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Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, current prices and quarterly percentage change 1

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  Third quarter 2004 Fourth quarter 2004 First quarter 2005 Second quarter 2005 Third quarter 2005 Fourth quarter 2005 2004 2005
millions of dollars
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services
724,980
734,376
747,724
758,608
767,716
773,800
721,235
761,962
1.1
1.3
1.8
1.5
1.2
0.8
4.9
5.6
Durable goods
95,236
96,964
98,968
100,248
101,144
100,796
95,075
100,289
0.9
1.8
2.1
1.3
0.9
-0.3
1.6
5.5
Semi-durable goods
62,116
62,140
63,812
64,520
64,576
65,196
61,515
64,526
1.5
0.0
2.7
1.1
0.1
1.0
4.9
4.9
Non-durable goods
178,728
182,132
184,904
187,776
191,772
192,400
177,572
189,213
1.4
1.9
1.5
1.6
2.1
0.3
5.4
6.6
Services
388,900
393,140
400,040
406,064
410,224
415,408
387,073
407,934
0.9
1.1
1.8
1.5
1.0
1.3
5.5
5.4
Government current expenditure on goods and services
249,356
252,176
256,216
261,036
264,476
267,748
248,534
262,369
0.5
1.1
1.6
1.9
1.3
1.2
5.0
5.6
Government gross fixed capital formation
33,272
33,380
34,168
34,760
35,332
36,256
33,091
35,129
0.5
0.3
2.4
1.7
1.6
2.6
6.9
6.2
Government investment in inventories
156
-256
36
72
-32
32
21
27
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Business gross fixed capital formation
228,744
231,452
237,172
242,224
247,272
252,880
225,867
244,887
1.8
1.2
2.5
2.1
2.1
2.3
9.1
8.4
Residential structures
84,876
86,516
87,144
89,212
90,312
91,712
83,557
89,595
2.2
1.9
0.7
2.4
1.2
1.6
14.5
7.2
Non-residential structures
57,828
58,500
60,728
62,588
64,944
67,492
57,139
63,938
2.1
1.2
3.8
3.1
3.8
3.9
6.0
11.9
Machinery and equipment
86,040
86,436
89,300
90,424
92,016
93,676
85,171
91,354
1.2
0.5
3.3
1.3
1.8
1.8
6.1
7.3
Business investment in inventories
13,636
19,436
13,984
8,276
8,776
6,840
7,758
9,469
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Non-farm
12,088
17,636
13,004
7,512
8,724
6,640
6,262
8,970
...
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Farm
1,548
1,800
980
764
52
200
1,496
499
...
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Exports of goods and services
505,948
490,136
494,208
504,488
524,752
549,576
492,580
518,256
-0.3
-3.1
0.8
2.1
4.0
4.7
6.8
5.2
Goods
442,276
425,736
429,712
439,752
459,908
484,232
429,140
453,401
-0.3
-3.7
0.9
2.3
4.6
5.3
7.2
5.7
Services
63,672
64,400
64,496
64,736
64,844
65,344
63,440
64,855
0.1
1.1
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.8
3.8
2.2
Deduct: Imports of goods and services
450,100
443,460
454,412
461,680
465,632
474,396
438,346
464,030
1.3
-1.5
2.5
1.6
0.9
1.9
5.8
5.9
Goods
375,832
368,000
378,156
383,808
388,412
396,620
363,079
386,749
2.2
-2.1
2.8
1.5
1.2
2.1
6.0
6.5
Services
74,268
75,460
76,256
77,872
77,220
77,776
75,267
77,281
-2.8
1.6
1.1
2.1
-0.8
0.7
4.9
2.7
Statistical discrepancy
-508
1,368
620
1,988
1,104
-1,084
-555
657
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Gross domestic product at market prices
1,305,484
1,318,608
1,329,716
1,349,772
1,383,764
1,411,652
1,290,185
1,368,726
1.7
1.0
0.8
1.5
2.5
2.0
6.1
6.1
Final domestic demand
1,236,352
1,251,384
1,275,280
1,296,628
1,314,796
1,330,684
1,228,727
1,304,347
1.1
1.2
1.9
1.7
1.4
1.2
5.7
6.2
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.