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
  First quarter 2011 Second quarter 2011 Third quarter 2011 Fourth quarter 2011 First quarter 2012 Second quarter 2012 2010 2011
Gross domestic product by income and by expenditure                
Wages, salaries and supplementary labour income                
Millions of dollars, current prices 879,708 884,200 892,232 901,808 908,316 918,896 849,618 889,487
Percentage change, preceding period 1.5 0.5 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.2 4.3 4.7
Corporation profits before taxes                
Millions of dollars, current prices 203,388 201,164 209,752 220,152 212,016 202,052 180,723 208,614
Percentage change, preceding period 5.0 -1.1 4.3 5.0 -3.7 -4.7 21.2 15.4
Interest and miscellaneous investment income                
Millions of dollars, current prices 73,280 74,444 73,056 74,396 73,736 74,212 70,039 73,794
Percentage change, preceding period 3.0 1.6 -1.9 1.8 -0.9 0.6 8.8 5.4
Net income of unincorporated business                
Millions of dollars, current prices 108,424 109,980 112,880 115,064 116,376 118,288 104,989 111,587
Percentage change, preceding period 1.3 1.4 2.6 1.9 1.1 1.6 6.2 6.3
Taxes less subsidies                
Millions of dollars, current prices 177,224 179,108 181,104 182,484 185,676 186,636 172,628 179,980
Percentage change, preceding period 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.8 1.7 0.5 5.2 4.3
Personal disposable income                
Millions of dollars, current prices 1,037,728 1,044,000 1,046,988 1,058,972 1,063,032 1,074,104 1,013,778 1,046,922
Percentage change, preceding period 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.4 1.0 4.9 3.3
Personal saving rate1                
Percent 4.3 3.9 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.6 4.8 3.6
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 854,865 859,213 863,586 869,563 871,157 873,638 841,466 861,807
Percentage change, preceding period 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.3 3.3 2.4
Government current expenditure on goods and services                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 282,732 282,358 283,445 283,704 282,212 281,861 280,846 283,060
Percentage change, preceding period -0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.5 -0.1 2.4 0.8
Gross fixed capital formation                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 321,871 326,138 326,761 326,648 331,451 335,823 305,166 325,355
Percentage change, preceding period 1.9 1.3 0.2 -0.0 1.5 1.3 10.0 6.6
Investment in inventories                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 12,974 21,708 11,280 5,193 8,320 15,315 8,872 12,789
Exports of goods and services                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 460,270 454,584 471,291 479,508 484,260 485,209 445,967 466,413
Percentage change, preceding period 1.0 -1.2 3.7 1.7 1.0 0.2 6.4 4.6
Imports of goods and services                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 597,215 617,535 611,411 614,945 622,859 632,639 570,377 610,277
Percentage change, preceding period 2.5 3.4 -1.0 0.6 1.3 1.6 13.1 7.0
Final domestic demand                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 1,456,982 1,465,047 1,471,078 1,476,996 1,481,757 1,488,186 1,425,138 1,467,526
Percentage change, preceding period 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 4.5 3.0
Gross domestic product at market prices                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 1,350,388 1,347,030 1,361,865 1,368,183 1,374,348 1,380,571 1,324,993 1,356,867
Percentage change, preceding period 0.9 -0.2 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 3.2 2.4
Gross domestic product at basic prices, by industry                
Goods producing industries                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 363,703 360,507 366,881 368,954 369,494 372,758 352,456 365,011
Percentage change, preceding period 1.6 -0.9 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.9 5.4 3.6
Industrial production                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 259,311 256,036 261,151 262,675 261,882 263,521 251,004 259,793
Percentage change, preceding period 1.7 -1.3 2.0 0.6 -0.3 0.6 4.9 3.5
Energy sector                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 87,455 85,589 88,183 88,579 88,225 88,146 84,116 87,452
Percentage change, preceding period 1.9 -2.1 3.0 0.4 -0.4 -0.1 3.0 4.0
Manufacturing                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 161,206 160,512 162,170 164,745 164,987 165,801 158,326 162,158
Percentage change, preceding period 1.4 -0.4 1.0 1.6 0.1 0.5 5.2 2.4
Non-durable manufacturing                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 64,987 64,373 64,409 64,387 64,002 63,824 65,151 64,539
Percentage change, preceding period 1.1 -0.9 0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.3 2.0 -0.9
Durable manufacturing                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 96,276 96,248 97,971 100,738 101,439 102,513 93,022 97,808
Percentage change, preceding period 1.6 0.0 1.8 2.8 0.7 1.1 8.0 5.1
Construction                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 75,992 75,915 76,982 77,156 78,249 79,243 73,467 76,511
Percentage change, preceding period 1.4 -0.1 1.4 0.2 1.4 1.3 8.0 4.1
Services producing industries                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 901,035 903,405 908,865 912,521 916,713 919,556 886,794 906,456
Percentage change, preceding period 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 2.5 2.2
Wholesale trade                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 70,358 70,286 71,262 70,929 72,279 72,747 68,822 70,709
Percentage change, preceding period 0.9 -0.1 1.4 -0.5 1.9 0.6 5.4 2.7
Retail trade                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 76,268 76,818 77,242 78,624 78,645 78,340 75,634 77,238
Percentage change, preceding period -0.2 0.7 0.6 1.8 0.0 -0.4 3.9 2.1
Transportation and warehousing                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 59,459 59,403 60,076 60,176 60,062 60,190 57,569 59,778
Percentage change, preceding period 2.3 -0.1 1.1 0.2 -0.2 0.2 4.0 3.8
Finance, insurance, real estate and renting                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 262,775 262,890 264,995 266,127 267,703 269,276 257,488 264,197
Percentage change, preceding period 1.0 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.6 2.5 2.6
Information and communication technologies                
Millions of chained (2002) dollars 60,915 61,330 61,430 61,714 61,799 62,020 59,566 61,347
Percentage change, preceding period 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.4 2.6 3.0
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Actual rate.