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Table 2 Canadian economic accounts key indicators1

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Canadian economic accounts key indicators1
  Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 First quarter 2008 Second quarter 2008 Third quarter 2008 Fourth quarter 2008 2007 2008
  Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
  millions of dollars at current prices
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by income and by expenditure                
Wages, salaries and supplementary labour income 789,224 802,852 815,352 824,580 831,340 836,844 788,357 827,029
  0.4 1.7 1.6 1.1 0.8 0.7 6.1 4.9
Corporation profits before taxes 204,784 204,828 209,148 228,096 237,684 189,808 203,231 216,184
  1.0 0.0 2.1 9.1 4.2 -20.1 3.3 6.4
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 72,492 72,756 76,620 85,172 84,032 72,948 71,515 79,693
  0.6 0.4 5.3 11.2 -1.3 -13.2 7.7 11.4
Net income of unincorporated business 90,716 91,860 94,548 97,036 99,312 99,248 90,473 97,536
  0.5 1.3 2.9 2.6 2.3 -0.1 4.7 7.8
Taxes less subsidies 168,500 170,568 165,844 167,964 168,048 164,400 167,349 166,564
  0.9 1.2 -2.8 1.3 0.1 -2.2 4.0 -0.5
Personal disposable income 902,088 915,164 940,132 950,596 957,728 961,232 898,388 952,422
  1.3 1.4 2.7 1.1 0.8 0.4 5.7 6.0
Personal saving rate2 2.5 1.9 3.5 3.5 3.2 4.7 2.7 3.7
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  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 791,358 805,760 810,639 813,473 814,710 807,936 788,224 811,690
  1.0 1.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 -0.8 4.5 3.0
Government current expenditure on goods and services 259,691 263,357 264,332 266,859 266,735 268,596 257,961 266,631
  1.7 1.4 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.7 3.7 3.4
Gross fixed capital formation 315,381 318,319 318,752 317,968 318,784 306,380 313,075 315,471
  1.4 0.9 0.1 -0.2 0.3 -3.9 3.9 0.8
Investment in inventories 20,579 20,580 7,104 12,018 12,529 9,480 13,195 10,283
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exports of goods and services 510,840 501,112 495,216 491,159 486,984 464,123 508,362 484,371
  -0.3 -1.9 -1.2 -0.8 -0.9 -4.7 1.0 -4.7
Imports of goods and services 581,348 593,526 581,907 587,044 581,591 544,355 569,420 573,724
  4.8 2.1 -2.0 0.9 -0.9 -6.4 5.5 0.8
Gross domestic product at market prices 1,325,934 1,328,606 1,325,715 1,327,572 1,330,435 1,319,149 1,319,681 1,325,718
  0.6 0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.8 2.7 0.5
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
GDP at basic prices by industry                
Goods producing industries 375,367 371,248 366,783 365,162 365,849 357,250 374,126 363,761
  -0.1 -1.1 -1.2 -0.4 0.2 -2.4 0.5 -2.8
Industrial production 275,911 271,769 266,863 264,922 265,160 257,616 274,908 263,640
  -0.4 -1.5 -1.8 -0.7 0.1 -2.8 0.2 -4.1
Energy sector 86,098 84,855 83,925 82,567 83,095 82,521 85,827 83,027
  -0.8 -1.4 -1.1 -1.6 0.6 -0.7 1.0 -3.3
Manufacturing 185,606 182,957 178,585 178,230 176,974 169,386 185,311 175,794
  -0.5 -1.4 -2.4 -0.2 -0.7 -4.3 -0.9 -5.1
Non-durable manufacturing 72,901 71,623 70,688 70,653 70,153 68,166 72,507 69,915
  -0.2 -1.8 -1.3 -0.0 -0.7 -2.8 -1.8 -3.6
Durable manufacturing 113,026 111,673 108,159 107,828 107,071 101,368 113,149 106,106
  -0.8 -1.2 -3.1 -0.3 -0.7 -5.3 -0.3 -6.2
Construction 73,251 73,467 74,190 74,551 75,201 74,334 72,890 74,569
  1.0 0.3 1.0 0.5 0.9 -1.2 2.9 2.3
Services producing industries 851,136 857,799 861,195 865,193 867,627 863,908 846,591 864,481
  1.0 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.3 -0.4 3.5 2.1
Wholesale trade 70,906 72,063 71,458 71,534 71,119 67,252 70,256 70,341
  1.8 1.6 -0.8 0.1 -0.6 -5.4 5.5 0.1
Retail trade 72,649 73,734 74,486 74,983 75,146 73,926 72,391 74,635
  0.4 1.5 1.0 0.7 0.2 -1.6 5.8 3.1
Transportation and warehousing 56,997 56,863 56,829 57,052 56,907 56,000 56,624 56,697
  0.9 -0.2 -0.1 0.4 -0.3 -1.6 1.7 0.1
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 242,260 243,946 245,707 246,668 247,830 248,065 240,536 247,068
  1.3 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.1 4.0 2.7
Information and communication technologies 57,652 58,065 58,305 58,756 58,968 58,806 57,199 58,709
  1.2 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.4 -0.3 4.0 2.6
not applicable
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.
Actual rate.