Month Growth rate same period previous year, Seasonally Adjusted 1996-01-01 6.52173913043478 1996-02-01 6.69546436285098 1996-03-01 6.91144708423327 1996-04-01 6.20985010706639 1996-05-01 5.73248407643311 1996-06-01 5.91966173361523 1996-07-01 5.67226890756302 1996-08-01 5.87002096436058 1996-09-01 6.22406639004149 1996-10-01 6.83229813664597 1996-11-01 7.02479338842976 1996-12-01 6.79012345679012 1997-01-01 6.32653061224490 1997-02-01 6.07287449392713 1997-03-01 6.06060606060607 1997-04-01 6.24999999999999 1997-05-01 6.02409638554217 1997-06-01 6.38722554890220 1997-07-01 6.95825049701790 1997-08-01 7.12871287128714 1997-09-01 7.22656250000001 1997-10-01 7.17054263565890 1997-11-01 6.94980694980696 1997-12-01 7.12909441233141 1998-01-01 11.32437619961610 1998-02-01 12.59541984732820 1998-03-01 13.14285714285710 1998-04-01 13.28273244781780 1998-05-01 13.25757575757570 1998-06-01 12.57035647279550 1998-07-01 11.89591078066920 1998-08-01 11.64510166358590 1998-09-01 10.74681238615660 1998-10-01 10.12658227848100 1998-11-01 9.92779783393501 1998-12-01 9.71223021582732 1999-01-01 5.34482758620690 1999-02-01 3.89830508474577 1999-03-01 3.19865319865320 1999-04-01 3.18257956448910 1999-05-01 3.01003344481606 1999-06-01 3.16666666666667 1999-07-01 3.15614617940198 1999-08-01 2.81456953642384 1999-09-01 2.13815789473684 1999-10-01 1.97044334975370 1999-11-01 1.97044334975370 1999-12-01 1.96721311475410 2000-01-01 2.94599018003274 2000-02-01 2.93637846655791 2000-03-01 2.93637846655791 2000-04-01 2.59740259740260 2000-05-01 2.75974025974026 2000-06-01 2.26171243941842 2000-07-01 2.09339774557166 2000-08-01 2.25442834138486 2000-09-01 2.73752012882448 2000-10-01 3.05958132045089 2000-11-01 3.22061191626408 2000-12-01 3.21543408360129 2001-01-01 2.54372019077902 2001-02-01 2.69413629160064 2001-03-01 2.21870047543582 2001-04-01 2.53164556962026 2001-05-01 2.68562401263823 2001-06-01 2.84360189573458 2001-07-01 2.68138801261828 2001-08-01 2.67716535433071 2001-09-01 3.13479623824452 2001-10-01 2.96875000000000 2001-11-01 3.12012480499220 2001-12-01 2.95950155763238 2002-01-01 2.94573643410853 2002-02-01 3.08641975308642 2002-03-01 4.03100775193797 2002-04-01 4.01234567901235 2002-05-01 3.69230769230770 2002-06-01 3.84024577572965 2002-07-01 3.99385560675885 2002-08-01 3.83435582822086 2002-09-01 3.03951367781154 2002-10-01 2.88315629742032 2002-11-01 2.57186081694403 2002-12-01 2.72314674735252 2003-01-01 2.71084337349398 2003-02-01 2.24550898203591 2003-03-01 1.78837555886736 2003-04-01 1.48367952522255 2003-05-01 1.78041543026705 2003-06-01 1.47928994082840 2003-07-01 1.47710487444609 2003-08-01 1.62481536189068 2003-09-01 1.76991150442480 2003-10-01 2.06489675516226 2003-11-01 2.21238938053098 2003-12-01 2.06185567010308 2004-01-01 2.49266862170088 2004-02-01 2.63543191800879 2004-03-01 2.92825768667643 2004-04-01 3.07017543859648 2004-05-01 6.85131195335278 2004-06-01 7.14285714285715 2004-07-01 7.13245997088791 2004-08-01 7.12209302325582 2004-09-01 7.68115942028984 2004-10-01 7.80346820809248 2004-11-01 7.79220779220780 2004-12-01 7.93650793650794 2005-01-01 7.72532188841201 2005-02-01 7.84593437945792 2005-03-01 7.82361308677099 2005-04-01 7.80141843971632 2005-05-01 3.68349249658936 2005-06-01 3.40136054421769 2005-07-01 2.98913043478261 2005-08-01 2.84938941655360 2005-09-01 3.09555854643338 2005-10-01 2.94906166219839 2005-11-01 2.81124497991968 2005-12-01 2.67379679144385 2006-01-01 2.65604249667995 2006-02-01 2.51322751322752 2006-03-01 2.37467018469656 2006-04-01 2.36842105263158 2006-05-01 2.50000000000000 2006-06-01 2.63157894736842 2006-07-01 3.16622691292876 2006-08-01 3.29815303430079 2006-09-01 2.48041775456919 2006-10-01 2.21354166666667 2006-11-01 2.34374999999999 2006-12-01 2.60416666666667 2007-01-01 2.32858990944371 2007-02-01 2.32258064516129 2007-03-01 2.44845360824744 2007-04-01 2.44215938303342 2007-05-01 2.56739409499358 2007-06-01 2.69230769230768 2007-07-01 2.81329923273658 2007-08-01 2.68199233716475 2007-09-01 2.80254777070064 2007-10-01 3.05732484076433 2007-11-01 3.56234096692114 2007-12-01 4.06091370558376 2008-01-01 6.32111251580279 2008-02-01 7.06179066834805 2008-03-01 7.04402515723270 2008-04-01 7.27728983688832 2008-05-01 7.38423028785982 2008-06-01 7.49063670411986 2008-07-01 7.46268656716418 2008-08-01 7.46268656716418 2008-09-01 7.55885997521684 2008-10-01 7.54017305315203 2008-11-01 6.87960687960687 2008-12-01 6.09756097560975 2009-01-01 3.80499405469679 2009-02-01 2.94464075382804 2009-03-01 2.93772032902468 2009-04-01 2.57309941520468 2009-05-01 2.44755244755246 2009-06-01 2.20673635307782 2009-07-01 1.96759259259258 2009-08-01 1.96759259259258 2009-09-01 1.72811059907834 2009-10-01 1.49425287356322 2009-11-01 1.49425287356322 2009-12-01 1.49425287356322 2010-01-01 2.40549828178696 2010-02-01 2.28832951945080 2010-03-01 2.39726027397260 2010-04-01 2.62257696693273 2010-05-01 2.38907849829350 2010-06-01 2.61363636363637 2010-07-01 2.49716231555051 2010-08-01 2.49716231555051 2010-09-01 2.37825594563987 2010-10-01 2.37825594563987 2010-11-01 2.37825594563987 2010-12-01 2.37825594563987 2011-01-01 1.56599552572706 2011-02-01 1.45413870246084 2011-03-01 1.22630992196210 2011-04-01 1.00000000000000 2011-05-01 1.44444444444445 2011-06-01 1.10741971207088 2011-07-01 1.32890365448505 2011-08-01 1.43964562569213 2011-09-01 1.88053097345132 2011-10-01 1.88053097345132 2011-11-01 1.99115044247788 2011-12-01 2.10176991150443 2012-01-01 3.19383259911895 2012-02-01 3.74862183020947 2012-03-01 3.85462555066078 2012-04-01 4.18041804180418 2012-05-01 4.05257393209201 2012-06-01 4.27163198247536 2012-07-01 4.04371584699454 2012-08-01 3.93013100436683 2012-09-01 3.80021715526602 2012-10-01 3.90879478827363 2012-11-01 3.57917570498916 2012-12-01 3.57529794149512 2013-01-01 2.66808964781217 2013-02-01 2.33793836344315 2013-03-01 2.22693531283140 2013-04-01 2.11193241816262 2013-05-01 1.89473684210525 2013-06-01 1.89075630252100 2013-07-01 2.10084033613446 2013-08-01 2.10084033613446 2013-09-01 1.88284518828453 2013-10-01 1.77638453500523 2013-11-01 1.78010471204189 2013-12-01 1.77824267782427 2014-01-01 1.45530145530144 2014-02-01 1.55763239875390 2014-03-01 1.55601659751037 2014-04-01 1.55118924508790 2014-05-01 1.65289256198348 2014-06-01 1.64948453608248 2014-07-01 1.74897119341564 2014-08-01 1.74897119341564 2014-09-01 1.74537987679670 2014-10-01 1.64271047227925 2014-11-01 1.74897119341564 2014-12-01 1.84994861253854 2015-01-01 1.84426229508198 2015-02-01 1.63599182004091 2015-03-01 1.63432073544432 2015-04-01 1.52749490835030 2015-05-01 1.72764227642274 2015-06-01 1.52129817444218 2015-07-01 1.31445904954498 2015-08-01 1.51668351870575 2015-09-01 1.41271442986883 2015-10-01 1.41414141414142 2015-11-01 1.31445904954498 2015-12-01 1.10998990918264 2016-01-01 1.10663983903421 2016-02-01 1.10663983903421 2016-03-01 1.30653266331658 2016-04-01 1.20361083249750 2016-05-01 0.99900099900100 2016-06-01 0.99900099900100 2016-07-01 1.19760479041916 2016-08-01 1.19521912350598 2016-09-01 1.09452736318407 2016-10-01 1.49402390438248 2016-11-01 2.19560878243513 2016-12-01 4.39121756487026 2017-01-01 4.77611940298506 2017-02-01 5.37313432835821 2017-03-01 5.45634920634920 2017-04-01 5.64915758176412 2017-05-01 5.73689416419390 2017-06-01 5.93471810089021 2017-07-01 6.01577909270216 2017-08-01 6.00393700787401 2017-09-01 6.79133858267716 2017-10-01 6.57507360157016 2017-11-01 6.05468750000000 2017-12-01 4.11089866156789 2018-01-01 3.79867046533714 2018-02-01 3.39943342776202 2018-03-01 3.38664158043274 2018-04-01 3.47091932457785 2018-05-01 3.64826941066416 2018-06-01 3.64145658263307 2018-07-01 3.62790697674420 2018-08-01 3.62116991643453 2018-09-01 3.13364055299539