Quarter Percentage of GDP 1995-10-01 2.3 1996-01-01 2.2 1996-04-01 2.3 1996-07-01 2.8 1996-10-01 3.7 1997-01-01 4.0 1997-04-01 4.2 1997-07-01 4.5 1997-10-01 4.5 1998-01-01 5.0 1998-04-01 5.4 1998-07-01 6.0 1998-10-01 6.4 1999-01-01 6.5 1999-04-01 6.3 1999-07-01 6.6 1999-10-01 6.3 2000-01-01 6.5 2000-04-01 7.9 2000-07-01 7.3 2000-10-01 7.1 2001-01-01 7.7 2001-04-01 8.0 2001-07-01 9.1 2001-10-01 8.9 2002-01-01 9.7 2002-04-01 11.1 2002-07-01 12.4 2002-10-01 12.9 2003-01-01 13.4 2003-04-01 13.1 2003-07-01 13.3 2003-10-01 13.0 2004-01-01 13.0 2004-04-01 13.4 2004-07-01 13.4 2004-10-01 13.4 2005-01-01 13.5 2005-04-01 13.9 2005-07-01 14.6 2005-10-01 15.1 2006-01-01 15.5 2006-04-01 16.6 2006-07-01 17.6 2006-10-01 18.5 2007-01-01 19.4 2007-04-01 20.5 2007-07-01 21.9 2007-10-01 22.7 2008-01-01 23.8 2008-04-01 24.9 2008-07-01 26.7 2008-10-01 30.3 2009-01-01 31.8 2009-04-01 31.8 2009-07-01 31.8 2009-10-01 31.9 2010-01-01 31.9 2010-04-01 33.9 2010-07-01 33.6 2010-10-01 34.2 2011-01-01 33.7 2011-04-01 34.4 2011-07-01 35.6 2011-10-01 35.2 2012-01-01 34.4 2012-04-01 34.7 2012-07-01 34.2 2012-10-01 34.1 2013-01-01 34.5 2013-04-01 35.2 2013-07-01 35.4 2013-10-01 35.1 2014-01-01 35.3 2014-04-01 35.6 2014-07-01 35.9 2014-10-01 35.6 2015-01-01 36.2 2015-04-01 36.7 2015-07-01 36.4 2015-10-01 36.1 2016-01-01 36.0 2016-04-01 36.6 2016-07-01 36.4 2016-10-01 36.7 2017-01-01 36.1 2017-04-01 36.1 2017-07-01 35.7 2017-10-01 35.1 2018-01-01 35.2