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Canadian economic accounts key indicators1
  Fourth quarter 2006 First quarter 2007 Second quarter 2007 Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 First quarter 2008 2006 2007
  Seasonally adjusted at annual rates      
  $ millions at current prices
Gross domestic product (GDP) by income and by expenditure                
Wages, salaries and supplementary labour income 758,824 774,960 786,392 789,224 802,852 814,984 743,313 788,357
  1.6 2.1 1.5 0.4 1.7 1.5 6.9 6.1
Corporation profits before taxes 198,584 200,572 202,740 204,784 204,828 209,704 196,719 203,231
  -0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.0 2.4 5.8 3.3
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 65,636 68,756 72,056 72,492 72,756 74,584 66,421 71,515
  -1.7 4.8 4.8 0.6 0.4 2.5 8.4 7.7
Net income of unincorporated business 87,676 89,044 90,272 90,716 91,860 94,116 86,386 90,473
  1.2 1.6 1.4 0.5 1.3 2.5 1.6 4.7
Taxes less subsidies 159,844 163,276 167,052 168,500 170,568 166,748 160,840 167,349
  0.4 2.1 2.3 0.9 1.2 -2.2 3.5 4.0
Personal disposable income 865,936 886,212 890,088 902,088 915,164 934,096 849,590 898,388
  1.5 2.3 0.4 1.3 1.4 2.1 7.0 5.7
Personal saving rate2 3.3 3.9 2.3 2.5 1.9 2.8 3.1 2.7
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 765,295 772,440 783,339 791,358 805,760 812,166 754,179 788,224
  0.8 0.9 1.4 1.0 1.8 0.8 4.3 4.5
Government current expenditure on goods and services 251,708 253,550 255,245 259,691 263,357 265,060 248,777 257,961
  0.9 0.7 0.7 1.7 1.4 0.6 3.8 3.7
Gross fixed capital formation 305,489 307,457 311,144 315,381 318,319 318,274 301,263 313,075
  1.2 0.6 1.2 1.4 0.9 -0.0 7.1 3.9
Investment in inventories 1,455 6,004 5,618 20,579 20,580 3,420 10,723 13,195
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exports of goods and services 508,219 509,189 512,307 510,840 501,112 495,842 503,322 508,362
  1.2 0.2 0.6 -0.3 -1.9 -1.1 0.6 1.0
Imports of goods and services 546,631 548,079 554,726 581,348 593,526 578,055 539,784 569,420
  -0.1 0.3 1.2 4.8 2.1 -2.6 4.6 5.5
GDP at market prices 1,292,881 1,305,843 1,318,339 1,325,934 1,328,606 1,327,452 1,284,819 1,319,681
  0.5 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 -0.1 3.1 2.7
GDP by industry                
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Goods producing industries 373,421 378,296 379,987 379,254 375,599 369,894 375,489 378,284
  -0.3 1.3 0.4 -0.2 -1.0 -1.5 1.2 0.7
Industrial production 271,364 275,382 277,214 276,033 272,350 266,745 274,357 275,245
  -0.8 1.5 0.7 -0.4 -1.3 -2.1 -0.2 0.3
Energy sector 84,925 86,749 87,590 87,625 86,826 86,486 85,876 87,198
  -2.0 2.1 1.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.4 1.0 1.5
Manufacturing 183,590 185,663 186,570 184,943 181,951 176,403 186,631 184,782
  -0.7 1.1 0.5 -0.9 -1.6 -3.0 -1.0 -1.0
Non-durable manufacturing 73,355 72,592 73,248 72,738 71,346 69,871 74,329 72,481
  -0.9 -1.0 0.9 -0.7 -1.9 -2.1 -1.9 -2.5
Durable manufacturing 110,392 113,299 113,536 112,414 110,819 106,708 112,470 112,517
  -0.6 2.6 0.2 -1.0 -1.4 -3.7 -0.3 0.0
Construction 75,536 76,271 76,502 77,274 77,491 77,725 74,087 76,884
  1.6 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 8.1 3.8
Services producing industries 827,148 834,678 843,140 850,897 856,745 861,018 818,862 846,365
  0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.5 3.8 3.4
Wholesale trade 68,298 69,335 70,547 72,308 73,238 73,162 68,383 71,357
  -1.4 1.5 1.7 2.5 1.3 -0.1 7.1 4.3
Retail trade 69,847 71,264 72,874 73,321 74,200 75,042 69,015 72,915
  0.3 2.0 2.3 0.6 1.2 1.1 6.0 5.7
Transportation and warehousing 55,683 55,940 56,252 56,775 56,547 56,429 55,501 56,379
  0.2 0.5 0.6 0.9 -0.4 -0.2 3.2 1.6
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 234,023 236,753 239,154 241,265 243,063 244,728 230,362 240,059
  1.1 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 3.8 4.2
Information and communication technologies 55,151 55,866 56,761 57,011 57,420 57,504 54,485 56,765
  0.7 1.3 1.6 0.4 0.7 0.1 4.3 4.2
...figures not applicable
1.The first line is the series itself expressed in millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates. The second line is the quarter to quarter percentage change at quarterly rates.
2.Actual rate.


Monthly gross domestic product by industry at basic prices, chained (2002) dollars
  October 2007r November 2007r December 2007r January 2008r February 2008r March 2008p
  Seasonally adjusted
  month-to-month % change
All industries 0.3 0.0 -0.7 0.6 -0.3 -0.2
Goods-producing industries 0.1 -0.3 -1.8 0.5 -0.5 -1.0
Service-producing industries 0.4 0.2 -0.2 0.6 -0.2 0.2
Industrial production 0.2 -0.5 -2.3 0.7 -0.8 -1.4
Manufacturing 0.8 -0.7 -3.2 1.0 -1.2 -2.5
Wholesale trade 1.5 0.1 -2.3 2.9 -1.9 -0.6
Energy sector -0.6 0.0 -1.2 0.9 -0.8 0.3
rrevised
ppreliminary
Date Modified: 2009-08-13

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