Selected Economic Indicators  Newfoundland and Labrador: 1998 - 2011 Forecast  Assumptions
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006*	2007e*	2008f	2009f	2010f	2011f
GDP ($m)	11,176	12,184	13,922	14,179	16,457	18,119	19,302	21,496	23,655	27,090	28,059	27,518	26,147	27,354
% change	6.1	9.0	14.3	1.8	16.1	10.1	6.5	11.4	10.0	14.5	3.6	-1.9	-5.0	4.6
GDP ($m chained 2002)	12,631	13,323	14,013	14,233	16,457	17,419	17,117	17,159	17,719	19,119	18,736	19,430	18,886	19,471
% change	5.4	5.5	5.2	1.6	15.6	5.8	-1.7	0.2	3.3	7.9	-2.0	3.7	-2.8	3.1
Personal Income ($m)	10,239	10,651	11,122	11,576	11,927	12,436	12,827	13,277	13,814	14,405	15,110	15,840	16,674	17,441
% change	2.8	4.0	4.4	4.1	3.0	4.3	3.1	3.5	4.0	4.3	4.9	4.8	5.3	4.6
% change real	2.5	2.6	1.4	2.9	0.7	1.3	1.3	0.8	2.2	2.8	2.8	2.3	2.7	2.4
Retail Trade ($m)	4,102	4,433	4,760	5,201	5,407	5,736	5,755	5,826	6,042	6,616	7,048	7,369	7,718	8,044
% change	3.7	8.1	7.4	9.3	4.0	6.1	0.3	1.2	3.7	9.5	6.5	4.5	4.7	4.2
% change real	4.6	6.7	3.6	8.9	3.3	4.4	-1.8	-2.1	1.5	8.5	6.2	3.0	3.2	3.2
Capital Investment ($m)	2,825	3,611	3,399	3,371	3,361	3,712	4,243	4,576	4,359	4,040	4,648	5,115	5,336	5,900
% change	1.3	27.8	-5.8	-0.8	-0.3	10.4	14.3	7.8	-4.7	-7.3	15.0	10.1	4.3	10.6
% change real	-1.4	27.1	-7.9	-1.4	-2.0	9.0	11.4	6.8	-5.5	-10.2	12.5	4.2	1.8	7.1
Labour Force (000s)	234.3	241.9	237.8	242.7	248.5	254.1	254.3	252.5	253.1	251.2	251.7	252.9	254.7	256.6
% change	1.5	3.2	-1.7	2.1	2.4	2.3	0.1	-0.7	0.2	-0.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7
Employment (000s)	192.4	201.0	198.0	203.8	207.2	212.3	214.3	214.1	215.7	217.1	220.4	222.9	226.0	229.1
% change	2.2	4.5	-1.5	2.9	1.7	2.5	0.9	-0.1	0.7	0.6	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.4
Unemployment Rate (%)	17.9	16.9	16.7	16.1	16.7	16.5	15.7	15.2	14.8	13.6	12.4	11.9	11.3	10.7
CPI (2002=100)	92.5	93.8	96.6	97.7	100.0	102.9	104.8	107.6	109.5	111.1	113.3	116.1	119.0	121.6
% change	0.2	1.4	3.0	1.1	2.4	2.9	1.8	2.7	1.8	1.5	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.2
Housing Starts	1,450	1,371	1,459	1,788	2,419	2,692	2,870	2,498	2,234	2,649	2,657	2,552	2,516	2,486
% change	-14.5	-5.4	6.4	22.5	35.3	11.3	6.6	-13.0	-10.6	18.6	0.3	-3.9	-1.4	-1.2
GDP: Gross Domestic Product at market prices CPI: Consumer Price Index Source: Statistics Canada; CMHC;  Economics and Statistics Branch, Department of Finance e: estimate, f: forecast, Department of Finance (April 2008). * The estimates of nominal GDP and personal income exclude the provincial government's special payments to public sector pension plans in 2006 and 2007. As a result, these figures differ from Statistics Canada's 2006 and 2007 estimates.