Quarter Growth Rate Same Period Previous Year 1971-01-01 5.9 1971-04-01 6.0 1971-07-01 6.3 1971-10-01 5.7 1972-01-01 5.3 1972-04-01 5.1 1972-07-01 5.1 1972-10-01 5.2 1973-01-01 5.5 1973-04-01 6.4 1973-07-01 7.0 1973-10-01 8.3 1974-01-01 10.1 1974-04-01 11.6 1974-07-01 13.0 1974-10-01 14.0 1975-01-01 13.5 1975-04-01 12.7 1975-07-01 11.2 1975-10-01 9.8 1976-01-01 9.5 1976-04-01 9.1 1976-07-01 9.3 1976-10-01 9.8 1977-01-01 10.0 1977-04-01 10.2 1977-07-01 9.9 1977-10-01 9.5 1978-01-01 9.2 1978-04-01 9.2 1978-07-01 9.6 1978-10-01 9.8 1979-01-01 9.8 1979-04-01 10.1 1979-07-01 10.9 1979-10-01 11.9 1980-01-01 13.8 1980-04-01 14.6 1980-07-01 13.9 1980-10-01 13.6 1981-01-01 12.1 1981-04-01 11.4 1981-07-01 11.8 1981-10-01 11.4 1982-01-01 10.9 1982-04-01 10.9 1982-07-01 10.9 1982-10-01 10.7 1983-01-01 11.3 1983-04-01 10.7 1983-07-01 10.0 1983-10-01 10.0 1984-01-01 9.3 1984-04-01 8.9 1984-07-01 8.5 1984-10-01 8.0 1985-01-01 8.0 1985-04-01 7.9 1985-07-01 7.7 1985-10-01 7.9 1986-01-01 7.9 1986-04-01 7.8 1986-07-01 8.1 1986-10-01 8.3 1987-01-01 8.4 1987-04-01 8.9 1987-07-01 9.3 1987-10-01 10.1 1988-01-01 11.0 1988-04-01 10.7 1988-07-01 9.7 1988-10-01 8.1 1989-01-01 6.6 1989-04-01 6.3 1989-07-01 6.2 1989-10-01 6.2 1990-01-01 6.5 1990-04-01 6.7 1990-07-01 7.0 1990-10-01 7.1 1991-01-01 7.2 1991-04-01 6.8 1991-07-01 6.6 1991-10-01 6.5 1992-01-01 6.2 1992-04-01 6.1 1992-07-01 5.8 1992-10-01 5.4 1993-01-01 5.3 1993-04-01 5.1 1993-07-01 5.1 1993-10-01 4.8 1994-01-01 4.5 1994-04-01 4.9 1994-07-01 4.9 1994-10-01 5.0 1995-01-01 5.5 1995-04-01 5.9 1995-07-01 6.1 1995-10-01 6.2 1996-01-01 6.0 1996-04-01 5.3 1996-07-01 5.1 1996-10-01 4.9 1997-01-01 4.7 1997-04-01 4.7 1997-07-01 4.7 1997-10-01 4.8 1998-01-01 4.7 1998-04-01 4.6 1998-07-01 4.4 1998-10-01 4.2 1999-01-01 3.8 1999-04-01 3.7 1999-07-01 3.6 1999-10-01 3.6 2000-01-01 3.7 2000-04-01 3.5 2000-07-01 3.4 2000-10-01 3.1 2001-01-01 3.0 2001-04-01 3.3 2001-07-01 3.4 2001-10-01 3.4 2002-01-01 3.3 2002-04-01 3.1 2002-07-01 2.8 2002-10-01 2.6 2003-01-01 2.4 2003-04-01 2.1 2003-07-01 1.9 2003-10-01 1.7 2004-01-01 1.6 2004-04-01 1.9 2004-07-01 1.9 2004-10-01 2.0 2005-01-01 2.0 2005-04-01 1.9 2005-07-01 1.8 2005-10-01 1.8 2006-01-01 1.7 2006-04-01 2.0 2006-07-01 2.1 2006-10-01 2.1 2007-01-01 2.2 2007-04-01 2.1 2007-07-01 2.0 2007-10-01 2.1 2008-01-01 2.1 2008-04-01 2.2 2008-07-01 2.4 2008-10-01 2.2 2009-01-01 1.9 2009-04-01 1.7 2009-07-01 1.5 2009-10-01 1.5 2010-01-01 1.5 2010-04-01 1.3 2010-07-01 1.2 2010-10-01 1.1 2011-01-01 1.3 2011-04-01 1.6 2011-07-01 1.8 2011-10-01 2.0 2012-01-01 1.9 2012-04-01 1.9 2012-07-01 1.8 2012-10-01 1.6 2013-01-01 1.6 2013-04-01 1.5 2013-07-01 1.6 2013-10-01 1.6 2014-01-01 1.6 2014-04-01 2.0 2014-07-01 1.9 2014-10-01 1.8 2015-01-01 1.7 2015-04-01 1.6 2015-07-01 1.7 2015-10-01 1.8 2016-01-01 1.9 2016-04-01 1.8 2016-07-01 1.8 2016-10-01 1.7 2017-01-01 1.8 2017-04-01 1.8 2017-07-01 1.8