Quarter Growth rate same period previous year 2006-01-01 3.5 2006-04-01 3.2 2006-07-01 3.0 2006-10-01 3.2 2007-01-01 3.3 2007-04-01 3.6 2007-07-01 3.6 2007-10-01 3.4 2008-01-01 3.3 2008-04-01 3.9 2008-07-01 4.1 2008-10-01 4.0 2009-01-01 3.6 2009-04-01 2.5 2009-07-01 1.9 2009-10-01 1.7 2010-01-01 2.4 2010-04-01 2.8 2010-07-01 3.0 2010-10-01 3.3 2011-01-01 4.4 2011-04-01 4.4 2011-07-01 4.6 2011-10-01 4.5 2012-01-01 3.0 2012-04-01 3.3 2012-07-01 3.1 2012-10-01 3.1 2013-01-01 3.1 2013-04-01 2.5 2013-07-01 2.5 2013-10-01 2.5 2014-01-01 2.4 2014-04-01 2.4 2014-07-01 2.6 2014-10-01 2.4 2015-01-01 2.2 2015-04-01 2.0 2015-07-01 1.7 2015-10-01 1.7 2016-01-01 1.9 2016-04-01 2.4 2016-07-01 2.6 2016-10-01 2.7 2017-01-01 3.0 2017-04-01 3.2 2017-07-01 3.2 2017-10-01 3.2 2018-01-01 2.7 2018-04-01 2.6 2018-07-01 2.5