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Table 3 Canadian economic accounts key indicators1

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Canadian economic accounts key indicators1
  Second quarter 2008 Third quarter 2008 Fourth quarter 2008 First quarter 2009 Second quarter 2009 Third quarter 2009 2007 2008
  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 820,916 827,116 831,936 824,492 820,352 820,412 784,839 823,116
  1.0 0.8 0.6 -0.9 -0.5 0.0 5.6 4.9
Corporation profits before taxes 229,532 237,708 182,900 147,508 131,168 137,952 204,131 215,799
  7.7 3.6 -23.1 -19.4 -11.1 5.2 4.1 5.7
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 85,660 86,136 77,568 66,036 66,108 70,392 71,847 81,484
  11.9 0.6 -9.9 -14.9 0.1 6.5 7.7 13.4
Net income of unincorporated business 95,500 97,860 98,108 96,204 98,168 99,924 90,407 96,246
  2.1 2.5 0.3 -1.9 2.0 1.8 4.4 6.5
Taxes less subsidies 166,016 166,464 163,220 160,076 161,816 162,888 166,443 165,017
  1.0 0.3 -1.9 -1.9 1.1 0.7 3.7 -0.9
Personal disposable income 948,596 955,512 960,852 957,152 968,324 971,120 897,562 950,948
  1.0 0.7 0.6 -0.4 1.2 0.3 5.3 5.9
Personal saving rate2 3.4 3.1 4.9 4.9 5.5 4.8 2.5 3.7
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 812,310 813,469 807,018 804,161 807,682 813,835 787,063 810,723
  0.3 0.1 -0.8 -0.4 0.4 0.8 4.6 3.0
Government current expenditure on goods and services 264,477 264,462 266,084 267,505 269,666 272,967 254,740 264,142
  1.1 -0.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.2 3.3 3.7
Gross fixed capital formation 318,118 318,616 305,999 286,610 282,922 288,951 312,482 315,265
  -0.1 0.2 -4.0 -6.3 -1.3 2.1 3.7 0.9
Investment in inventories 14,466 14,872 10,386 -10,570 -9,159 -5,815 15,006 12,272
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exports of goods and services 493,352 488,152 464,964 425,584 403,076 417,723 510,323 486,255
  -1.0 -1.1 -4.8 -8.5 -5.3 3.6 1.1 -4.7
Imports of goods and services 589,968 584,824 547,196 483,115 474,549 512,501 572,078 576,905
  0.7 -0.9 -6.4 -11.7 -1.8 8.0 5.8 0.8
Gross domestic product at market prices 1,324,093 1,325,452 1,312,880 1,292,079 1,282,096 1,283,227 1,315,907 1,321,360
  0.1 0.1 -0.9 -1.6 -0.8 0.1 2.5 0.4
Gross domestic product by industry at basic prices                
Goods producing industries 365,936 365,810 356,397 338,882 325,331 320,934 373,164 363,625
  -0.1 -0.0 -2.6 -4.9 -4.0 -1.4 0.7 -2.6
Industrial production 263,941 263,682 255,369 242,030 230,791 227,529 273,529 261,955
  -0.3 -0.1 -3.2 -5.2 -4.6 -1.4 0.1 -4.2
Energy sector 83,929 84,492 83,264 81,884 77,489 76,748 86,732 84,147
  -1.1 0.7 -1.5 -1.7 -5.4 -1.0 1.1 -3.0
Manufacturing 174,593 172,800 165,643 153,128 147,573 147,230 182,297 171,906
  0.0 -1.0 -4.1 -7.6 -3.6 -0.2 -1.3 -5.7
Non-durable manufacturing 68,532 67,745 66,018 64,124 62,405 62,432 70,835 67,604
  0.6 -1.1 -2.5 -2.9 -2.7 0.0 -2.3 -4.6
Durable manufacturing 106,397 105,400 99,819 88,794 84,889 84,498 111,904 104,617
  -0.4 -0.9 -5.3 -11.0 -4.4 -0.5 -0.5 -6.5
Construction 74,386 75,016 74,362 71,191 69,863 69,591 72,414 74,452
  0.5 0.8 -0.9 -4.3 -1.9 -0.4 3.9 2.8
Services producing industries 870,737 871,586 866,563 861,716 863,741 869,179 850,999 869,154
  0.3 0.1 -0.6 -0.6 0.2 0.6 3.6 2.1
Wholesale trade 72,201 70,795 67,321 64,641 64,771 66,058 70,318 70,693
  -0.4 -1.9 -4.9 -4.0 0.2 2.0 5.3 0.5
Retail trade 75,278 75,346 74,186 73,462 73,656 74,604 72,808 74,963
  0.3 0.1 -1.5 -1.0 0.3 1.3 5.4 3.0
Transportation and warehousing 58,778 58,635 57,425 55,975 55,321 55,900 58,045 58,323
  0.6 -0.2 -2.1 -2.5 -1.2 1.0 1.9 0.5
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 246,472 247,014 246,830 247,182 250,967 253,434 241,258 246,623
  0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.1 1.5 1.0 4.0 2.2
Information and communication technologies 59,598 59,741 59,629 58,897 58,623 58,581 57,816 59,536
  0.7 0.2 -0.2 -1.2 -0.5 -0.1 4.4 3.0
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.