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Table B.5 Contributions to percentage change in real gross domestic product, expenditure-based1
Empty cell Third quarter 2006 Fourth quarter 2006 First quarter 2007 Second quarter 2007 Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 2006 2007
using seasonally adjusted data, percentage points

1. The chained (2002) dollars data shown in the table "Real gross domestic product, expenditure-based, quarterly percentage change" are not additive. The contributions to percentage change shown in the above table are additive and provide a measure of the composition of GDP growth.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-XWE

Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services

0.689 0.509 0.554 0.781 0.617 1.002 2.284 2.625

Durable goods

0.193 0.084 0.115 0.260 -0.017 0.205 0.506 0.556

Semi-durable goods

0.082 0.023 0.114 0.035 0.094 0.035 0.328 0.280

Non-durable goods

0.093 -0.025 0.170 0.155 0.067 0.123 0.196 0.425

Services

0.322 0.427 0.156 0.331 0.472 0.639 1.254 1.363

Government current expenditure on goods and services

0.074 0.142 0.124 0.197 0.295 0.328 0.629 0.705

Government gross fixed capital formation

0.003 0.028 0.016 0.045 0.067 0.041 0.214 0.126

Government investment in inventories

-0.001 0.004 0.004 -0.004 0.010 -0.005 -0.005 0.004

Business gross fixed capital formation

0.177 0.206 0.134 0.212 0.261 0.257 1.299 0.780

Residential structures

-0.110 -0.002 0.162 0.110 0.096 0.042 0.140 0.227

Non-residential structures and equipment

0.287 0.208 -0.028 0.102 0.165 0.215 1.159 0.553

Non-residential structures

0.176 0.171 0.028 -0.044 -0.037 0.006 0.687 0.231

Machinery and equipment

0.111 0.037 -0.056 0.146 0.202 0.209 0.472 0.322

Business investment in inventories

-0.327 -0.886 0.218 0.096 0.738 0.143 -0.261 0.013

Non-farm

-0.358 -0.892 0.271 0.083 0.756 0.104 -0.133 0.066

Farm

0.031 0.005 -0.052 0.013 -0.017 0.040 -0.129 -0.053

Exports of goods and services

0.229 0.240 0.093 0.206 0.063 -0.750 0.262 0.328

Goods

0.263 0.262 0.144 0.142 0.166 -0.802 0.316 0.385

Services

-0.034 -0.022 -0.051 0.064 -0.102 0.052 -0.054 -0.057

Deduct: Imports of goods and services

0.508 -0.075 0.084 0.586 1.391 0.842 1.623 1.909

Goods

0.491 -0.086 0.204 0.322 1.266 0.384 1.407 1.602

Services

0.018 0.011 -0.120 0.264 0.125 0.458 0.216 0.306

Statistical discrepancy

-0.017 0.050 -0.072 -0.021 0.078 0.023 -0.041 -0.020

Gross domestic product at market prices

0.318 0.369 0.988 0.926 0.738 0.197 2.759 2.653

Final domestic demand

0.943 0.886 0.828 1.235 1.239 1.628 4.427 4.236