Unemployment has increased for the first time in a year, delivering a pre-Budget blow to the Government.
The total of seriously delinquent mortgages increased for the first time since the third quarter of 2009.
The government also said that Japan's unemployment rate increased for the first time since March, rising to 5.2percentt from 5.1percentt.
At America Online, Time Warner raised the profit forecast for the unit after advertising sales increased for the first time in three years.
As a result, the annual rate of growth increased for the first time in seven months, rising to 5.2% from 5.1% in March.
