Quarter Percent, Seasonally Adjusted 1996-01-01 7.1 1996-04-01 7.0 1996-07-01 6.8 1996-10-01 6.8 1997-01-01 6.7 1997-04-01 6.8 1997-07-01 7.1 1997-10-01 7.1 1998-01-01 7.3 1998-04-01 7.4 1998-07-01 7.4 1998-10-01 7.4 1999-01-01 7.3 1999-04-01 7.4 1999-07-01 7.4 1999-10-01 7.3 2000-01-01 6.8 2000-04-01 7.2 2000-07-01 6.7 2000-10-01 6.2 2001-01-01 6.1 2001-04-01 6.0 2001-07-01 6.1 2001-10-01 6.7 2002-01-01 6.6 2002-04-01 6.2 2002-07-01 6.3 2002-10-01 6.3 2003-01-01 6.7 2003-04-01 6.8 2003-07-01 6.8 2003-10-01 6.5 2004-01-01 6.5 2004-04-01 6.3 2004-07-01 6.2 2004-10-01 6.3 2005-01-01 6.4 2005-04-01 6.1 2005-07-01 6.6 2005-10-01 7.0 2006-01-01 6.5 2006-04-01 6.2 2006-07-01 5.8 2006-10-01 5.5 2007-01-01 5.3 2007-04-01 4.8 2007-07-01 4.7 2007-10-01 4.6 2008-01-01 4.7 2008-04-01 4.4 2008-07-01 4.3 2008-10-01 4.2 2009-01-01 4.9 2009-04-01 5.8 2009-07-01 6.5 2009-10-01 6.4 2010-01-01 6.7 2010-04-01 7.4 2010-07-01 7.3 2010-10-01 7.7 2011-01-01 8.0 2011-04-01 8.0 2011-07-01 8.2 2011-10-01 8.7 2012-01-01 8.6