2009:1

2009:2

2009:3

2009:4

2010:1

2010:2

2010:3

2010:4

2011:1

2011:2

2011:3

2011:4

2009

2010

2011

GDP at market prices (2002 $ billions)

1,287.2 -1.8

1,278.0 -0.7

1,280.9 0.2

1,296.4 1.2

1,314.9 1.4

1,321.4 0.5

1,324.6 0.2

1,337.4 1.0

1,345.3 0.6

1,354.2 0.7

1,362.3 0.6

1,371.5 0.7

1,285.6 -2.5

1,324.6 3.0

1,358.3 2.5 

Implicit price deflator-

GDP at market prices (2002 = 1.0)

1.177 -1.6

1.180 0.2

1.191 0.9

1.204 1.2

1.215 0.9

1.218 0.2

1.231 1.0

1.238 0.6

1.246 0.7

1.250 0.3

1.257 0.6

1.265 0.6

1.188 -2.1

1.225 3.1

1.255 2.4

U.S. GDP at market prices (2005 $ billions)

12,833 -1.2

12,810 -0.2

12,861 0.4

13,019 1.2

13,139 0.9

13,192 0.4

13,250 0.4

13,314 0.5

13,416 0.8

13,541 0.9

13,677 1.0

13,818 1.0

12,881 -2.6

13,224 2.7

13,613 2.9

Consumer Price Index (2002 = 1.0)

1.136 -0.3

1.146 0.9

1.147 0.1

1.149 0.1

1.154 0.5

1.162 0.6

1.168 0.6

1.175 0.6

1.182 0.6

1.189 0.6

1.196 0.6

1.202 0.5

1.144 0.3

1.165 1.8

1.192 2.3

Total employment (000s)

16,871

16,826

16,823

16,876

16,944

17,119

17,217

17,278

17,382

17,480

17,580

17,700

16,849

17,140

17,535

Unemployment rate

7.8

8.4

8.5

8.4

8.2

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.8

7.6

7.3

7.0

8.3

8.1

7.4

Private non-farm average hourly earnings

22.87 2.0

23.01 0.6

22.88 -0.6

22.97 0.4

23.01 0.2

23.02 0.0

23.08 0.3

23.20 0.5

23.32 0.5

23.45 0.6

23.61 0.7

23.77 0.7

22.93 4.5

23.08 0.6

23.54 2.0

Disposable Income (2002 $ billions)

870.6 0.0

875.4 0.6

876.9 0.2

877.0 0.0

880.9 0.4

914.4 3.8

898.5 -1.7

902.6 0.5

905.6 0.3

909.6 0.4

916.5 0.8

922.0 0.6

875.0 1.2

899.1 2.8

913.4 1.6

Private non-farm productivity

(2002 $ thousands)

44.63 0.8

44.73 0.2

44.53 -0.4

45.01 1.1

45.60 1.3

45.22 -0.8

45.18 -0.1

45.22 0.1

45.10 -0.3

45.11 0.0

45.15 0.1

45.14 -0.0

44.72 0.5

45.30 1.3

45.13 -0.4

Federal government balance ($ millions)

-36,044

-46,016

-40,172

-37,500

-23,940

-38,704

-33,251

-30,263

-27,253

-23,070

-18,426

-13,400

-39,933

-31,540

-20,537

Corporate profits before taxes ($ billions)

147.8 -18.3

134.0 -9.3

146.9 9.6

158.9 8.2

172.6 8.6

170.8 -1.0

167.3 -2.1

173.5 3.8

174.3 0.5

170.7 -2.1

170.6 -0.1

170.5 -0.0

146.9 -32.3

171.1 16.4

171.5 0.3

Housing starts (000s units)

132

130

156

179

193

202

190

180

175

174

175

178

149

1911

76

Prime rate

2.83

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.25

2.33

2.54

2.75

3.04

3.54

4.04

4.54

2.40

2.47

3.79

Cdn. 3-Month Treasury bill rate

0.71

0.23

0.23

0.22

0.21

0.47

0.75

0.92

1.20

1.68

2.16

2.65

0.35

0.59

1.92

U.S. 3-Month Treasury bill rate

0.22

0.17

0.16

0.06

0.11

0.15

0.14

0.10

0.07

0.04

0.05

0.34

0.15

0.12

0.12

Exchange rate (C$/US$)

0.803

0.857

0.911

0.947

0.961

0.973

0.961

0.966

0.972

0.994

1.000

1.002

0.879

0.965

0.992

U.S. federal funds rate

0.18

0.18

0.16

0.12

0.13

0.19

0.25

0.25

0.25

0.25

0.29

0.69

0.16

0.21

0.37

Merchandise terms of trade

1.094

1.106

1.135

1.172

1.189

1.192

1.192

1.193

1.195

1.186

1.189

1.192

1.127

1.191

1.191

Current account balance ($ billions)

-28.4

-49.8

-55.1

-40.8

-33.8

-44.1

-51.4

-49.7

-48.3

-49.5

-47.6

-46.2

-43.5

-44.8

-47.9