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Canada: Economic and financial data

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SDDS data category and component Unit description Period of latest data  Latest data Data for previous period  Change from previous period  Other links
REAL SECTOR
National accounts
GDP at current prices
GDP - Expenditure detail
C$ millions at current prices, SAAR Q2/09 1,512,400 1,521,556 -0.6 Gross domestic product
GDP at constant prices
GDP 2002 - Expenditure detail
C$ millions of chained (2002), SAAR Q2/09 1,281,390 1,292,424 -0.9 Gross domestic product
Production index
Production index
(GDP by industry1)
C$ millions of chained (2002), SAAR Aug/09 1,182,910 1,184,254 -0.1 (GDP by industry)
Labour market
Employment
'000, SA Oct/09 16,795 16,838 -0.3 Labour Force Survey
Unemployment
'000, SA Oct/09 1,587 1,550 2.4 Labour Force Survey
Wages/Earnings
C$, SA Aug/09 828.14 823.62 0.5 Employment, earnings and hours
Prices Indices
Consumer prices
(2002=100), unadjusted Oct/09 114.6 114.7 -0.1 Consumer Price Index
Producer prices
(1992=100) Sep/09 115.7 116.3 -0.5 Industrial Product Price Index
SDDS data category and component Unit description Period of latest data  Latest data Data for previous period  Change from previous period  Other links
FISCAL SECTOR
General government operations
Surplus/deficit (Net lending)
General government operations
C$ millions Q2/09 -18,900 -19,575 ...  
Central government operations
Total budgetary revenues2
Central government operations
C$ millions Aug/09 15,162 18,437 -17.8 Finance Canada
Central government debt
Liabilities - gross debt2
Central government debt
C$ millions Aug/09 .. .. .. Finance Canada
SDDS data category and component Unit description Period of latest data  Latest data Data for previous period  Change from previous period  Other links
FINANCIAL SECTOR
Analytical accounts of the banking sector
M1+ (gross)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector
C$ millions, SA Sep/09 521,257 516,662 0.9  
Analytical accounts of the central bank
Reserve money3
Analytical accounts of the central bank
C$ millions Oct/09 56,225 56,146 ... Bank of Canada
Administered interest rates
Interest rate
(Bank rate)
Effective rate Nov/18/09 0.5 0.5 ...  
1-month Treasury bill rate Effective rate Oct/09 0.2 0.2 ...  
10-year Government of Canada bond rate Effective rate Oct/09 3.5 3.3 ...  
Stock market: Share price index
Stock market
(S&P/TSX Composite Index)
closing quotations, end of the month Sep/09 11,395.0 10,868.2 4.8  
Stock market
(Toronto stock exchange)
C$ millions, value of shares traded Sep/09 133,636.6 104,005.0 28.5  
Stock market
(Toronto stock exchange)
millions, volume of shares traded Sep/09 10,963.2 8,607.0 27.4  
SDDS data category and component Unit description Period of latest data  Latest data Data for previous period  Change from previous period  Other links
EXTERNAL SECTOR
Balance of Payments
Current account balance
Balance of Payments - detail
C$ millions, SA Q2/09 -11,202 -7,730 44.9 Balance of Payments
International reserves and foreign currency liquidity
Canada's official international reserves-total US$ millions Oct/09 56,236 58,162 ...  
Reserves template US$ millions Oct/09 56,236 58,162 ... Finance Canada
Merchandise trade
Total exports current C$ millions, SA Sep/09 30,254 29,229 3.5 Canadian international trade
Total imports current C$ millions, SA Sep/09 31,181 31,220 -0.1  
International investment position
Net International Investment Position
International investment position - detail
C$ billions Q2/09 -35 10 ...  
Total external debt
External debt detail C$ millions Q2/09 965,772 997,242 -3.2  
Exchange rates
Exchange rates
(USA noon spot rate)
C$ per US$, unadjusted, change columns reflect actual change. Nov/18/09 1.050 1.059 -0.009  
  3-month forward rate US/Canada point spread Nov/18/09 -0.01 ... ...  
  6-month forward rate US/Canada point spread Nov/18/09 0.02 ... ...  
SDDS data category and component Unit description Period of latest data  Latest data Data for previous period  Change from previous period  Other links
POPULATION
Population
thousands Q3/09 33,740 33,619 0.4 Quarterly demographic statistics

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