| Item | Second quarter 2008 | Third quarter 2008 | Fourth quarter 2008 | First quarter 2009 | Second quarter 2009 | Third quarter 2009 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| quarter to quarter percent change at annual rates, chained (2002) dollars | ||||||||
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Notes: Quarter to quarter percentage change, annualized. 1. Actual change in millions of dollars, at annual rates. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-X. | ||||||||
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services |
1.1 | 0.6 | -3.1 | -1.4 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.0 |
Durable goods |
-3.0 | -0.8 | -11.6 | -9.4 | 4.2 | 9.8 | 7.6 | 5.6 |
Semi-durable goods |
4.5 | 2.0 | -6.5 | -5.9 | -1.9 | -0.2 | 5.6 | 3.7 |
Non-durable goods |
0.8 | -0.2 | -1.4 | 1.3 | -0.1 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.5 |
Services |
1.7 | 1.0 | -1.4 | -0.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
Government current expenditure on goods and services |
4.6 | -0.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
Government gross fixed capital formation |
11.8 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 16.6 | 24.7 | 6.0 | 12.2 |
Government investment in inventories1 |
-136 | -56 | 156 | -92 | -8 | 8 | 47 | 11 |
Business gross fixed capital formation |
-2.1 | -0.4 | -18.6 | -28.0 | -9.0 | 5.6 | 3.4 | -0.8 |
Residential structures |
-1.3 | -4.9 | -23.0 | -20.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 2.9 | -2.7 |
Non-residential structures and equipment |
-2.6 | 2.1 | -16.2 | -31.4 | -16.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
Non-residential structures |
1.0 | 7.6 | -1.3 | -24.9 | -17.8 | -13.8 | 3.0 | -0.1 |
Machinery and equipment |
-5.8 | -2.9 | -28.5 | -37.3 | -15.4 | 25.6 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
Business investment in inventories1 |
5,264 | 472 | -4,666 | -20,849 | 1,419 | 3,336 | 2,868 | -2,750 |
Non-farm1 |
4,320 | -1,740 | -3,991 | -16,491 | 2,157 | 1,536 | 2,818 | -6,687 |
Farm1 |
934 | 2,146 | -640 | -4,489 | -833 | 1,995 | -62 | 3,893 |
Exports of goods and services |
-4.1 | -4.1 | -17.7 | -29.8 | -19.5 | 15.3 | 1.1 | -4.7 |
Goods |
-4.1 | -4.8 | -20.2 | -31.2 | -22.8 | 19.6 | 1.3 | -5.0 |
Services |
-4.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | -20.9 | 0.6 | -4.5 | -0.2 | -2.6 |
Deduct: Imports of goods and services |
3.0 | -3.4 | -23.4 | -39.2 | -6.9 | 36.0 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
Goods |
4.3 | -1.6 | -24.7 | -42.3 | -10.2 | 43.6 | 5.4 | 1.0 |
Services |
-2.8 | -11.8 | -16.6 | -23.3 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 7.4 | -0.1 |
Statistical discrepancy1 |
243 | 720 | 34 | 1,765 | 106 | -28 | -1,521 | -401 |
Gross domestic product at market prices |
0.3 | 0.4 | -3.7 | -6.2 | -3.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.4 |
Final domestic demand |
1.5 | 0.5 | -4.9 | -6.1 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.6 |