Quarter Percentage of GDP 1996-10-01 12.0 1997-01-01 14.1 1997-04-01 14.7 1997-07-01 15.6 1997-10-01 15.8 1998-01-01 16.0 1998-04-01 16.4 1998-07-01 17.8 1998-10-01 17.6 1999-01-01 18.8 1999-04-01 21.4 1999-07-01 24.1 1999-10-01 24.9 2000-01-01 26.2 2000-04-01 28.7 2000-07-01 29.4 2000-10-01 30.4 2001-01-01 31.4 2001-04-01 32.6 2001-07-01 34.0 2001-10-01 35.5 2002-01-01 35.1 2002-04-01 36.8 2002-07-01 40.2 2002-10-01 40.5 2003-01-01 42.0 2003-04-01 41.2 2003-07-01 42.4 2003-10-01 42.1 2004-01-01 41.5 2004-04-01 40.4 2004-07-01 40.1 2004-10-01 38.7 2005-01-01 40.1 2005-04-01 38.8 2005-07-01 38.4 2005-10-01 39.6 2006-01-01 39.6 2006-04-01 40.1 2006-07-01 37.9 2006-10-01 37.1 2007-01-01 35.7 2007-04-01 35.5 2007-07-01 35.4 2007-10-01 34.1 2008-01-01 32.8 2008-04-01 31.9 2008-07-01 31.2 2008-10-01 31.1 2009-01-01 35.4 2009-04-01 34.0 2009-07-01 33.0 2009-10-01 35.0 2010-01-01 34.5 2010-04-01 35.4 2010-07-01 35.0 2010-10-01 35.2 2011-01-01 35.2 2011-04-01 33.1 2011-07-01 34.2 2011-10-01 33.8 2012-01-01 33.1 2012-04-01 32.6 2012-07-01 32.5 2012-10-01 32.2 2013-01-01 32.9 2013-04-01 33.0 2013-07-01 34.6 2013-10-01 34.1 2014-01-01 35.8 2014-04-01 35.1 2014-07-01 35.8 2014-10-01 38.2 2015-01-01 40.7 2015-04-01 42.0 2015-07-01 45.5 2015-10-01 44.2 2016-01-01 45.8 2016-04-01 45.8 2016-07-01 46.4 2016-10-01 47.6 2017-01-01 48.0 2017-04-01 48.0 2017-07-01 48.5 2017-10-01 48.4 2018-01-01 48.3