National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Income and by Expenditure Accounts

Personal saving of economy, value

Personal saving refers to the part of personal disposable income (adjusted for the change in pension entitlements) that is not spent on final consumption goods and services. It may be positive or negative depending on whether disposable income exceeds final consumption expenditure, or vice versa.

Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Canadian dollar at current prices
  Data tables

  • Relation between net national income at factor cost, personal income, personal disposable income and personal saving, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA) Table: 380-0517
  • Sources and disposition of personal income, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA) Table: 380-0504