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Table B.5 Contributions to percentage change in real gross domestic product, expenditure-based1
Empty cell Fourth quarter 2006 First quarter 2007 Second quarter 2007 Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 First quarter 2008 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

 0.465 0.518 0.777 0.566 1.008 0.444 2.358 2.513

Durable goods

 0.077 0.083 0.256 -0.025 0.197 0.277 0.540 0.511

Semi-durable goods

 0.016 0.103 0.030 0.092 0.034 0.076 0.327 0.256

Non-durable goods

 -0.018 0.167 0.172 0.074 0.129 0.019 0.182 0.446

Services

 0.390 0.164 0.319 0.425 0.649 0.072 1.309 1.301

Government current expenditure on goods and services

 0.171 0.142 0.129 0.333 0.271 0.126 0.712 0.716

Government gross fixed capital formation

 0.057 0.051 0.080 0.088 0.007 0.054 0.181 0.220

Government investment in inventories

 0.004 0.004 -0.004 0.010 -0.005 0.009 -0.005 0.004

Business gross fixed capital formation

 0.208 0.096 0.190 0.218 0.203 -0.057 1.330 0.666

Residential structures

 0.004 0.181 0.080 0.072 0.033 -0.125 0.147 0.210

Non-residential structures and equipment

 0.203 -0.085 0.110 0.146 0.170 0.068 1.182 0.456

Non-residential structures

 0.113 -0.047 -0.118 -0.064 -0.051 0.049 0.482 -0.023

Machinery and equipment

 0.091 -0.039 0.228 0.210 0.221 0.019 0.700 0.480

Business investment in inventories

 -0.808 0.299 -0.021 0.939 0.002 -1.074 -0.173 0.154

Non-farm

 -0.811 0.341 -0.040 0.950 -0.038 -1.061 -0.029 0.187

Farm

 0.003 -0.042 0.018 -0.011 0.040 -0.014 -0.143 -0.033

Exports of goods and services

 0.417 0.069 0.220 -0.099 -0.645 -0.353 0.223 0.362

Goods

 0.398 0.139 0.174 -0.002 -0.681 -0.253 0.284 0.442

Services

 0.019 -0.070 0.046 -0.097 0.036 -0.100 -0.061 -0.080

Deduct: Imports of goods and services

 -0.040 0.090 0.400 1.533 0.675 -0.844 1.524 1.834

Goods

 0.019 0.125 0.173 1.399 0.223 -0.557 1.358 1.504

Services

 -0.059 -0.036 0.228 0.134 0.452 -0.287 0.166 0.330

Statistical discrepancy

 -0.038 -0.086 -0.014 0.054 0.035 -0.078 0.008 -0.089

Gross domestic product at market prices

 0.516 1.003 0.957 0.576 0.202 -0.087 3.110 2.713

Final domestic demand

 0.900 0.806 1.177 1.206 1.490 0.566 4.580 4.116