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| Empty cell | Fourth quarter 2006 | First quarter 2007 | Second quarter 2007 | Third quarter 2007 | Fourth quarter 2007 | First quarter 2008 | 2006 | 2007 |
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| quarter to quarter percent change at annual rates, chained (2002) dollars | ||||||||
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1. Quarter to quarter percentage change, annualized. 2. Actual change in millions of dollars, at annual rates. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-XWE | ||||||||
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services |
3.4 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
Durable goods |
4.3 | 4.6 | 15.0 | -1.4 | 11.5 | 16.5 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
Semi-durable goods |
1.4 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 8.4 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 5.6 |
Non-durable goods |
-0.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
Services |
5.3 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
Government current expenditure on goods and services |
3.6 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
Government gross fixed capital formation |
8.2 | 7.2 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 7.8 |
Government investment in inventories2 |
56 | 52 | -64 | 136 | -72 | 120 | -57 | 47 |
Business gross fixed capital formation |
4.3 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | -1.2 | 7.1 | 3.4 |
Residential structures |
0.2 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 1.8 | -6.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
Non-residential structures and equipment |
6.5 | -2.6 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 9.9 | 3.5 |
Non-residential structures |
7.8 | -3.1 | -7.7 | -4.3 | -3.5 | 3.5 | 8.9 | -0.4 |
Machinery and equipment |
5.4 | -2.2 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 10.6 | 7.1 |
Business investment in inventories2 |
-11,984 | 4,487 | -316 | 14,799 | 85 | -17,303 | -2,034 | 2,415 |
Non-farm2 |
-11,779 | 5,014 | -591 | 14,746 | -580 | -17,000 | -378 | 2,605 |
Farm2 |
52 | -760 | 319 | -207 | 678 | -258 | -2,180 | -332 |
Exports of goods and services |
4.7 | 0.8 | 2.5 | -1.1 | -7.4 | -4.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
Goods |
5.2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | -0.0 | -8.9 | -3.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
Services |
1.6 | -5.8 | 4.1 | -8.3 | 3.3 | -8.7 | -1.2 | -1.7 |
Deduct: Imports of goods and services |
-0.5 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 20.6 | 8.6 | -10.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
Goods |
0.3 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 23.0 | 3.4 | -8.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
Services |
-4.0 | -2.5 | 17.5 | 10.0 | 36.9 | -18.0 | 2.9 | 5.9 |
Statistical discrepancy2 |
-484 | -1,114 | -185 | 717 | 467 | -1,037 | 93 | -1,141 |
Gross domestic product at market prices |
2.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
Final domestic demand |
3.8 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 |