Quarter Percentage of GDP 1996-01-01 11.2 1996-04-01 10.7 1996-07-01 10.7 1996-10-01 10.6 1997-01-01 10.8 1997-04-01 11.0 1997-07-01 11.5 1997-10-01 11.4 1998-01-01 11.4 1998-04-01 11.3 1998-07-01 11.5 1998-10-01 11.4 1999-01-01 11.4 1999-04-01 11.3 1999-07-01 11.3 1999-10-01 11.1 2000-01-01 11.1 2000-04-01 12.6 2000-07-01 12.7 2000-10-01 12.6 2001-01-01 12.7 2001-04-01 9.8 2001-07-01 10.0 2001-10-01 10.1 2002-01-01 10.1 2002-04-01 10.1 2002-07-01 9.8 2002-10-01 9.6 2003-01-01 9.2 2003-04-01 9.2 2003-07-01 9.2 2003-10-01 9.2 2004-01-01 9.2 2004-04-01 9.6 2004-07-01 9.9 2004-10-01 10.5 2005-01-01 11.0 2005-04-01 11.2 2005-07-01 11.6 2005-10-01 12.2 2006-01-01 12.2 2006-04-01 12.6 2006-07-01 12.9 2006-10-01 13.5 2007-01-01 13.5 2007-04-01 13.7 2007-07-01 14.6 2007-10-01 15.4 2008-01-01 15.7 2008-04-01 16.1 2008-07-01 16.7 2008-10-01 17.3 2009-01-01 17.1 2009-04-01 17.5 2009-07-01 18.3 2009-10-01 19.0 2010-01-01 19.1 2010-04-01 19.5 2010-07-01 20.6 2010-10-01 21.6 2011-01-01 21.6 2011-04-01 21.8 2011-07-01 22.0 2011-10-01 22.8 2012-01-01 22.8 2012-04-01 23.4 2012-07-01 23.5 2012-10-01 24.1 2013-01-01 24.4 2013-04-01 24.9 2013-07-01 25.3 2013-10-01 25.9 2014-01-01 25.0 2014-04-01 24.6 2014-07-01 24.2 2014-10-01 24.1 2015-01-01 24.8 2015-04-01 25.7 2015-07-01 26.7 2015-10-01 27.6 2016-01-01 27.1 2016-04-01 26.6 2016-07-01 25.9 2016-10-01 25.8 2017-01-01 25.3 2017-04-01 24.6 2017-07-01 25.1 2017-10-01 24.7 2018-01-01 24.6