Table B.3 Real gross domestic product, expenditure-based, quarterly percentage change

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Item First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2010 First quarter 2011 Second quarter 2011 2009 2010
seasonally adjusted at annual rates, chained (2002) dollars
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-X.
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services
Millions of dollars
834,026 836,966 842,863 852,009 851,721 855,106 814,215 841,466
Percentage change, preceding period
1.0 0.4 0.7 1.1 -0.0 0.4 0.4 3.3
Durable goods
Millions of dollars
128,654 126,197 126,710 130,066 128,343 128,811 122,460 127,907
Percentage change, preceding period
1.0 -1.9 0.4 2.6 -1.3 0.4 -1.9 4.4
Semi-durable goods
Millions of dollars
76,222 75,352 76,391 76,940 76,960 76,328 72,592 76,226
Percentage change, preceding period
4.5 -1.1 1.4 0.7 0.0 -0.8 -2.3 5.0
Non-durable goods
Millions of dollars
179,601 180,798 181,950 182,378 181,771 181,614 177,933 181,182
Percentage change, preceding period
0.4 0.7 0.6 0.2 -0.3 -0.1 0.8 1.8
Services
Millions of dollars
452,547 456,700 459,925 465,311 466,974 470,584 442,951 458,621
Percentage change, preceding period
0.8 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.4 0.8 1.1 3.5
Government current expenditure on goods and services
Millions of dollars
278,499 280,770 281,114 283,002 282,996 284,103 274,131 280,846
Percentage change, preceding period
-0.1 0.8 0.1 0.7 -0.0 0.4 3.6 2.4
Government gross fixed capital formation
Millions of dollars
53,279 55,277 57,336 58,330 58,467 58,634 47,528 56,056
Percentage change, preceding period
3.0 3.8 3.7 1.7 0.2 0.3 8.8 17.9
Government investment in inventories
Millions of dollars
-44 -16 0 -44 -84 -8 -2 -26
Business gross fixed capital formation
Millions of dollars
239,531 245,456 252,255 257,054 263,746 269,942 229,386 248,574
Percentage change, preceding period
3.6 2.5 2.8 1.9 2.6 2.3 -16.6 8.4
Residential structures
Millions of dollars
79,672 79,597 78,561 78,385 79,816 79,959 71,723 79,054
Percentage change, preceding period
4.6 -0.1 -1.3 -0.2 1.8 0.2 -8.0 10.2
Non-residential structures and equipment
Millions of dollars
159,406 166,104 175,093 180,719 186,274 193,090 158,672 170,331
Percentage change, preceding period
2.9 4.2 5.4 3.2 3.1 3.7 -20.8 7.3
Non-residential structures
Millions of dollars
58,236 59,259 61,576 64,815 66,483 66,810 59,299 60,972
Percentage change, preceding period
4.1 1.8 3.9 5.3 2.6 0.5 -22.2 2.8
Machinery and equipment
Millions of dollars
101,587 108,354 115,811 117,224 121,434 129,911 99,016 110,744
Percentage change, preceding period
1.7 6.7 6.9 1.2 3.6 7.0 -19.5 11.8
Business investment in inventories
Millions of dollars
6,496 13,286 15,580 233 9,094 19,195 -539 8,899
Non-farm
Millions of dollars
4,777 12,184 13,986 -1,178 6,097 15,717 -3,445 7,442
Farm
Millions of dollars
312 -582 -76 -142 1,441 1,896 1,784 -122
Exports of goods and services
Millions of dollars
434,953 447,341 446,035 455,537 464,034 454,070 419,126 445,967
Percentage change, preceding period
2.1 2.8 -0.3 2.1 1.9 -2.1 -13.8 6.4
Goods
Millions of dollars
372,399 384,702 382,612 391,719 401,356 390,487 358,057 382,858
Percentage change, preceding period
2.1 3.3 -0.5 2.4 2.5 -2.7 -15.0 6.9
Services
Millions of dollars
62,666 62,905 63,593 64,073 63,093 63,859 61,068 63,309
Percentage change, preceding period
2.4 0.4 1.1 0.8 -1.5 1.2 -6.1 3.7
Deduct: Imports of goods and services
Millions of dollars
544,144 571,588 583,246 582,528 595,883 610,296 504,142 570,377
Percentage change, preceding period
2.9 5.0 2.0 -0.1 2.3 2.4 -13.4 13.1
Goods
Millions of dollars
443,850 468,590 480,748 477,350 490,239 502,060 410,397 467,635
Percentage change, preceding period
3.1 5.6 2.6 -0.7 2.7 2.4 -14.9 13.9
Services
Millions of dollars
99,772 102,548 102,162 104,710 105,234 107,815 93,214 102,298
Percentage change, preceding period
2.3 2.8 -0.4 2.5 0.5 2.5 -6.6 9.7
Statistical discrepancy
Millions of dollars
1,060 -567 935 -744 -402 -1,028 -175 171
Gross domestic product at market prices
Millions of dollars
1,312,845 1,320,294 1,328,350 1,338,481 1,350,288 1,348,947 1,283,722 1,324,993
Percentage change, preceding period
1.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 -0.1 -2.8 3.2
Final domestic demand
Millions of dollars
1,403,394 1,416,766 1,431,830 1,448,561 1,455,116 1,465,932 1,363,351 1,425,138
Percentage change, preceding period
1.3 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.5 0.7 -2.1 4.5