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Table 2
Canadian economic accounts key indicators1

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  Second quarter 2007 Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 First quarter 2008 Second quarter 2008 Third quarter 2008 2006 2007
  Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
  millions of dollars at current prices
Gross domestic product by income and by expenditure                
Wages, salaries and supplementary labour income 786,392 789,224 802,852 814,708 824,364 831,248 743,313 788,357
  1.5 0.4 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.8 6.9 6.1
Corporation profits before taxes 202,740 204,784 204,828 209,544 227,616 240,496 196,719 203,231
  1.1 1.0 0.0 2.3 8.6 5.7 5.8 3.3
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 72,056 72,492 72,756 75,540 83,192 83,216 66,421 71,515
  4.8 0.6 0.4 3.8 10.1 0.0 8.4 7.7
Net income of unincorporated business 90,272 90,716 91,860 94,344 97,752 100,128 86,386 90,473
  1.4 0.5 1.3 2.7 3.6 2.4 1.6 4.7
Taxes less subsidies 167,052 168,500 170,568 165,672 168,408 168,724 160,840 167,349
  2.3 0.9 1.2 -2.9 1.7 0.2 3.5 4.0
Personal disposable income 890,088 902,088 915,164 939,392 950,192 959,020 849,590 898,388
  0.4 1.3 1.4 2.6 1.1 0.9 7.0 5.7
Personal saving rate2 2.3 2.5 1.9 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.7
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 783,339 791,358 805,760 810,733 814,816 816,231 754,179 788,224
  1.4 1.0 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.2 4.3 4.5
Government current expenditure on goods and services 255,245 259,691 263,357 264,812 267,362 267,685 248,777 257,961
  0.7 1.7 1.4 0.6 1.0 0.1 3.8 3.7
Gross fixed capital formation 311,144 315,381 318,319 318,873 319,461 319,807 301,263 313,075
  1.2 1.4 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 7.1 3.9
Investment in inventories 5,618 20,579 20,580 4,304 10,130 11,903 10,723 13,195
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exports of goods and services 512,307 510,840 501,112 495,774 489,177 482,482 503,322 508,362
  0.6 -0.3 -1.9 -1.1 -1.3 -1.4 0.6 1.0
Imports of goods and services 554,726 581,348 593,526 579,632 583,618 574,507 539,784 569,420
  1.2 4.8 2.1 -2.3 0.7 -1.6 4.6 5.5
Gross domestic product at market prices 1,318,339 1,325,934 1,328,606 1,326,698 1,328,690 1,333,005 1,284,819 1,319,681
  1.0 0.6 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.3 3.1 2.7
Gross domestic product at basic prices, by industry                
Goods producing industries 375,824 375,367 371,248 366,751 365,168 366,941 372,320 374,126
  0.5 -0.1 -1.1 -1.2 -0.4 0.5 1.1 0.5
Industrial production 276,992 275,911 271,769 266,852 264,848 266,374 274,307 274,908
  0.7 -0.4 -1.5 -1.8 -0.8 0.6 0.2 0.2
Energy sector 86,778 86,098 84,855 83,998 82,571 83,130 84,986 85,827
  1.4 -0.8 -1.4 -1.0 -1.7 0.7 0.9 1.0
Manufacturing 186,599 185,606 182,957 178,514 178,200 178,522 187,041 185,311
  0.3 -0.5 -1.4 -2.4 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 -0.9
Non-durable manufacturing 73,049 72,901 71,623 70,698 70,690 70,663 73,801 72,507
  0.8 -0.2 -1.8 -1.3 -0.0 -0.0 -2.4 -1.8
Durable manufacturing 113,894 113,026 111,673 108,074 107,756 108,120 113,534 113,149
  -0.1 -0.8 -1.2 -3.2 -0.3 0.3 1.0 -0.3
Construction 72,503 73,251 73,467 74,145 74,640 75,029 70,805 72,890
  0.2 1.0 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.5 6.3 2.9
Services producing industries 842,959 851,136 857,799 861,119 865,844 869,495 818,097 846,591
  1.0 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 3.9 3.5
Wholesale trade 69,678 70,906 72,063 71,287 71,665 72,000 66,622 70,256
  1.9 1.8 1.6 -1.1 0.5 0.5 5.5 5.5
Retail trade 72,335 72,649 73,734 74,486 74,983 75,191 68,420 72,391
  2.1 0.4 1.5 1.0 0.7 0.3 6.0 5.8
Transportation and warehousing 56,475 56,997 56,863 56,796 57,119 57,250 55,690 56,624
  0.6 0.9 -0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.2 2.8 1.7
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 239,085 242,260 243,946 245,633 246,896 247,954 231,381 240,536
  0.9 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 4.0 4.0
Information and communication technologies 56,953 57,652 58,065 58,332 58,748 59,075 54,999 57,199
  1.5 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 4.8 4.0
...not applicable
1.The first line is the series itself expressed in millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates. The second line is the quarter-to-quarter percentage change at quarterly rates.
2.Actual rate.

Date Modified: 2008-12-01

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