Month Growth rate same period previous year, Seasonally Adjusted 1996-02-01 5.18978931704575 1996-03-01 5.27958503904738 1996-04-01 5.34444616718869 1996-05-01 5.34875339203254 1996-06-01 5.31528065089131 1996-07-01 5.32084056186048 1996-08-01 5.31941892966435 1996-09-01 5.31708851802872 1996-10-01 5.29894715612939 1996-11-01 5.28089629465485 1996-12-01 5.29387811362142 1997-01-01 5.35135434547609 1997-02-01 5.47332027071087 1997-03-01 5.63580288295534 1997-04-01 5.78286294776054 1997-05-01 5.88499990294710 1997-06-01 5.92516041672588 1997-07-01 5.83481080382292 1997-08-01 5.70945043348411 1997-09-01 5.55131576773782 1997-10-01 5.30001993667689 1997-11-01 4.91797060350236 1997-12-01 4.39636742894367 1998-01-01 3.76364903520028 1998-02-01 3.11653091689574 1998-03-01 2.54001423209795 1998-04-01 2.14509984507277 1998-05-01 1.98883102827993 1998-06-01 2.02558692423265 1998-07-01 2.22413065706975 1998-08-01 2.48625766537784 1998-09-01 2.79373764119286 1998-10-01 3.18267384788168 1998-11-01 3.69044347262547 1998-12-01 4.29813871357876 1999-01-01 4.95187060780135 1999-02-01 5.55182268732297 1999-03-01 5.94926749288964 1999-04-01 6.04002399161687 1999-05-01 5.84785721503395 1999-06-01 5.47146106368551 1999-07-01 5.04325041970208 1999-08-01 4.67541156414406 1999-09-01 4.39544904035622 1999-10-01 4.18340761329104 1999-11-01 3.98847293219293 1999-12-01 3.74344833862320 2000-01-01 3.42159273216288 2000-02-01 3.06788822499057 2000-03-01 2.77717266506653 2000-04-01 2.61171231793896 2000-05-01 2.51720241760113 2000-06-01 2.43043501323465 2000-07-01 2.31205931904020 2000-08-01 2.16101794744811 2000-09-01 2.00434095104087 2000-10-01 1.86062907549320 2000-11-01 1.70063557120671 2000-12-01 1.52611086303220 2001-01-01 1.36701469423083 2001-02-01 1.21335166941277 2001-03-01 1.10331264611430 2001-04-01 1.05424761521155 2001-05-01 1.09614490567148 2001-06-01 1.25168944813110 2001-07-01 1.50688016146129 2001-08-01 1.78909060426702 2001-09-01 2.04452983204771 2001-10-01 2.27433067371399 2001-11-01 2.52763298855870 2001-12-01 2.86880136900425 2002-01-01 3.28947456061616 2002-02-01 3.72992441565102 2002-03-01 4.14799045054737 2002-04-01 4.55685009241126 2002-05-01 4.98230063301661 2002-06-01 5.41232049196977 2002-07-01 5.77899447769286 2002-08-01 6.08677113437430 2002-09-01 6.34835082539462 2002-10-01 6.55827612231634 2002-11-01 6.69066485530300 2002-12-01 6.73076535898978 2003-01-01 6.71109466111852 2003-02-01 6.66234052422390 2003-03-01 6.58298760944136 2003-04-01 6.45126083232496 2003-05-01 6.23977079129406 2003-06-01 5.99107729322360 2003-07-01 5.77754760445823 2003-08-01 5.59077839786406 2003-09-01 5.44595143727259 2003-10-01 5.33662366505767 2003-11-01 5.26758767709899 2003-12-01 5.23110396086457 2004-01-01 5.18781405640229 2004-02-01 5.13685562512256 2004-03-01 5.05464780469576 2004-04-01 4.87933725362951 2004-05-01 4.57205443919649 2004-06-01 4.15582431207365 2004-07-01 3.69524139628745 2004-08-01 3.26998812511532 2004-09-01 2.90935177147012 2004-10-01 2.62455775531804 2004-11-01 2.41530907454213 2004-12-01 2.24795476259843 2005-01-01 2.09434177559246 2005-02-01 1.95897386282995 2005-03-01 1.92524826223972 2005-04-01 2.08566507241232 2005-05-01 2.48529635821390 2005-06-01 3.03208838637510 2005-07-01 3.59070259362138 2005-08-01 4.11085482460258 2005-09-01 4.56545291724862 2005-10-01 4.94118848090661 2005-11-01 5.25551610208857 2005-12-01 5.52867279861011 2006-01-01 5.77939789538519 2006-02-01 6.05275778069143 2006-03-01 6.32043526165048 2006-04-01 6.52826855602368 2006-05-01 6.64742734431588 2006-06-01 6.67726769291943 2006-07-01 6.64407688564832 2006-08-01 6.56862696741018 2006-09-01 6.48244796468427 2006-10-01 6.40176672075375 2006-11-01 6.33888229434829 2006-12-01 6.29277185538253 2007-01-01 6.25456561870937 2007-02-01 6.14969784574999 2007-03-01 5.91346871844921 2007-04-01 5.53604519195763 2007-05-01 5.08436288071415 2007-06-01 4.62994837820065 2007-07-01 4.24483427568045 2007-08-01 3.95081332628091 2007-09-01 3.70346377833872 2007-10-01 3.48008309793133 2007-11-01 3.24896387802872 2007-12-01 3.01070020540807 2008-01-01 2.79297207838480 2008-02-01 2.60106999323177 2008-03-01 2.44137261551245 2008-04-01 2.32605817016496 2008-05-01 2.23479296228469 2008-06-01 2.17096468508678 2008-07-01 2.11443965901554 2008-08-01 2.07482662345614 2008-09-01 2.08431057616450 2008-10-01 2.15724724437014 2008-11-01 2.28898285496800 2008-12-01 2.47036521644792 2009-01-01 2.67469987171326 2009-02-01 2.90234434751981 2009-03-01 3.14880676385343 2009-04-01 3.40483283880453 2009-05-01 3.66895091349312 2009-06-01 3.93024073527149 2009-07-01 4.19246909060473 2009-08-01 4.43700742885493 2009-09-01 4.64237257890920 2009-10-01 4.80423853176072 2009-11-01 4.94784797627002 2009-12-01 5.07620348917419 2010-01-01 5.20764184065030 2010-02-01 5.33927258532862 2010-03-01 5.47442909320449 2010-04-01 5.59580391157922 2010-05-01 5.67763547715557 2010-06-01 5.70024078405195 2010-07-01 5.65290327011282 2010-08-01 5.51228910786216 2010-09-01 5.28753735728894 2010-10-01 5.00484585406545 2010-11-01 4.66783495117355 2010-12-01 4.29716130958464 2011-01-01 3.89106309237870 2011-02-01 3.51747558507589 2011-03-01 3.19700148162966 2011-04-01 2.92243525294446 2011-05-01 2.68933571095683 2011-06-01 2.49729174213875 2011-07-01 2.37056529130344 2011-08-01 2.34326766331517 2011-09-01 2.41570763300685 2011-10-01 2.54526374114804 2011-11-01 2.70666607920129 2011-12-01 2.85060429400405 2012-01-01 2.91143671657748 2012-02-01 2.87834974499536 2012-03-01 2.78648934464464 2012-04-01 2.70360860167037 2012-05-01 2.63882291576087 2012-06-01 2.57883811800632 2012-07-01 2.48937077204358 2012-08-01 2.36214352372385 2012-09-01 2.20516748899187 2012-10-01 2.05875135107218 2012-11-01 1.95810685039018 2012-12-01 1.91509154151535 2013-01-01 1.98123843709987 2013-02-01 2.12278800708094 2013-03-01 2.31317133710465 2013-04-01 2.52358591652484 2013-05-01 2.77009426620801 2013-06-01 3.03590442769584 2013-07-01 3.29113442699771 2013-08-01 3.50781532234212 2013-09-01 3.66881570053739 2013-10-01 3.77167978866549 2013-11-01 3.81169107071255 2013-12-01 3.83288595591640 2014-01-01 3.84012673965056 2014-02-01 3.82696628653082 2014-03-01 3.75763012063739 2014-04-01 3.64744098952802 2014-05-01 3.51622186919911 2014-06-01 3.40730395491538 2014-07-01 3.35735670159211 2014-08-01 3.34997684706424 2014-09-01 3.37687713823885 2014-10-01 3.39032823482967 2014-11-01 3.37287344235067 2014-12-01 3.33991606650401 2015-01-01 3.34160692142567 2015-02-01 3.42252415492516 2015-03-01 3.60760164625923 2015-04-01 3.80472901876298 2015-05-01 3.93401689987270 2015-06-01 3.98052201791406 2015-07-01 3.96717209947668 2015-08-01 3.94393768764240 2015-09-01 3.93195395829888 2015-10-01 3.97144228245626 2015-11-01 4.02615164019117 2015-12-01 4.03753367382477 2016-01-01 3.96980896166601 2016-02-01 3.79796936482228 2016-03-01 3.55391425474991 2016-04-01 3.35943759637625 2016-05-01 3.27298340133506 2016-06-01 3.25647704203458 2016-07-01 3.24901070024129 2016-08-01 3.22368891384097 2016-09-01 3.19429218826072 2016-10-01 3.15830157894552 2016-11-01 3.16026769332046 2016-12-01 3.23101199051502 2017-01-01 3.31979981690772 2017-02-01 3.41262886003419 2017-03-01 3.48184626185622 2017-04-01 3.45624713731933 2017-05-01 3.31775414190084 2017-06-01 3.15230738861649 2017-07-01 3.03213156939259 2017-08-01 2.97688908035701 2017-09-01 2.96253022047237 2017-10-01 2.96094887203640 2017-11-01 2.95842328490336 2017-12-01 2.95880934028571 2018-01-01 3.00975663994442 2018-02-01 3.09614263359933 2018-03-01 3.16903926875275 2018-04-01 3.22255922422205 2018-05-01 3.27385345964500 2018-06-01 3.28068008339310