Month Growth rate same period previous year, Seasonally Adjusted 1996-02-01 2.363403814039520 1996-03-01 2.755736995782480 1996-04-01 3.151619996094230 1996-05-01 3.535669324925910 1996-06-01 3.862647796594760 1996-07-01 4.106874726412680 1996-08-01 4.266331196394870 1996-09-01 4.349099515061780 1996-10-01 4.362480334714720 1996-11-01 4.303740156732440 1996-12-01 4.204596014821020 1997-01-01 4.120417329433210 1997-02-01 4.106406871266620 1997-03-01 4.173921396102720 1997-04-01 4.279121720537520 1997-05-01 4.406988053250540 1997-06-01 4.558631768552690 1997-07-01 4.715141336571790 1997-08-01 4.864663887115340 1997-09-01 5.029236771163740 1997-10-01 5.218945149109970 1997-11-01 5.411652232855800 1997-12-01 5.548197796920000 1998-01-01 5.524206722068740 1998-02-01 5.341215114935570 1998-03-01 5.022404028976110 1998-04-01 4.602341596205420 1998-05-01 4.104892876685920 1998-06-01 3.553663337989100 1998-07-01 2.969681395650700 1998-08-01 2.376499750639710 1998-09-01 1.808852803065940 1998-10-01 1.308430514436140 1998-11-01 0.905592140192273 1998-12-01 0.606712695007796 1999-01-01 0.452723688215872 1999-02-01 0.458299291602810 1999-03-01 0.620977782518274 1999-04-01 0.927532989318281 1999-05-01 1.390873564666240 1999-06-01 2.012192560357400 1999-07-01 2.788602569098940 1999-08-01 3.670773932589850 1999-09-01 4.574181833338070 1999-10-01 5.390301278687170 1999-11-01 6.042339958863700 1999-12-01 6.501524842695080 2000-01-01 6.757354837915250 2000-02-01 6.811527408603810 2000-03-01 6.687410449237280 2000-04-01 6.445449970680160 2000-05-01 6.108752961370370 2000-06-01 5.685874268218120 2000-07-01 5.216783573976010 2000-08-01 4.748734065932820 2000-09-01 4.297609696409580 2000-10-01 3.901971089494580 2000-11-01 3.559556877719610 2000-12-01 3.267809920492800 2001-01-01 3.032229363442070 2001-02-01 2.851790392954910 2001-03-01 2.698240600394810 2001-04-01 2.520401022614950 2001-05-01 2.289525646589740 2001-06-01 2.009639566372520 2001-07-01 1.692458969800520 2001-08-01 1.386503807065670 2001-09-01 1.157327595936240 2001-10-01 1.039769932037960 2001-11-01 1.056543252869610 2001-12-01 1.213421725877450 2002-01-01 1.472143701429160 2002-02-01 1.770803357576090 2002-03-01 2.087376965184950 2002-04-01 2.447203393535470 2002-05-01 2.861077985090000 2002-06-01 3.317145923955800 2002-07-01 3.774371229734750 2002-08-01 4.172426010087740 2002-09-01 4.441949689810260 2002-10-01 4.544894701193460 2002-11-01 4.487608121259730 2002-12-01 4.306945177127780 2003-01-01 4.100675278174470 2003-02-01 3.975049819522510 2003-03-01 3.980510153935150 2003-04-01 4.108932639283780 2003-05-01 4.338411068498050 2003-06-01 4.652791750029910 2003-07-01 5.011242815765660 2003-08-01 5.365936723551770 2003-09-01 5.739752945899600 2003-10-01 6.144743861135700 2003-11-01 6.548581872769650 2003-12-01 6.870732680855970 2004-01-01 7.057959423311000 2004-02-01 7.098818858721300 2004-03-01 7.003485435119430 2004-04-01 6.766762025113600 2004-05-01 6.369457767488450 2004-06-01 5.870653711634100 2004-07-01 5.331933856724360 2004-08-01 4.842892088098760 2004-09-01 4.392221106581180 2004-10-01 3.932842349389220 2004-11-01 3.494139167546470 2004-12-01 3.142529025292080 2005-01-01 2.878872419000400 2005-02-01 2.684158757751260 2005-03-01 2.576023678407100 2005-04-01 2.566707830878440 2005-05-01 2.668997008711870 2005-06-01 2.854267205890520 2005-07-01 3.100454143750740 2005-08-01 3.348228066889010 2005-09-01 3.578396444848310 2005-10-01 3.784954907716250 2005-11-01 3.972896152245900 2005-12-01 4.143034556976260 2006-01-01 4.302378906270680 2006-02-01 4.426482690165090 2006-03-01 4.453037895098860 2006-04-01 4.361646283927630 2006-05-01 4.195096616786500 2006-06-01 3.963768670680390 2006-07-01 3.700188177835990 2006-08-01 3.398056424401650 2006-09-01 3.075899749979700 2006-10-01 2.774833605071290 2006-11-01 2.493526555255510 2006-12-01 2.234018496651170 2007-01-01 1.997188170330860 2007-02-01 1.771115058076420 2007-03-01 1.573130798580450 2007-04-01 1.426179860060380 2007-05-01 1.315878094307900 2007-06-01 1.198609066687490 2007-07-01 1.035284957189450 2007-08-01 0.852056173157544 2007-09-01 0.687390703301198 2007-10-01 0.598330236800776 2007-11-01 0.606119997698362 2007-12-01 0.673774882511314 2008-01-01 0.720202509241956 2008-02-01 0.687015035937213 2008-03-01 0.529031242089551 2008-04-01 0.245104497737303 2008-05-01 -0.177294499183619 2008-06-01 -0.715508217536261 2008-07-01 -1.341317484772860 2008-08-01 -2.056331873702740 2008-09-01 -2.869800741969330 2008-10-01 -3.810673688305110 2008-11-01 -4.842331869355830 2008-12-01 -5.803419439656410 2009-01-01 -6.498853373747330 2009-02-01 -6.797936470659630 2009-03-01 -6.665695812846130 2009-04-01 -6.179019013447040 2009-05-01 -5.406136857956700 2009-06-01 -4.435541820009870 2009-07-01 -3.344959987489440 2009-08-01 -2.165847753724820 2009-09-01 -0.935454836693783 2009-10-01 0.318202000953705 2009-11-01 1.545177138967530 2009-12-01 2.619844144368660 2010-01-01 3.395525091023550 2010-02-01 3.814615658995910 2010-03-01 3.883944614676320 2010-04-01 3.676834973344280 2010-05-01 3.292014448972500 2010-06-01 2.844456978492850 2010-07-01 2.427044935289690 2010-08-01 2.089605153723030 2010-09-01 1.858514444316240 2010-10-01 1.749572075048100 2010-11-01 1.740574289307160 2010-12-01 1.764158935745370 2011-01-01 1.762473809926770 2011-02-01 1.655806103597850 2011-03-01 1.431427936705980 2011-04-01 1.112822923666750 2011-05-01 0.702271246901084 2011-06-01 0.250988485664114 2011-07-01 -0.195472283124852 2011-08-01 -0.599955506432695 2011-09-01 -0.936646921708837 2011-10-01 -1.191284967270390 2011-11-01 -1.366949467051030 2011-12-01 -1.468650453359520 2012-01-01 -1.509544712726710 2012-02-01 -1.496906541227580 2012-03-01 -1.432645170495410 2012-04-01 -1.299499012514210 2012-05-01 -1.058509911935740 2012-06-01 -0.714719722607148 2012-07-01 -0.305901176802799 2012-08-01 0.115196339433277 2012-09-01 0.497302534695413 2012-10-01 0.781073611691046 2012-11-01 0.922248138018234 2012-12-01 0.924498879591044 2013-01-01 0.832103162342739 2013-02-01 0.688124468396399 2013-03-01 0.548675808043089 2013-04-01 0.463704823264609 2013-05-01 0.485941818256776 2013-06-01 0.576977060219074 2013-07-01 0.672714634954360 2013-08-01 0.733529288921079 2013-09-01 0.727175174169491 2013-10-01 0.657761122446334 2013-11-01 0.589699326388950 2013-12-01 0.619777052000319 2014-01-01 0.810146000098746 2014-02-01 1.195992123500220 2014-03-01 1.701328906550780 2014-04-01 2.201620098439950 2014-05-01 2.536421225811900 2014-06-01 2.688394961586170 2014-07-01 2.715959991344400 2014-08-01 2.696263573354780 2014-09-01 2.720683186483470 2014-10-01 2.837618378871180 2014-11-01 3.023041890059020 2014-12-01 3.215422927759920 2015-01-01 3.385434175420360 2015-02-01 3.514059870102370 2015-03-01 3.591632092563300 2015-04-01 3.609269896756210 2015-05-01 3.597192430173960 2015-06-01 3.599573225358740 2015-07-01 3.623340687959090 2015-08-01 3.656967789314810 2015-09-01 3.677784141642050 2015-10-01 3.646451662872560 2015-11-01 3.572537228390510 2015-12-01 3.451862100392580 2016-01-01 3.310210664479480 2016-02-01 3.163854740897790 2016-03-01 3.037459213919600 2016-04-01 2.949316124898350 2016-05-01 2.898720057236440 2016-06-01 2.840260316488080 2016-07-01 2.769587344156590 2016-08-01 2.717807893981350 2016-09-01 2.724860558794430 2016-10-01 2.835215670777750 2016-11-01 3.049984208571730 2016-12-01 3.353037044582840 2017-01-01 3.652546586515220 2017-02-01 3.900921388283380 2017-03-01 4.095517400959750 2017-04-01 4.260012720576520 2017-05-01 4.412467020195370 2017-06-01 4.575358484689450 2017-07-01 4.747593626043300 2017-08-01 4.895310775703180 2017-09-01 4.945949355052110 2017-10-01 4.864728827880790 2017-11-01 4.680871316591600 2017-12-01 4.460179674490240 2018-01-01 4.264697545694850 2018-02-01 4.118045965906470 2018-03-01 4.018707331050420 2018-04-01 3.980422549786620 2018-05-01 4.013096737515110 2018-06-01 4.094775361920510