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Real Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, quarterly percentage change 1

Standard symbols

  Third quarter 2004 Fourth quarter 2004 First quarter 2005 Second quarter 2005 Third quarter 2005 Fourth quarter 2005 2004 2005
millions of chained (1997) dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services
642,702
648,794
658,442
664,610
668,614
673,414
640,630
666,270
0.9
0.9
1.5
0.9
0.6
0.7
3.4
4.0
Durable goods
98,552
100,130
102,180
104,140
104,951
104,589
98,119
103,965
1.3
1.6
2.0
1.9
0.8
-0.3
3.1
6.0
Semi-durable goods
60,337
60,344
61,785
62,667
62,564
63,533
59,583
62,637
2.0
0.0
2.4
1.4
-0.2
1.5
5.5
5.1
Non-durable goods
143,747
145,154
146,650
146,871
147,127
147,565
143,583
147,053
0.7
1.0
1.0
0.2
0.2
0.3
2.3
2.4
Services
341,202
344,352
349,236
352,667
355,772
359,491
340,385
354,292
0.6
0.9
1.4
1.0
0.9
1.0
3.7
4.1
Government current expenditure on goods and services
210,713
211,801
213,012
214,702
217,041
218,992
210,049
215,937
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.8
1.1
0.9
2.7
2.8
Government gross fixed capital formation
31,614
31,894
32,511
32,656
33,053
33,932
31,722
33,038
-0.1
0.9
1.9
0.4
1.2
2.7
4.9
4.2
Government investment in inventories
136
-216
32
60
-24
24
19
23
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Business gross fixed capital formation
209,654
213,796
217,177
219,960
225,012
229,688
208,500
222,959
1.8
2.0
1.6
1.3
2.3
2.1
6.9
6.9
Residential structures
67,165
68,019
67,650
68,762
69,180
69,418
66,562
68,753
1.7
1.3
-0.5
1.6
0.6
0.3
8.3
3.3
Non-residential structures
48,018
48,124
49,521
50,311
51,721
53,246
47,936
51,200
0.4
0.2
2.9
1.6
2.8
2.9
0.8
6.8
Machinery and equipment
94,175
97,838
100,597
101,313
104,989
108,329
93,754
103,807
2.7
3.9
2.8
0.7
3.6
3.2
9.8
10.7
Business investment in inventories
17,308
22,619
17,724
12,944
14,401
11,937
11,517
14,252
...
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Non-farm
14,331
19,281
14,532
9,883
11,693
9,062
8,459
11,293
...
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Farm
2,285
2,555
2,514
2,466
2,034
2,234
2,523
2,312
...
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Exports of goods and services
465,940
462,289
466,045
465,418
473,836
484,795
461,675
472,524
-0.7
-0.8
0.8
-0.1
1.8
2.3
5.0
2.3
Goods
408,164
404,037
407,858
407,220
416,155
426,700
403,962
414,483
-0.8
-1.0
0.9
-0.2
2.2
2.5
5.4
2.6
Services
57,991
58,439
58,399
58,407
57,924
58,344
57,909
58,269
0.0
0.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.8
0.7
2.5
0.6
Deduct: Imports of goods and services
446,727
455,772
464,293
460,524
471,894
484,829
439,619
470,385
3.0
2.0
1.9
-0.8
2.5
2.7
8.1
7.0
Goods
381,683
387,869
396,511
392,004
403,623
416,130
373,301
402,067
3.8
1.6
2.2
-1.1
3.0
3.1
8.3
7.7
Services
65,358
68,008
68,093
68,645
68,672
69,324
66,306
68,684
-0.9
4.1
0.1
0.8
0.0
0.9
7.3
3.6
Statistical discrepancy
-440
1,180
533
1,698
928
-899
-493
565
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Gross domestic product at market prices
1,131,229
1,137,256
1,143,107
1,153,132
1,163,112
1,170,432
1,124,428
1,157,446
0.9
0.5
0.5
0.9
0.9
0.6
2.9
2.9
Final domestic demand
1,093,886
1,105,353
1,120,072
1,130,812
1,142,486
1,154,624
1,090,105
1,136,999
0.9
1.0
1.3
1.0
1.0
1.1
3.9
4.3
1 The first line is the series itself expressed in millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates. The second line, italicized, is the period to period percentage change.