Table 3
Canadian economic accounts key indicators – Seasonally adjusted at annual rates

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Canadian economic accounts key indicators – Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
  Fourth quarter 2010 First quarter 2011 Second quarter 2011 Third quarter 2011 Fourth quarter 2011 First quarter 2012 2010 2011
Gross domestic product by income and by expenditure                
Wages, salaries and supplementary labour income                
Millions of dollars, current prices 866,472 879,708 884,200 892,232 901,808 908,312 849,618 889,487
Percentage change, preceding period 1.4 1.5 0.5 0.9 1.1 0.7 4.3 4.7
Corporation profits before taxes                
Millions of dollars, current prices 193,648 203,388 201,164 209,752 220,152 214,416 180,723 208,614
Percentage change, preceding period 9.4 5.0 -1.1 4.3 5.0 -2.6 21.2 15.4
Interest and miscellaneous investment income                
Millions of dollars, current prices 71,120 73,280 74,444 73,056 74,396 73,104 70,039 73,794
Percentage change, preceding period 3.4 3.0 1.6 -1.9 1.8 -1.7 8.8 5.4
Net income of unincorporated business                
Millions of dollars, current prices 106,996 108,424 109,980 112,880 115,064 116,168 104,989 111,587
Percentage change, preceding period 0.8 1.3 1.4 2.6 1.9 1.0 6.2 6.3
Taxes less subsidies                
Millions of dollars, current prices 176,140 177,224 179,108 181,104 182,484 185,980 172,628 179,980
Percentage change, preceding period 1.2 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.9 5.2 4.3
Personal disposable income                
Millions of dollars, current prices 1,029,168 1,037,728 1,044,000 1,046,988 1,058,972 1,061,976 1,013,778 1,046,922
Percentage change, preceding period 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.3 4.9 3.3
Personal saving rate1                
Percent 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.3 3.1 2.9 4.8 3.6
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 852,009 854,865 859,213 863,586 869,563 871,466 841,466 861,807
Percentage change, preceding period 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.2 3.3 2.4
Government current expenditure on goods and services                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 283,002 282,732 282,358 283,445 283,704 282,457 280,846 283,060
Percentage change, preceding period 0.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.4 2.4 0.8
Gross fixed capital formation                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 315,946 321,871 326,138 326,761 326,648 330,975 305,166 325,355
Percentage change, preceding period 1.9 1.9 1.3 0.2 -0.0 1.3 10.0 6.6
Investment in inventories                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 185 12,974 21,708 11,280 5,193 9,524 8,872 12,789
Exports of goods and services                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 455,537 460,270 454,584 471,291 479,508 482,510 445,967 466,413
Percentage change, preceding period 2.1 1.0 -1.2 3.7 1.7 0.6 6.4 4.6
Imports of goods and services                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 582,528 597,215 617,535 611,411 614,945 621,640 570,377 610,277
Percentage change, preceding period -0.1 2.5 3.4 -1.0 0.6 1.1 13.1 7.0
Final domestic demand                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 1,448,561 1,456,982 1,465,047 1,471,078 1,476,996 1,481,838 1,425,138 1,467,526
Percentage change, preceding period 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 4.5 3.0
Gross domestic product at market prices                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 1,338,481 1,350,388 1,347,030 1,361,865 1,368,183 1,374,614 1,324,993 1,356,867
Percentage change, preceding period 0.8 0.9 -0.2 1.1 0.5 0.5 3.2 2.4
GDP at basic prices, by industry                
Goods producing industries                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 358,043 363,617 360,656 366,797 368,790 368,833 352,456 364,965
Percentage change, preceding period 0.8 1.6 -0.8 1.7 0.5 0.0 5.4 3.5
Industrial production                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 255,032 259,186 256,090 261,118 262,662 261,832 251,004 259,764
Percentage change, preceding period 0.9 1.6 -1.2 2.0 0.6 -0.3 4.9 3.5
Energy sector                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 85,808 87,430 85,536 88,174 88,536 87,907 84,116 87,419
Percentage change, preceding period 1.6 1.9 -2.2 3.1 0.4 -0.7 3.0 3.9
Manufacturing                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 158,967 161,156 160,599 162,094 164,875 165,706 158,326 162,181
Percentage change, preceding period -0.4 1.4 -0.3 0.9 1.7 0.5 5.2 2.4
Non-durable manufacturing                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 64,264 64,994 64,498 64,358 64,353 64,075 65,151 64,551
Percentage change, preceding period -1.5 1.1 -0.8 -0.2 -0.0 -0.4 2.0 -0.9
Durable manufacturing                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 94,731 96,214 96,197 97,950 100,914 102,119 93,022 97,819
Percentage change, preceding period 0.4 1.6 -0.0 1.8 3.0 1.2 8.0 5.2
Construction                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 74,929 76,017 75,915 76,974 77,158 78,096 73,467 76,516
Percentage change, preceding period 1.0 1.5 -0.1 1.4 0.2 1.2 8.0 4.2
Services producing industries                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 895,707 901,257 903,242 908,870 912,622 917,421 886,794 906,498
Percentage change, preceding period 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.5 2.5 2.2
Wholesale trade                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 69,707 70,440 70,329 71,258 70,980 72,410 68,822 70,752
Percentage change, preceding period 2.7 1.1 -0.2 1.3 -0.4 2.0 5.4 2.8
Retail trade                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 76,430 76,301 76,796 77,245 78,614 78,727 75,634 77,239
Percentage change, preceding period 1.2 -0.2 0.6 0.6 1.8 0.1 3.9 2.1
Transportation and warehousing                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 58,127 59,433 59,404 60,084 60,105 59,994 57,569 59,757
Percentage change, preceding period 0.5 2.2 -0.0 1.1 0.0 -0.2 4.0 3.8
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 260,219 262,820 262,804 264,931 266,157 268,060 257,488 264,178
Percentage change, preceding period 1.1 1.0 -0.0 0.8 0.5 0.7 2.5 2.6
Information and communication technologies                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 60,732 60,981 61,388 61,425 61,772 61,991 59,566 61,392
Percentage change, preceding period 1.6 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.4 2.6 3.1
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Actual rate.