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Table 11-1
Retail trade — Balance sheet and income statement

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Balance sheet and income statement
  Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 First quarter 2008 Second quarter 2008 Third quarter 2008
  millions of dollars
Balance sheet  
Total assets 173,427 A 177,958 A 178,094 A 180,480 A 182,876 A
Cash and deposits 14,699 14,179 14,443 13,841 14,179
Accounts receivable and accrued revenue 13,920 14,458 14,500 14,842 14,942
Inventories 56,883 59,926 59,366 60,261 61,259
Investments and accounts with affiliates 14,921 15,317 15,225 15,525 15,735
Portfolio investments 4,719 4,845 4,472 4,863 4,769
Loans 1,352 1,515 1,400 1,511 1,489
Mortgage 414 417 402 407 409
Non-mortgage 938 1,098 998 1,105 1,080
Allowance for losses on investments and loans 0 0 0 0 0
Bank customers' liabilities under acceptances 0 0 0 0 0
Capital assets, net 49,572 50,599 51,746 52,471 53,077
Other assets 17,361 17,118 16,942 17,165 17,426
Total liabilities 112,309 113,841 115,361 116,712 117,666
Deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Actuarial liabilities of insurers 0 0 0 0 0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 40,651 41,859 39,413 40,478 40,811
Loans and accounts with affiliates 20,663 20,598 21,978 22,617 22,475
Borrowings 45,177 46,463 47,378 47,658 48,462
Loans and other borrowings 28,555 29,590 30,911 31,304 31,939
Bankers' acceptances and paper 2,833 3,084 3,343 3,221 3,183
Bonds and debentures 9,886 9,812 9,280 9,228 9,451
Mortgages 3,903 3,978 3,843 3,906 3,890
Future income tax 474 238 201 159 106
Bank customers' liabilities under acceptances 0 0 0 0 0
Other liabilities 5,345 4,683 6,390 5,799 5,812
Total, equity 61,118 64,117 62,733 63,768 65,210
Share capital 16,952 16,867 17,635 17,801 18,055
Unitholders' equity 0 0 0 0 0
Liability to policyholders 0 0 0 0 0
Contributed surplus and other 7,202 7,292 6,867 7,234 7,232
Retained earnings 36,964 39,959 38,231 38,732 39,924
Income statement  
Operating revenue 110,526 A 106,286 A 107,053 A 109,880 A 115,941 A
Sales of goods and services 109,327 105,214 105,881 108,752 114,764
Insurers' premiums 0 0 0 0 0
Annuity considerations 0 0 0 0 0
Interest revenue, operating 0 0 0 0 0
Dividend revenue, operating 0 0 0 0 0
Gains or losses on sale of securities and other assets 0 0 0 0 0
Other operating revenue 1,199 1,072 1,172 1,128 1,177
Operating expenses 106,254 101,591 102,596 105,544 110,958
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 1,598 1,539 1,529 1,548 1,569
Insurance claims incurred 0 0 0 0 0
Annuity claims incurred 0 0 0 0 0
Normal increase in actuarial liabilities 0 0 0 0 0
Interest expense, operating 0 0 0 0 0
Other operating expenses 104,658 100,052 101,067 103,996 109,389
Operating profit or loss 4,272 4,695 4,457 4,336 4,983
Interest and dividend revenue 209 305 213 220 210
Interest expense on borrowing 981 982 955 970 965
Gains or losses 118 -38 15 93 45
Profit before income tax 3,619 3,980 3,730 3,679 4,273
Income tax 1,094 701 834 673 894
Equity in affiliates' earnings 86 89 102 105 110
Profit before extraordinary gains 2,610 3,368 2,998 3,111 3,490
Extraordinary gains or losses 1 2 2 6 0
Net profit 2,611 3,370 2,999 3,116 3,490
Note(s):
-  A common (generic) financial statement presentation format is used for all industries and for aggregate totals. As a result, some financial series that do not apply to certain industries will be shown with zero values.
-  Figures may not add due to rounding.