Month Growth rate same period previous year, Seasonally Adjusted 1997-05-01 4.00981218785334 1997-06-01 4.07409374375310 1997-07-01 4.14177556994335 1997-08-01 4.20521564726141 1997-09-01 4.25766364154465 1997-10-01 4.29251006070298 1997-11-01 4.30507874888686 1997-12-01 4.29528270708267 1998-01-01 4.26705084388532 1998-02-01 4.23082536732330 1998-03-01 4.19664805306793 1998-04-01 4.17536213399497 1998-05-01 4.17955654379683 1998-06-01 4.22330866034899 1998-07-01 4.31936473610344 1998-08-01 4.47639630355338 1998-09-01 4.69789616213784 1998-10-01 4.98448332249099 1998-11-01 5.33381648155251 1998-12-01 5.73744373967954 1999-01-01 6.18423072790111 1999-02-01 6.65758951114297 1999-03-01 7.14215237757233 1999-04-01 7.62081702505413 1999-05-01 7.94277942121452 1999-06-01 8.22368947307526 1999-07-01 8.44911694203054 1999-08-01 8.60595146730246 1999-09-01 8.68441237066524 1999-10-01 8.67453681886135 1999-11-01 8.56685445896569 1999-12-01 8.35690611281708 2000-01-01 8.04639624527143 2000-02-01 7.64588751073718 2000-03-01 7.17558587449706 2000-04-01 6.66067131995660 2000-05-01 6.24439922356019 2000-06-01 5.80860202308965 2000-07-01 5.36837705625404 2000-08-01 4.94160840709260 2000-09-01 4.54590019089439 2000-10-01 4.19273832679545 2000-11-01 3.89184441164129 2000-12-01 3.65123772014068 2001-01-01 3.47768613691221 2001-02-01 3.37081724613049 2001-03-01 3.31974181456290 2001-04-01 3.31303968392119 2001-05-01 3.34370000531820 2001-06-01 3.37411942075173 2001-07-01 3.42370231507356 2001-08-01 3.48308729798633 2001-09-01 3.54376924188188 2001-10-01 3.60801770383402 2001-11-01 3.67978145673271 2001-12-01 3.75955732554184 2002-01-01 3.84715256636222 2002-02-01 3.94133377838769 2002-03-01 4.04359336024580 2002-04-01 4.15304198803346 2002-05-01 4.27252749053789 2002-06-01 4.43261111557355 2002-07-01 4.60323044104431 2002-08-01 4.78345231157983 2002-09-01 4.97161122844114 2002-10-01 5.16655365788951 2002-11-01 5.36907293914648 2002-12-01 5.58326930111069 2003-01-01 5.81160688337253 2003-02-01 6.05747221540072 2003-03-01 6.32176460811327 2003-04-01 6.60231611494257 2003-05-01 6.89726107710110 2003-06-01 7.20208320644980 2003-07-01 7.51185287623017 2003-08-01 7.81897388555268 2003-09-01 8.11574752951438 2003-10-01 8.39265567933841 2003-11-01 8.63955848861690 2003-12-01 8.84744165519924 2004-01-01 9.00863044351677 2004-02-01 9.11826793894103 2004-03-01 9.17430434810428 2004-04-01 9.17807922129024 2004-05-01 9.13487593620147 2004-06-01 9.05381594757491 2004-07-01 8.94228232932384 2004-08-01 8.80723340697378 2004-09-01 8.65595267091636 2004-10-01 8.49487087113476 2004-11-01 8.33035850382083 2004-12-01 8.16935231411563 2005-01-01 8.02009553923967 2005-02-01 7.88892986607810 2005-03-01 7.77985248632601 2005-04-01 7.69528141539610 2005-05-01 7.63636899360710 2005-06-01 7.60143864796719 2005-07-01 7.59012841770753 2005-08-01 7.60064507585700 2005-09-01 7.63283142323848 2005-10-01 7.68699058930100 2005-11-01 7.76457656612570 2005-12-01 7.86479927289807 2006-01-01 7.98377563285058 2006-02-01 8.11611130729966 2006-03-01 8.25540679210484 2006-04-01 8.39416848600738 2006-05-01 8.52743035223773 2006-06-01 8.65514199278097 2006-07-01 8.77879863588879 2006-08-01 8.90175885611858 2006-09-01 9.02496496681394 2006-10-01 9.14843606567090 2006-11-01 9.27108807828508 2006-12-01 9.39244214925595 2007-01-01 9.51567568144709 2007-02-01 9.63557281058384 2007-03-01 9.74743497519608 2007-04-01 9.84739966829655 2007-05-01 9.92578487354787 2007-06-01 9.96239456544354 2007-07-01 9.94442401743484 2007-08-01 9.86446403921673 2007-09-01 9.72517726129120 2007-10-01 9.52882251757272 2007-11-01 9.27618645067333 2007-12-01 8.97079498781728 2008-01-01 8.61402610076014 2008-02-01 8.21896299042978 2008-03-01 7.80106027026296 2008-04-01 7.37841144309078 2008-05-01 6.97130101462799 2008-06-01 6.60935473619997 2008-07-01 6.31586529565130 2008-08-01 6.10687500878681 2008-09-01 5.98750518697080 2008-10-01 5.96075423725322 2008-11-01 6.03119280643409 2008-12-01 6.19801849919399 2009-01-01 6.45512956489976 2009-02-01 6.78990120789506 2009-03-01 7.19035099663837 2009-04-01 7.63862591935508 2009-05-01 8.11430626991795 2009-06-01 8.59320426332108 2009-07-01 9.05089393441027 2009-08-01 9.46618892122016 2009-09-01 9.82133919968865 2009-10-01 10.10330216264320 2009-11-01 10.30038086241890 2009-12-01 10.40552739609370 2010-01-01 10.41905544059080 2010-02-01 10.34749827075280 2010-03-01 10.19760510916980 2010-04-01 9.98111593269005 2010-05-01 9.71269282316299 2010-06-01 9.40930596180936 2010-07-01 9.08441517578055 2010-08-01 8.74870385111282 2010-09-01 8.40994107705134 2010-10-01 8.07507162051480 2010-11-01 7.74911646360084 2010-12-01 7.43615843657557 2011-01-01 7.13838837808710 2011-02-01 6.85804656452126 2011-03-01 6.59539930981804 2011-04-01 6.35050208851877 2011-05-01 6.12290453374676 2011-06-01 5.91230718720766 2011-07-01 5.71931932480109 2011-08-01 5.54605555616372 2011-09-01 5.39606057671913 2011-10-01 5.27178436096405 2011-11-01 5.17492238274315 2011-12-01 5.10501244501275 2012-01-01 5.06141920483173 2012-02-01 5.04091197265964 2012-03-01 5.04035704689771 2012-04-01 5.05710483062615 2012-05-01 5.09115761306097 2012-06-01 5.14001705377585 2012-07-01 5.20060649771461 2012-08-01 5.26973693324383 2012-09-01 5.34240120868585 2012-10-01 5.41340056047089 2012-11-01 5.47945409241602 2012-12-01 5.53986720531077 2013-01-01 5.59447278898284 2013-02-01 5.64469997389608 2013-03-01 5.69390985762051 2013-04-01 5.74428362577178 2013-05-01 5.79715180572710 2013-06-01 5.85509923090539 2013-07-01 5.92291325938567 2013-08-01 6.00595083368636 2013-09-01 6.10598517876414 2013-10-01 6.22650431426951 2013-11-01 6.36703563876218 2013-12-01 6.52530407316979 2014-01-01 6.70198720310760 2014-02-01 6.89550257855397 2014-03-01 7.10140842811067 2014-04-01 7.31447568646376 2014-05-01 7.52658987230705 2014-06-01 7.72667466717642 2014-07-01 7.90533248073214 2014-08-01 8.05247194459130 2014-09-01 8.16300203711247 2014-10-01 8.23528552663105 2014-11-01 8.27111985245686 2014-12-01 8.27203871809413 2015-01-01 8.24027664860269 2015-02-01 8.17836187116401 2015-03-01 8.09351939964612 2015-04-01 7.99522688650139 2015-05-01 7.88861993707842 2015-06-01 7.77945816855414 2015-07-01 7.67121469660166 2015-08-01 7.56736485509482 2015-09-01 7.47144018879114 2015-10-01 7.38161776032331 2015-11-01 7.29553088211904 2015-12-01 7.21446320680926 2016-01-01 7.13549251257746 2016-02-01 7.05834264657760 2016-03-01 6.97996129244625 2016-04-01 6.89576708546326 2016-05-01 6.80272259799876 2016-06-01 6.70139517529998 2016-07-01 6.59214847646270 2016-08-01 6.47735574816530 2016-09-01 6.36153300602327 2016-10-01 6.25243577868309 2016-11-01 6.16165853889374 2016-12-01 6.10151373948382 2017-01-01 6.08132280496554 2017-02-01 6.10492363516987 2017-03-01 6.17119237070355 2017-04-01 6.27630390217302 2017-05-01 6.42221242639842 2017-06-01 6.60824500108592 2017-07-01 6.83263660469899 2017-08-01 7.09021407551816 2017-09-01 7.37316955885767 2017-10-01 7.67171497610264 2017-11-01 7.97275460776683 2017-12-01 8.25935654377016 2018-01-01 8.51839748477374 2018-02-01 8.74127459419638 2018-03-01 8.92480341643892 2018-04-01 9.06913784784457 2018-05-01 9.17455245922915 2018-06-01 9.24291866997255