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Table 3 Canadian economic accounts key indicators1

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Canadian economic accounts key indicators1
  Second quarter 2009 Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third 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 814,944 816,288 827,368 837,652 847,580 855,016 818,613 819,066
  -0.3 0.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 0.9 4.3 0.1
Corporation profits before taxes 134,000 146,920 158,900 170,296 169,264 170,428 216,970 146,897
  -9.3 9.6 8.2 7.2 -0.6 0.7 8.0 -32.3
Interest and miscellaneous investment income 61,984 63,944 66,516 68,756 71,076 69,156 83,998 63,947
  -2.1 3.2 4.0 3.4 3.4 -2.7 17.3 -23.9
Net income of unincorporated business 98,960 100,656 103,016 103,880 105,396 107,676 94,559 99,879
  2.1 1.7 2.3 0.8 1.5 2.2 4.6 5.6
Taxes less subsidies 163,060 164,296 166,212 170,204 171,456 173,392 165,934 163,634
  1.3 0.8 1.2 2.4 0.7 1.1 -0.5 -1.4
Personal disposable income 963,492 967,044 975,068 984,276 1,019,440 1,003,704 949,484 965,628
  0.7 0.4 0.8 0.9 3.6 -1.5 5.3 1.7
Personal saving rate2 5.1 4.4 3.5 3.3 6.1 3.3 3.6 4.6
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  millions of chained (2002) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 809,684 817,284 825,194 833,464 838,163 845,317 810,723 814,344
  0.6 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.9 2.9 0.4
Government current expenditure on goods and services 269,339 273,663 278,245 279,136 281,028 281,682 263,243 272,403
  0.4 1.6 1.7 0.3 0.7 0.2 3.9 3.5
Gross fixed capital formation 274,416 279,972 284,101 291,945 297,495 303,119 316,795 279,704
  -2.1 2.0 1.5 2.8 1.9 1.9 1.4 -11.7
Investment in inventories -1,809 -1,600 -1,175 4,732 14,965 17,519 9,043 -2,879
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Exports of goods and services 405,109 414,403 428,043 438,501 444,509 438,813 486,783 417,650
  -4.2 2.3 3.3 2.4 1.4 -1.3 -4.6 -14.2
Imports of goods and services 480,333 510,165 525,291 541,786 566,796 575,593 580,384 499,597
  -0.5 6.2 3.0 3.1 4.6 1.6 1.2 -13.9
Final dometic demand 1,351,009 1,368,670 1,385,435 1,402,350 1,414,568 1,427,891 1,389,545 1,364,225
  -0.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.9 2.8 -1.8
Gross domestic product at market prices 1,278,013 1,280,856 1,296,396 1,314,034 1,321,542 1,324,963 1,318,055 1,285,604
  -0.7 0.2 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.5 -2.5
Gross domestic product at basic prices by industry                
Goods producing industries 327,969 324,951 332,174 341,077 347,348 350,256 364,184 331,478
  -3.8 -0.9 2.2 2.7 1.8 0.8 -2.3 -9.0
Industrial production 233,540 230,822 236,158 242,550 248,029 250,177 260,468 236,051
  -4.2 -1.2 2.3 2.7 2.3 0.9 -4.5 -9.4
Energy sector 78,930 78,196 80,212 80,978 82,619 82,342 84,001 79,997
  -4.5 -0.9 2.6 1.0 2.0 -0.3 -3.4 -4.8
Manufacturing 148,602 149,672 152,518 157,581 160,577 162,270 170,350 151,120
  -3.3 0.7 1.9 3.3 1.9 1.1 -6.1 -11.3
Non-durable manufacturing 62,965 63,383 64,252 65,841 66,234 65,944 67,822 63,753
  -2.2 0.7 1.4 2.5 0.6 -0.4 -4.5 -6.0
Durable manufacturing 85,278 85,932 87,949 91,491 94,211 96,334 102,735 87,041
  -4.2 0.8 2.3 4.0 3.0 2.3 -7.2 -15.3
Construction 68,375 68,490 69,966 72,049 72,707 73,272 75,596 69,257
  -2.6 0.2 2.2 3.0 0.9 0.8 4.5 -8.4
Services producing industries 863,006 870,277 878,470 887,870 888,981 890,131 865,162 867,752
  0.4 0.8 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.1 2.0 0.3
Wholesale trade 64,360 66,806 69,028 71,222 70,852 70,215 70,350 66,024
  0.7 3.8 3.3 3.2 -0.5 -0.9 0.3 -6.1
Retail trade 73,019 74,072 74,718 76,601 76,113 76,343 73,789 73,518
  1.0 1.4 0.9 2.5 -0.6 0.3 2.9 -0.4
Transportation and warehousing 55,291 56,031 57,111 58,243 58,628 58,852 57,978 56,018
  -0.6 1.3 1.9 2.0 0.7 0.4 0.5 -3.4
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting 250,068 252,469 254,755 256,247 257,180 256,684 245,223 250,938
  1.5 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.4 -0.2 1.9 2.3
Information and communication technologies 58,560 58,502 58,857 59,267 59,617 60,330 58,782 58,636
  -0.1 -0.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.2 2.3 -0.2
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.