SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: 1993 - 1997

  1993 1994 1995 1996 1997f
GDP at market prices ($m)
% change		 9,501
2.9		 9,839
3.6		 10,449
6.2		 10,188
-2.5		 9,740
-4.4
GDP at market prices (86$m)
% change		 7,952
1.6		 8,148
2.5		 8,270
1.5		 8,097
-2.1		 7,878
-2.7
Personal Income ($m)
% change
% change - (86$)		 10,108
1.1
-0.5		 10,225
1.2
-0.1		 10,279
0.5
-0.9		 10,104
-1.7
-3.2		 9,872
-2.3
-2.9
Retail Trade ($m)
% change
% change - (86$)		 3,328
-0.9
-2.5		 3,409
2.4
1.8		 3,478
2.0
1.2		 3,437
-1.2
-2.5		 3,357
-2.3
-2.9
Capital Investment ($m)
% change
% change - (86$)		 2,485
19.4
19.2		 2,906
17.0
12.6		 2,829
-2.7
-2.4		 2,315
-18.2
-16.4		 2,453
6.0
7.0
Labour Force (000's)
% change		 241.8
-0.5		 244.5
1.1		 241.5
-1.2		 235.5
-2.5		 234.1
-0.6
Employment (000's)
% change		 193.2
-0.4		 194.6
0.7		 197.3
1.4		 189.7
-3.9		 186.1
-1.9
Unemployment Rate (%)
Annual Average
20.1
20.4
18.3
19.4
20.5
CPI (1986 = 100)
% change		 124.1
1.6		 125.7
1.3		 127.5
1.4		 129.5
1.6		 130.3
0.6
Housing Starts
% change		 2,405
5.9		 2,243
-6.7		 1,712
-23.7		 2,034
18.8		 1,906
-6.3
Notes: f: forecast (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador), March 1997.
Source: Statistics Canada; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Economics and Statistics Branch, Department of Finance.

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