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Canadian economic accounts key indicators1
  First quarter 2007 Second quarter 2007 Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 First quarter 2008 Second quarter 2008 2006 2007
  Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
  millions of dollars at current prices
Gross domestic product by income and by expenditure                
Wages, salaries and supplementary labour income 774,960 786,392 789,224 802,852 814,644 823,932 743,313 788,357
  2.1 1.5 0.4 1.7 1.5 1.1 6.9 6.1
Corporation profits before taxes 200,572 202,740 204,784 204,828 209,604 226,964 196,719 203,231
  1.0 1.1 1.0 0.0 2.3 8.3 5.8 3.3
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 68,756 72,056 72,492 72,756 75,196 82,048 66,421 71,515
  4.8 4.8 0.6 0.4 3.4 9.1 8.4 7.7
Net income of unincorporated business 89,044 90,272 90,716 91,860 94,132 96,992 86,386 90,473
  1.6 1.4 0.5 1.3 2.5 3.0 1.6 4.7
Taxes less subsidies 163,276 167,052 168,500 170,568 165,608 167,416 160,840 167,349
  2.1 2.3 0.9 1.2 -2.9 1.1 3.5 4.0
Personal disposable income 886,212 890,088 902,088 915,164 937,156 947,772 849,590 898,388
  2.3 0.4 1.3 1.4 2.4 1.1 7.0 5.7
Personal saving rate2 3.9 2.3 2.5 1.9 3.1 2.8 3.1 2.7
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 772,440 783,339 791,358 805,760 812,020 816,948 754,179 788,224
  0.9 1.4 1.0 1.8 0.8 0.6 4.3 4.5
Government current expenditure on goods and services 253,550 255,245 259,691 263,357 264,947 268,269 248,777 257,961
  0.7 0.7 1.7 1.4 0.6 1.3 3.8 3.7
Gross fixed capital formation 307,457 311,144 315,381 318,319 318,335 316,993 301,263 313,075
  0.6 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.0 -0.4 7.1 3.9
Investment in inventories 6,004 5,618 20,579 20,580 3,003 8,365 10,723 13,195
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exports of goods and services 509,189 512,307 510,840 501,112 495,955 488,478 503,322 508,362
  0.2 0.6 -0.3 -1.9 -1.0 -1.5 0.6 1.0
Imports of goods and services 548,079 554,726 581,348 593,526 579,696 583,004 539,784 569,420
  0.3 1.2 4.8 2.1 -2.3 0.6 4.6 5.5
Gross domestic product at market prices 1,305,843 1,318,339 1,325,934 1,328,606 1,326,106 1,327,118 1,284,819 1,319,681
  1.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 -0.2 0.1 3.1 2.7
Gross domestic product by industry                
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Goods producing industries 378,381 380,273 379,306 375,532 369,363 365,688 375,489 378,373
  1.3 0.5 -0.3 -1.0 -1.6 -1.0 1.2 0.8
Industrial production 275,390 277,376 275,917 272,139 266,146 262,876 274,357 275,205
  1.5 0.7 -0.5 -1.4 -2.2 -1.2 -0.2 0.3
Energy sector 86,578 87,775 87,680 86,837 86,141 84,149 85,876 87,218
  1.9 1.4 -0.1 -1.0 -0.8 -2.3 1.0 1.6
Manufacturing 185,897 186,452 184,726 181,772 176,256 175,248 186,631 184,712
  1.3 0.3 -0.9 -1.6 -3.0 -0.6 -1.0 -1.0
Non-durable manufacturing 72,704 73,181 72,743 71,327 69,692 69,477 74,329 72,489
  -0.9 0.7 -0.6 -1.9 -2.3 -0.3 -1.9 -2.5
Durable manufacturing 113,420 113,486 112,187 110,658 106,745 105,942 112,470 112,438
  2.7 0.1 -1.1 -1.4 -3.5 -0.8 -0.3 0.0
Construction 76,274 76,503 77,270 77,491 77,648 77,373 74,087 76,885
  1.0 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.2 -0.4 8.1 3.8
Services producing industries 834,632 843,062 850,966 856,815 861,250 866,605 818,862 846,369
  0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 3.8 3.4
Wholesale trade 69,304 70,622 72,281 73,131 72,885 73,055 68,383 71,335
  1.5 1.9 2.4 1.2 -0.3 0.2 7.1 4.3
Retail trade 71,264 72,874 73,321 74,200 74,926 75,456 69,015 72,915
  2.0 2.3 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.7 6.0 5.7
Transportation and warehousing 55,952 56,189 56,791 56,575 56,576 57,043 55,501 56,377
  0.5 0.4 1.1 -0.4 0.0 0.8 3.2 1.6
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 236,635 239,111 241,362 243,108 244,839 246,303 230,362 240,054
  1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 3.8 4.2
Information and communication technologies 55,886 56,717 57,003 57,458 57,593 58,154 54,485 56,766
  1.3 1.5 0.5 0.8 0.2 1.0 4.3 4.2
...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
  January 2008r February 2008r March 2008r April 2008r May 2008r June 2008p
  Seasonally adjusted
  month-to-month % change
All industries 0.6  -0.3  -0.2  0.4  -0.1  0.1 
Goods-producing industries 0.4 -0.5 -1.0 0.3 -0.5 -0.2
Service-producing industries 0.6 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2
Industrial production 0.6 -0.8 -1.4 0.6 -0.7 -0.3
Manufacturing 0.8 -1.1 -2.2 1.6 -0.4 -0.1
Wholesale trade 2.9 -1.9 -1.0 1.7 -0.4 0.5
Energy sector 0.9 -1.0 -0.3 -0.9 -1.1 -0.6
rrevised
ppreliminary


Gross domestic product, implicit chain price indexes
  First quarter 2007 Second quarter 2007 Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 First quarter 2008 Second quarter 2008
  Using seasonally adjusted data (2002=100)
  quarterly % change
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.8
Business gross fixed capital formation 1.6 0.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.6 1.3
Exports of goods and services 2.5 -1.0 -2.8 -0.5 5.5 8.2
Imports of goods and services 1.1 -2.8 -2.7 -3.4 3.4 4.0
Gross domestic product at market prices 1.6 1.2 -0.3 0.9 1.2 2.5
Final domestic demand 1.1 0.7 -0.4 0.3 0.5 0.9
Date Modified: 2009-08-13

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