Year Growth Rate Same Period Previous Year 1996-01-01 2.9 1997-01-01 1.9 1998-01-01 2.2 1999-01-01 2.2 2000-01-01 2.8 2001-01-01 4.4 2002-01-01 3.7 2003-01-01 3.2 2004-01-01 2.5 2005-01-01 2.1 2006-01-01 3.0 2007-01-01 2.4 2008-01-01 2.7 2009-01-01 -0.9 2010-01-01 1.4 2011-01-01 3.6 2012-01-01 2.8 2013-01-01 0.4 2014-01-01 -0.2 2015-01-01 0.5 2016-01-01 0.6 2017-01-01 1.6