Canada: Economic and financial data

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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 Q4/12 1,833,364 1,824,588 0.5 Gross domestic product
GDP at constant prices
GDP 2007 - Expenditure detail		 C$ millions of chained (2007), SAAR Q4/12 1,663,578 1,661,039 0.2 Gross domestic product
Production index
Production index
(GDP by industry1)		 C$ millions of chained (2007), SAAR Feb/13 1,568,582 1,563,217 0.3 (GDP by industry)
Labour market
Employment '000, SA Apr/13 17,654 17,642 0.1 Labour Force Survey
Unemployment '000, SA Apr/13 1,362 1,375 -0.9 Labour Force Survey
Wages/Earnings C$, SA Feb/13 908.87 900.49 0.9 Employment, earnings and hours
Prices Indices
Consumer prices (2002=100), unadjusted Apr/13 122.7 122.9 -0.2 Consumer Price Index
Producer prices (2002=100) Mar/13 116.7 116.6 0.1 Industrial Product Price Index
SDDS data category and component Unit description Period of latest data  Latest data Data for previous period  Change from previous period  Other links
FISCAL SECTOR
General government operations
Net lending or borrowing
General government operations		 C$ millions Q4/12 -15,848 -12,494 ...  
Central government operations
Total budgetary revenues2
Central government operations		 C$ millions Feb./13 23,424 22,925 2.2 Finance Canada
Central government debt
Liabilities - gross debt2
Central government debt		 C$ millions Feb./13 1,002,579 988,216 1.5 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 Mar/13 700,980 689,642 1.6  
Analytical accounts of the central bank
Reserve money3
Analytical accounts of the central bank		 C$ millions Feb/13 60,243 61,512 ... Bank of Canada
Administered interest rates
Interest rate
(Bank rate)		 Effective rate May/20/13 1.3 0.0 ...  
1-month Treasury bill rate Effective rate Apr/13 1.0 1.0 ...  
10-year Government of Canada bond rate Effective rate Apr/13 1.7 1.8 ...  
Stock market: Share price index
Stock market
(S&P/TSX Composite Index)		 closing quotations, end of the month Apr/13 12,456.5 12,749.9 -2.3  
Stock market
(Toronto stock exchange)		 C$ millions, value of shares traded Apr/13 102,647.8 100,344.4 2.3  
Stock market
(Toronto stock exchange)		 millions, volume of shares traded Apr/13 7,118.1 6,496.7 9.6  
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 Q4/12 -17,259 -18,044 4.4 Balance of Payments
International reserves and foreign currency liquidity
Canada's official international reserves-total US$ millions Apr/13 71,635 70,208 ... Finance Canada
Merchandise trade
Total exports current C$ millions, SA Mar/13 40,470 38,523 5.1 Canadian international trade
Total imports current C$ millions, SA Mar/13 40,446 39,770 1.7  
International investment position
Net International Investment Position, market value
International investment position - detail		 C$ billions Q4/12 -289 -293 ...  
Total external debt
External debt detail C$ millions Q4/12 1,395,917 1,337,595 4.4  
Exchange rates
Exchange rates
(USA noon spot rate)		 C$ per US$, unadjusted, change columns reflect actual change. May/17/13 1.027 1.016 0.011  
3-month forward rate US/Canada point spread May/17/13 0.22 ... ...  
6-month forward rate US/Canada point spread May/17/13 0.44 ... ...  
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 Q1/134 35,056 35,002 0.2 Quarterly demographic statistics
... : not applicable.
SA - Seasonally adjusted.
SAAR - Seasonally adjusted at annual rates.
1. GDP of an industry represents the value added by labour and capital in transforming inputs purchased from other industries into output.
2. Other than market debt payable in foreign currencies and the foreign exchange account, all liabilities/assets are issued in Canadian dollars.
3. Canadian dollar deposits of banks and other members of the Canadian Payments Association plus the quantity of bank notes in circulation.
4. Quarterly population estimates: Quarter I = January 1; Quarter II = April 1; Quarter III = July 1; Quarter IV = October 1.
Sources: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, tables 051-0005, 176-0008, 176-0010, 176-0025, 176-0043, 176-0046, 176-0047, 176-0048, 176-0051, 176-0067, 281-0028, 228-0059, 282-0087, 326-0020, 329-0058, 376-0105, 376-0142, 376-0059, 378-0119, 379-0031, 380-0064, Finance Canada, Bank of Canada.
Last modified: 2013-05-22.

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