-- 根據加拿大獨立企業聯合會（CFIB）週四發布的最新月度商業晴雨表，燃油成本已成為限制企業成長的首要成本因素，影響近四分之三的企業。 CFIB指出，燃油成本的月漲幅最大，光是4月就上漲了20個百分點。 事實上，CFIB表示，對燃油成本的擔憂在短短兩個月內翻了一番，從2月的36%攀升至4月的74%。 CFIB月度商業晴雨表的其他主要結論包括：4月份平均價格上漲計劃躍升至3.2%，這是自去年3月與美國爆發關稅戰以來最大的月度漲幅；繼3月份大幅下滑之後，4月份小企業長期樂觀情緒小幅回升至58.5個百分點。
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