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Table 3 Canadian economic accounts key indicators1

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Canadian economic accounts key indicators1
  First quarter 2009 Second quarter 2009 Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 2008 2009
  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 817,664 814,944 816,288 827,368 837,896 847,792 818,613 819,066
  -0.8 -0.3 0.2 1.4 1.3 1.2 4.3 0.1
Corporation profits before taxes 147,768 134,000 146,920 158,900 172,552 170,836 216,970 146,897
  -18.3 -9.3 9.6 8.2 8.6 -1.0 8.0 -32.3
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 63,344 61,984 63,944 66,516 68,264 67,916 83,998 63,947
  -15.1 -2.1 3.2 4.0 2.6 -0.5 17.3 -23.9
Net income of unincorporated business 96,884 98,960 100,656 103,016 103,740 105,184 94,559 99,879
  -0.4 2.1 1.7 2.3 0.7 1.4 4.6 5.6
Taxes less subsidies 160,968 163,060 164,296 166,212 169,452 170,080 165,934 163,634
  -1.7 1.3 0.8 1.2 1.9 0.4 -0.5 -1.4
Personal disposable income 956,908 963,492 967,044 975,068 981,524 1,017,312 949,484 965,628
  -0.1 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.7 3.6 5.3 1.7
Personal saving rate2 5.2 5.1 4.4 3.5 3.0 5.9 3.6 4.6
  ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 805,212 809,684 817,284 825,194 833,839 839,287 810,723 814,344
  -0.3 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.7 2.9 0.4
Government current expenditure on goods and services 268,365 269,339 273,663 278,245 279,393 280,414 263,243 272,403
  0.8 0.4 1.6 1.7 0.4 0.4 3.9 3.5
Gross fixed capital formation 280,326 274,416 279,972 284,101 291,013 296,771 316,795 279,704
  -8.4 -2.1 2.0 1.5 2.4 2.0 1.4 -11.7
Investment in inventories -6,931 -1,809 -1,600 -1,175 5,497 12,713 9,043 -2,879
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Exports of goods and services 423,045 405,109 414,403 428,043 439,095 445,550 486,783 417,650
  -9.0 -4.2 2.3 3.3 2.6 1.5 -4.6 -14.2
Imports of goods and services 482,600 480,333 510,165 525,291 542,622 563,613 580,384 499,597
  -11.5 -0.5 6.2 3.0 3.3 3.9 1.2 -13.9
Final dometic demand 1,351,786 1,351,009 1,368,670 1,385,435 1,402,043 1,414,254 1,389,545 1,364,225
  -2.0 -0.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.9 2.8 -1.8
Gross domestic product at market prices 1,287,151 1,278,013 1,280,856 1,296,396 1,314,903 1,321,419 1,318,055 1,285,604
  -1.8 -0.7 0.2 1.2 1.4 0.5 0.5 -2.5
Gross domestic product at basic prices by industry                
Goods producing industries 339,272 326,513 323,250 330,429 340,218 346,652 363,625 329,866
  -4.8 -3.8 -1.0 2.2 3.0 1.9 -2.6 -9.3
Industrial production 243,715 233,516 230,509 235,612 243,018 248,277 261,955 235,838
  -4.6 -4.2 -1.3 2.2 3.1 2.2 -4.2 -10.0
Energy sector 82,691 78,764 77,593 79,125 80,060 81,999 84,147 79,543
  -0.7 -4.7 -1.5 2.0 1.2 2.4 -3.0 -5.5
Manufacturing 153,732 148,760 149,471 152,310 158,643 161,202 171,906 151,068
  -7.2 -3.2 0.5 1.9 4.2 1.6 -5.7 -12.1
Non-durable manufacturing 64,097 62,440 62,521 63,292 64,884 65,280 67,604 63,087
  -2.9 -2.6 0.1 1.2 2.5 0.6 -4.6 -6.7
Durable manufacturing 89,459 86,097 86,755 88,870 93,736 95,981 104,617 87,795
  -10.4 -3.8 0.8 2.4 5.5 2.4 -6.5 -16.1
Construction 69,732 68,071 68,379 70,027 71,933 72,515 74,452 69,052
  -6.2 -2.4 0.5 2.4 2.7 0.8 2.8 -7.3
Services producing industries 862,361 865,793 871,657 879,104 887,598 888,730 869,154 869,729
  -0.5 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.1 2.1 0.1
Wholesale trade 64,208 64,602 66,756 68,108 70,649 70,502 70,693 65,918
  -4.6 0.6 3.3 2.0 3.7 -0.2 0.5 -6.8
Retail trade 73,409 74,055 75,134 75,682 77,415 77,107 74,963 74,570
  -1.0 0.9 1.5 0.7 2.3 -0.4 3.0 -0.5
Transportation and warehousing 55,861 55,279 55,720 56,529 57,663 58,109 58,323 55,847
  -2.7 -1.0 0.8 1.5 2.0 0.8 0.5 -4.2
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 247,372 250,873 252,995 255,941 257,064 257,869 246,623 251,796
  0.2 1.4 0.8 1.2 0.4 0.3 2.2 2.1
Information and communication technologies 58,983 58,674 58,578 58,777 59,343 59,629 59,536 58,753
  -1.1 -0.5 -0.2 0.3 1.0 0.5 3.0 -1.3
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.