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Gross national expenditure at market prices, 1938 to 1946

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Gross national expenditure at market prices, 1938 to 1946
  1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
  $ millions
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 3,700 3,799 4,293 4,956 5,511
Government expenditure          
  War—goods and services, excluding Mutual Aid 37 75 583 1,209 2,330
  War—Mutual Aid, etc. - - - - 1,002
  Non-war 682 703 661 665 683
Gross investment at home          
  Plant and equipment 505 490 667 842 689
  Inventories          
    Wheat Board 88 94 5 -39 35
    Other -55 215 337 280 104
Current receipts from abroad for goods and services, excluding Mutual Aid, etc.3 1,363 1,452 1,802 2,464 2,373
Deduct current expenditures abroad for goods and services -1,261 -1,331 -1,627 -1,967 -2,275
Residual error of estimate for reconciliation with Table 1, Canada Year Book 1947 p. 944 16 -2 -93 -75 -156
Total, gross national expenditure at market prices 5,075 5,495 6,628 8,335 10,296
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.