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Description of chart 3 – Exports and imports

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The title of the graph is "Exports and imports."
This is a combined line chart.
There are in total 21 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at -12 and ends at 8 with ticks every 2 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "quarterly % change, chained (2007) dollars."
The units of the horizontal axis are quarters by year from third quarter 2007 to third quarter 2012.
The title of series 1 is " Real exports of goods and services."
This series is a column clustered chart.
The minimum value is -8.2 occurring in first quarter 2009.
The maximum value is 5 occurring in third quarter 2011.
The title of series 2 is " Real imports of goods and services."
This series is a line chart.
The minimum value is -9.9 occurring in first quarter 2009.
The maximum value is 6.1 occurring in third quarter 2009.

Exports and imports, quarterly % change, chained (2007) dollars
  Real exports of goods and services Real imports of goods and services
third quarter 2007 -1.7 2.4
fourth quarter 2007 -2.4 1.9
first quarter 2008 -1.4 0.1
second quarter 2008 0.9 0.9
third quarter 2008 -0.8 -2.8
fourth quarter 2008 -4.7 -6.2
first quarter 2009 -8.2 -9.9
second quarter 2009 -4.1 -0.9
third quarter 2009 3.0 6.1
fourth quarter 2009 1.2 3.6
first quarter 2010 2.2 4.1
second quarter 2010 3.4 3.3
third quarter 2010 -0.2 1.7
fourth quarter 2010 1.6 0.4
first quarter 2011 0.1 2.2
second quarter 2011 -0.4 2.0
third quarter 2011 5.0 -0.2
fourth quarter 2011 1.1 0.9
first quarter 2012 -0.8 0.9
second quarter 2012 0.0 0.5
third quarter 2012 -2.0 0.4