Table 1
Average annual growth in exchange rate, commodity prices and expenditures

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Average annual growth in exchange rate, commodity prices and expenditures
  1984 to 1990 1990 to 1996 2000 to 2006
  percent
Nominal exchange rate 1.7 -2.6 4.5
Commodity prices  
Including energy 0.3 0.5 8.8
Excluding energy 3.4 1.3 5.7
Terms of trade 0.3 -0.3 1.7
Real gross domestic product 3.1 1.7 2.6
Personal expenditure 3.6 1.5 3.3
Durable goods 5.1 1.4 4.9
Semi-durable goods 2.3 0.5 4.2
Non-durable goods 1.4 1.1 1.6
Services 4.7 2.0 3.5
Business gross fixed capital formation 5.5 -0.3 5.6
Residential structures 4.8 -2.6 6.8
Non-residential structures 2.6 -1.5 5.0
Machinery and equipment 8.8 2.6 5.6
Note(s):
Average annual growth is calculated as differences in the log of the variables between the first and last years, divided by the number of years.
Source(s):
Authors' compilation from Statistics Canada's CANSIM tables 176-0001, 176-0064 and 380-0002.