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Table B.4 Real gross domestic product, expenditure-based, annualized percentage change1

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Item Second quarter 2007 Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 First quarter 2008 Second quarter 2008 Third quarter 2008 2006 2007
quarter to quarter percent change at annual rates, chained (2002) dollars

1. Quarter to quarter percentage change, annualized.

2. Actual change in millions of dollars, at annual rates.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-X.

Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services

5.8 4.2 7.5 2.5 2.0 0.7 4.3 4.5

Durable goods

15.0 -1.4 11.5 17.1 1.0 0.3 7.6 7.1

Semi-durable goods

2.7 8.4 3.0 4.6 5.9 4.3 7.3 5.6

Non-durable goods

5.3 2.2 3.9 -0.6 -0.2 -0.7 1.3 3.3

Services

4.3 5.8 8.8 0.4 2.7 0.9 4.4 4.3

Government current expenditure on goods and services

2.7 7.2 5.8 2.2 3.9 0.5 3.8 3.7

Government gross fixed capital formation

11.5 12.5 1.0 8.4 3.6 -0.1 6.7 7.8

Government investment in inventories2

-64 136 -72 104 -148 -68 -57 47

Business gross fixed capital formation

3.9 4.5 4.2 -0.5 0.3 0.5 7.1 3.4

Residential structures

4.7 4.1 1.8 -6.9 -3.8 -0.1 2.2 3.0

Non-residential structures and equipment

3.5 4.8 5.6 3.4 2.6 0.8 9.9 3.5

Non-residential structures

-7.7 -4.3 -3.5 4.9 6.0 2.7 8.9 -0.4

Machinery and equipment

14.2 13.2 14.0 2.1 -0.3 -0.8 10.6 7.1

Business investment in inventories2

-316 14,799 85 -16,398 5,997 1,854 -2,034 2,415

Non-farm2

-591 14,746 -580 -16,991 4,748 37 -378 2,605

Farm2

319 -207 678 699 1,237 1,707 -2,180 -332

Exports of goods and services

2.5 -1.1 -7.4 -4.2 -5.2 -5.4 0.6 1.0

Goods

2.2 -0.0 -8.9 -3.4 -5.7 -5.2 0.9 1.4

Services

4.1 -8.3 3.3 -9.3 -1.6 -6.8 -1.2 -1.7

Deduct: Imports of goods and services

4.9 20.6 8.6 -9.0 2.8 -6.1 4.6 5.5

Goods

2.5 23.0 3.4 -6.4 4.8 -3.9 5.0 5.4

Services

17.5 10.0 36.9 -20.0 -6.2 -16.5 2.9 5.9

Statistical discrepancy2

-185 717 467 -213 -489 559 93 -1,141

Gross domestic product at market prices

3.9 2.3 0.8 -0.6 0.6 1.3 3.1 2.7

Final domestic demand

4.9 5.1 6.3 2.0 2.1 0.6 4.8 4.2