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Canada: Economic and financial data
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[Real Sector
| Fiscal Sector | Financial
Sector | External Sector
| Population]
| SDDS data category and component |
Unit description |
Period of latest data |
Latest data |
Data for previous period |
Change from previous period |
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| REAL SECTOR |
| National accounts |
GDP at current prices
GDP – Expenditure
detail |
C$ millions at current prices, SAAR |
Q3/04 |
1,308,012 |
1,285,932 |
1.7 |
|
GDP at constant prices
GDP 1997
– Expenditure detail |
C$ millions of chained (1997), SAAR |
Q3/04 |
1,131,302 |
1,122,353 |
0.8 |
|
| Production index |
Production index
(GDP by industry1) |
C$ millions at 1997 basic prices, SAAR |
Oct/04 |
1,056,101 |
1,055,728 |
0.0 |
|
| Labor
market |
Employment
|
'000, SA |
Dec/04 |
16,149 |
16,115 |
0.2 |
|
Unemployment
|
'000, SA |
Dec/04 |
1,224 |
1,262 |
-3.0 |
|
Wages/Earnings
|
C$, SA |
Oct/04 |
704.88 |
703.17 |
0.2 |
|
| Prices Indices |
Consumer prices
|
(1992=100), unadjusted |
Dec/04 |
125.4 |
125.7 |
-0.2 |
|
Producer prices
|
(1992=100) |
Nov/04 |
108.5 |
110.4 |
-1.7 |
|
| SDDS data
category and component |
Unit description |
Period of latest data |
Latest data |
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| FISCAL SECTOR |
| General government operations |
Surplus/deficit (Net lending)
General
government operations |
C$ millions |
Q3/04 |
10,717 |
8,219 |
... |
|
| Central government operations |
Total budgetary revenues2
Central government operations |
C$ millions |
Oct/04 |
15,476 |
16,873 |
-8.3 |
|
| Central government debt |
Liabilities – gross debt2
Central government debt |
C$ millions |
Oct/04 |
681,605 |
678,067 |
0.5 |
|
| SDDS
data category and component |
Unit description |
Period of latest data |
Latest data |
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Change from previous period |
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| FINANCIAL SECTOR |
| Analytical accounts of the
banking sector |
| Gross M1
Analytical accounts of the banking
sector |
C$ millions, SA |
Nov/04 |
163,725 |
163,196 |
0.3 |
|
| Analytical accounts of the
central bank |
| Reserve money3
Analytical accounts of the central
bank |
C$ millions |
Dec/04 |
43,263 |
41,910 |
... |
|
| Administered interest rates |
Interest rate
(Bank rate) |
Effective rate |
Jan/19/05 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
... |
|
| 1-month Treasury bill rate |
Effective rate |
Dec/04 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
... |
|
| 10-year Government of Canada bond rate |
Effective rate |
Dec/04 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
... |
|
| Stock market: Share price index |
Stock market
(S&P/TSX Composite Index) |
closing quotations, end of the month |
Dec/04 |
9,246.7 |
9,030.1 |
2.4 |
|
Stock market
(Toronto stock exchange) |
C$ millions, value of shares traded |
Nov/04 |
75,957.4 |
70,942.4 |
7.1 |
|
Stock market
(Toronto stock exchange) |
millions, volume of shares traded |
Nov/04 |
5,421.3 |
4,884.7 |
11.0 |
|
| SDDS
data category and component |
Unit description |
Period of latest data |
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| EXTERNAL SECTOR |
| Balance of Payments |
| Current account balance
Balance of Payments – detail |
C$ millions, SA |
Q3/04 |
9,399 |
11,190 |
-16.0 |
|
| International reserves and foreign currency
liquidity |
| Canada's
official international reserves—total |
US$ millions |
Dec/04 |
34,467 |
34,066 |
... |
|
| Merchandise trade |
| Total exports |
current C$ millions, SA |
Nov/04 |
34,706 |
35,743 |
-2.9 |
|
| Total imports |
current C$ millions, SA |
Nov/04 |
27,410 |
30,535 |
-10.2 |
|
| International investment position |
| Net International Investment Position
International
investment position – detail |
C$ billions |
2003 |
-218 |
-202 |
7.7 |
|
| Total external debt |
| External debt detail |
C$ millions |
Q3/04 |
745,563 |
771,075 |
-3.3 |
|
| Exchange rates |
Exchange rates
(USA noon spot rate) |
C$ per US$, unadjusted, change columns reflect actual change. |
Jan/19/05 |
1.227 |
1.222 |
0.005 |
|
| 3-month forward rate |
US/Canada point spread |
Jan/19/05 |
-0.02 |
... |
... |
|
| 6-month forward rate |
US/Canada point spread |
Jan/19/05 |
-0.16 |
... |
... |
|
| SDDS data
category and component |
Unit description |
Period of latest data |
Latest data |
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| POPULATION |
Population
|
thousands |
Q4/04 |
32,040 |
31,946 |
0.3 |
|
| 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. |
| Sources: Statistics Canada,
Finance Canada, Bank of Canada. |
| Last modified: 2005-01-21. |
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