Quarter Growth Rate Same Period Previous Year 1971-01-01 5.6 1971-04-01 5.7 1971-07-01 6.1 1971-10-01 5.6 1972-01-01 5.2 1972-04-01 5.0 1972-07-01 5.1 1972-10-01 5.4 1973-01-01 6.1 1973-04-01 7.6 1973-07-01 8.6 1973-10-01 10.3 1974-01-01 12.8 1974-04-01 13.7 1974-07-01 14.5 1974-10-01 15.1 1975-01-01 13.5 1975-04-01 12.6 1975-07-01 11.5 1975-10-01 10.0 1976-01-01 9.5 1976-04-01 9.2 1976-07-01 8.8 1976-10-01 9.4 1977-01-01 9.9 1977-04-01 10.4 1977-07-01 10.5 1977-10-01 9.7 1978-01-01 9.0 1978-04-01 8.9 1978-07-01 9.2 1978-10-01 9.3 1979-01-01 9.7 1979-04-01 10.4 1979-07-01 11.7 1979-10-01 12.9 1980-01-01 15.0 1980-04-01 15.5 1980-07-01 14.4 1980-10-01 14.0 1981-01-01 12.7 1981-04-01 11.7 1981-07-01 11.9 1981-10-01 11.4 1982-01-01 10.4 1982-04-01 10.3 1982-07-01 10.4 1982-10-01 10.6 1983-01-01 10.9 1983-04-01 10.5 1983-07-01 9.6 1983-10-01 9.4 1984-01-01 9.2 1984-04-01 8.9 1984-07-01 8.5 1984-10-01 7.9 1985-01-01 7.7 1985-04-01 7.6 1985-07-01 7.1 1985-10-01 7.3 1986-01-01 6.9 1986-04-01 6.0 1986-07-01 6.4 1986-10-01 6.5 1987-01-01 7.1 1987-04-01 8.4 1987-07-01 9.0 1987-10-01 9.8 1988-01-01 10.5 1988-04-01 10.0 1988-07-01 9.1 1988-10-01 7.7 1989-01-01 6.3 1989-04-01 6.4 1989-07-01 6.2 1989-10-01 6.3 1990-01-01 6.8 1990-04-01 6.5 1990-07-01 6.9 1990-10-01 7.6 1991-01-01 7.1 1991-04-01 6.9 1991-07-01 6.4 1991-10-01 5.9 1992-01-01 5.8 1992-04-01 5.6 1992-07-01 5.1 1992-10-01 4.7 1993-01-01 4.7 1993-04-01 4.6 1993-07-01 4.7 1993-10-01 4.5 1994-01-01 4.2 1994-04-01 4.7 1994-07-01 4.8 1994-10-01 5.0 1995-01-01 5.6 1995-04-01 6.0 1995-07-01 6.0 1995-10-01 6.1 1996-01-01 6.0 1996-04-01 5.6 1996-07-01 5.4 1996-10-01 5.3 1997-01-01 4.9 1997-04-01 4.5 1997-07-01 4.7 1997-10-01 4.7 1998-01-01 4.5 1998-04-01 4.3 1998-07-01 3.9 1998-10-01 3.7 1999-01-01 3.3 1999-04-01 3.5 1999-07-01 3.7 1999-10-01 3.7 2000-01-01 4.1 2000-04-01 3.9 2000-07-01 4.0 2000-10-01 3.8 2001-01-01 3.5 2001-04-01 4.0 2001-07-01 3.6 2001-10-01 3.2 2002-01-01 3.0 2002-04-01 2.6 2002-07-01 2.5 2002-10-01 2.7 2003-01-01 3.0 2003-04-01 2.4 2003-07-01 2.3 2003-10-01 2.0 2004-01-01 1.8 2004-04-01 2.4 2004-07-01 2.4 2004-10-01 2.8 2005-01-01 2.5 2005-04-01 2.4 2005-07-01 2.8 2005-10-01 2.7 2006-01-01 2.7 2006-04-01 3.0 2006-07-01 2.8 2006-10-01 2.0 2007-01-01 2.2 2007-04-01 2.3 2007-07-01 2.1 2007-10-01 3.3 2008-01-01 3.6 2008-04-01 4.0 2008-07-01 4.7 2008-10-01 2.5 2009-01-01 1.2 2009-04-01 0.2 2009-07-01 -0.4 2009-10-01 1.1 2010-01-01 2.0 2010-04-01 1.9 2010-07-01 1.6 2010-10-01 1.8 2011-01-01 2.3 2011-04-01 3.0 2011-07-01 3.2 2011-10-01 3.0 2012-01-01 2.7 2012-04-01 2.2 2012-07-01 2.0 2012-10-01 2.0 2013-01-01 1.7 2013-04-01 1.5 2013-07-01 1.7 2013-10-01 1.5 2014-01-01 1.6 2014-04-01 2.1 2014-07-01 1.8 2014-10-01 1.4 2015-01-01 0.6 2015-04-01 0.5 2015-07-01 0.5 2015-10-01 0.7 2016-01-01 1.0 2016-04-01 0.8 2016-07-01 1.0 2016-10-01 1.5 2017-01-01 2.4 2017-04-01 2.1 2017-07-01 2.2