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Table 3 Gross domestic product, implicit chain price indexes, quarterly change

Gross domestic product, implicit chain price indexes, quarterly change
  First quarter 2008 Second quarter 2008 Third quarter 2008 Fourth quarter 2008 First quarter 2009 Second quarter 2009
  Using seasonally adjusted data (2002=100)
  quarterly % change
Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services 0.4 0.8 0.9 -0.5 0.1 0.2
Business gross fixed capital formation 0.8 1.4 1.3 3.3 0.3 -1.0
Exports of goods and services 5.8 7.4 3.1 -4.1 -7.1 -3.3
Imports of goods and services 3.7 3.8 4.5 5.7 -1.6 -4.3
Gross domestic product at market prices 1.4 2.4 0.8 -2.9 -1.6 0.3
Final domestic demand 0.6 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.0