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OTTAWA • As Canada’s economy crawls into the last quarter of 2012, there are signs consumers are becoming increasingly weary — and that mood has not been helped by the NHL labour dispute.

The economy managed just 0.1% growth in October, Statistics Canada said Friday, matching economists’ forecasts and slightly better than in previous months, but not nearly enough to ensure a strong finish for the year.

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The lockout of National Hockey League players was responsible for slowing some of that growth. The league has scrubbed all games so far this season and that has chipped away at potential earnings in sports-related sectors. That contributed to a 1.6% decline in the arts, entertainment and recreation sector in October, StatsCan said. In the previous month, the sector was down 2.4% as the initial shock of the lockout took hold.