Table 4
Canadian economic accounts key indicators – Seasonally adjusted

Canadian economic accounts key indicators – Seasonally adjusted
  Second quarter 2011 Third quarter 2011 Fourth quarter 2011 First quarter 2012 Second quarter 2012 Third quarter 2012
Economy-wide            
Real gross domestic income (index 2007=100) 104.1 104.9 105.8 106.2 105.8 106.4
Gross domestic product deflator (index 2007=100) 108.2 108.2 109.3 109.3 109.1 109.8
Terms of trade (index 2007=100) 104.0 101.9 103.0 102.8 100.4 101.7
Household sector            
Household disposable income (millions of dollars) 988,092 997,892 1,007,764 1,015,208 1,025,072 1,032,780
Household net saving (millions of dollars) 36,632 38,228 36,524 37,116 42,812 40,596
Household saving rate (%) 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.2 3.9
Household debt service ratio (%) 7.70 7.57 7.47 7.41 7.36 7.35
Government sector            
General government disposable income (millions of dollars) 334,332 343,076 346,692 356,268 353,660 356,692
General government net saving (millions of dollars) -47,636 -46,056 -43,972 -33,776 -39,576 -39,304
Corporate sector            
Non-financial corporations' net operating surplus (millions of dollars) 228,608 239,840 253,244 246,516 233,032 234,660
Financial corporations' net operating surplus (millions of dollars) 27,688 27,808 27,436 24,052 25,696 26,856
Non-financial corporations' net saving (millions of dollars) 53,072 68,080 48,220 50,060 40,920 47,180
Financial corporations' net saving (millions of dollars) 22,228 17,560 38,196 27,024 38,640 31,240
National            
National net saving (millions of dollars) 65,184 74,996 75,320 79,568 82,252 76,656
National saving rate (%) 4.6 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.1