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Table 3 Canadian economic accounts key indicators1

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Canadian economic accounts key indicators1
  Third quarter 2008 Fourth quarter 2008 First quarter 2009 Second quarter 2009 Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 2008 2009
  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 827,116 831,936 822,788 819,356 820,448 831,564 823,116 823,539
  0.8 0.6 -1.1 -0.4 0.1 1.4 4.9 0.1
Corporation profits before taxes 237,708 182,900 147,308 130,828 142,932 155,784 215,799 144,213
  3.6 -23.1 -19.5 -11.2 9.3 9.0 5.7 -33.2
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 86,136 77,568 63,032 62,144 66,448 69,856 81,484 65,370
  0.6 -9.9 -18.7 -1.4 6.9 5.1 13.4 -19.8
Net income of unincorporated business 97,860 98,108 98,152 99,992 101,292 102,848 96,246 100,571
  2.5 0.3 0.0 1.9 1.3 1.5 6.5 4.5
Taxes less subsidies 166,464 163,220 159,940 161,864 162,980 166,008 165,017 162,698
  0.3 -1.9 -2.0 1.2 0.7 1.9 -0.9 -1.4
Personal disposable income 955,512 960,852 957,032 966,524 970,192 979,388 950,948 968,284
  0.7 0.6 -0.4 1.0 0.4 0.9 5.9 1.8
Personal saving rate2 3.1 4.9 5.1 5.5 4.9 4.6 3.7 5.0
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  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 813,469 807,018 804,318 807,599 814,871 822,030 810,723 812,205
  0.1 -0.8 -0.3 0.4 0.9 0.9 3.0 0.2
Government current expenditure on goods and services 264,462 266,084 267,428 269,715 273,833 277,704 264,142 272,170
  -0.0 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.5 1.4 3.7 3.0
Gross fixed capital formation 318,616 305,999 282,018 277,508 284,573 289,088 315,265 283,297
  0.2 -4.0 -7.8 -1.6 2.5 1.6 0.9 -10.1
Investment in inventories 14,872 10,386 -7,495 -6,341 -1,521 -4,250 12,272 -4,902
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exports of goods and services 488,152 464,964 424,984 403,023 414,776 429,923 486,255 418,177
  -1.1 -4.8 -8.6 -5.2 2.9 3.7 -4.7 -14.0
Imports of goods and services 584,824 547,196 483,251 476,235 514,267 525,377 576,905 499,783
  -0.9 -6.4 -11.7 -1.5 8.0 2.2 0.8 -13.4
Gross domestic product at market prices 1,325,452 1,312,880 1,289,445 1,278,163 1,281,161 1,296,955 1,321,360 1,286,431
  0.1 -0.9 -1.8 -0.9 0.2 1.2 0.4 -2.6
Gross domestic product at basic prices by industry                
Goods producing industries 365,810 356,397 338,859 327,105 323,826 330,626 363,625 330,104
  -0.0 -2.6 -4.9 -3.5 -1.0 2.1 -2.6 -9.2
Industrial production 263,682 255,369 242,956 233,655 230,748 235,673 261,955 235,758
  -0.1 -3.2 -4.9 -3.8 -1.2 2.1 -4.2 -10.0
Energy sector 84,492 83,264 82,241 78,853 77,847 80,051 84,147 79,748
  0.7 -1.5 -1.2 -4.1 -1.3 2.8 -3.0 -5.2
Manufacturing 172,800 165,643 153,640 148,862 149,359 151,021 171,906 150,720
  -1.0 -4.1 -7.2 -3.1 0.3 1.1 -5.7 -12.3
Non-durable manufacturing 67,745 66,018 64,120 62,344 62,420 63,019 67,604 62,976
  -1.1 -2.5 -2.9 -2.8 0.1 1.0 -4.6 -6.8
Durable manufacturing 105,400 99,819 89,336 86,313 86,749 87,823 104,617 87,555
  -0.9 -5.3 -10.5 -3.4 0.5 1.2 -6.5 -16.3
Construction 75,016 74,362 70,164 68,598 68,819 70,321 74,452 69,476
  0.8 -0.9 -5.6 -2.2 0.3 2.2 2.8 -6.7
Services producing industries 871,586 866,563 862,379 864,228 869,881 876,815 869,154 868,326
  0.1 -0.6 -0.5 0.2 0.7 0.8 2.1 -0.1
Wholesale trade 70,795 67,321 64,539 64,714 66,162 68,008 70,693 65,856
  -1.9 -4.9 -4.1 0.3 2.2 2.8 0.5 -6.8
Retail trade 75,346 74,186 73,461 73,656 74,668 75,161 74,963 74,237
  0.1 -1.5 -1.0 0.3 1.4 0.7 3.0 -1.0
Transportation and warehousing 58,635 57,425 55,809 55,202 55,792 56,571 58,323 55,843
  -0.2 -2.1 -2.8 -1.1 1.1 1.4 0.5 -4.3
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 247,014 246,830 247,503 250,901 253,343 255,735 246,623 251,871
  0.2 -0.1 0.3 1.4 1.0 0.9 2.2 2.1
Information and communication technologies 59,741 59,629 58,999 58,686 58,602 58,748 59,536 58,759
  0.2 -0.2 -1.1 -0.5 -0.1 0.2 3.0 -1.3
not applicable
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.
Actual rate.