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| Fourth quarter 2002 | First quarter 2003 | Second quarter 2003 | Third quarter 2003 | Fourth quarter 2003 | First quarter 2004 | 2002 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percentage points | ||||||||
| Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services | 0.564 | 0.434 | 0.448 | 0.609 | 0.096 | 0.751 | 1.872 | 1.799 |
| Durable goods | 0.198 | -0.053 | 0.074 | 0.195 | -0.334 | 0.137 | 0.624 | 0.158 |
| Semi-durable goods | 0.073 | 0.070 | 0.033 | 0.030 | -0.013 | 0.175 | 0.182 | 0.151 |
| Non-durable goods | 0.171 | 0.096 | -0.010 | 0.022 | 0.088 | 0.149 | 0.305 | 0.294 |
| Services | 0.122 | 0.321 | 0.351 | 0.362 | 0.354 | 0.290 | 0.761 | 1.197 |
| Government current expenditure on goods and services | 0.166 | 0.175 | 0.279 | 0.020 | 0.187 | 0.052 | 0.522 | 0.743 |
| Government gross fixed capital formation | -0.009 | 0.100 | 0.051 | 0.007 | 0.037 | 0.050 | 0.218 | 0.175 |
| Government investment in inventories | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.004 | -0.001 | -0.003 | -0.007 | -0.005 | 0.005 |
| Business gross fixed capital formation | -0.099 | 0.240 | 0.072 | 0.586 | 0.219 | 0.271 | 0.227 | 0.785 |
| Residential structures | 0.113 | 0.093 | -0.010 | 0.272 | 0.130 | 0.215 | 0.731 | 0.429 |
| Non-residential structures | -0.073 | 0.098 | 0.023 | 0.041 | 0.037 | -0.047 | -0.401 | 0.044 |
| Machinery and equipment | -0.139 | 0.050 | 0.059 | 0.274 | 0.052 | 0.103 | -0.103 | 0.312 |
| Business investment in inventories | 0.470 | 0.533 | -0.233 | -0.956 | 0.725 | -0.912 | 0.583 | 0.791 |
| Non-farm | 0.434 | 0.188 | -0.316 | -1.022 | 0.763 | -0.824 | 0.600 | 0.401 |
| Farm | 0.035 | 0.346 | 0.083 | 0.066 | -0.038 | -0.088 | -0.017 | 0.390 |
| Exports of goods and services | -0.868 | -0.505 | -0.508 | -0.183 | 0.835 | 0.566 | 0.542 | -0.915 |
| Goods | -0.881 | -0.265 | -0.364 | -0.214 | 0.767 | 0.571 | 0.334 | -0.705 |
| Services | 0.013 | -0.240 | -0.144 | 0.031 | 0.068 | -0.005 | 0.208 | -0.210 |
| Deduct: Imports of goods and services | -0.219 | 0.255 | 0.288 | -0.258 | 1.357 | 0.037 | 0.496 | 1.385 |
| Goods | -0.221 | 0.182 | 0.259 | -0.344 | 1.052 | -0.024 | 0.422 | 1.043 |
| Services | 0.002 | 0.073 | 0.030 | 0.086 | 0.305 | 0.061 | 0.074 | 0.343 |
| Statistical discrepancy | 0.022 | -0.045 | -0.009 | -0.002 | 0.075 | -0.143 | -0.020 | 0.025 |
| Gross domestic product at market prices | 0.465 | 0.683 | -0.184 | 0.338 | 0.814 | 0.591 | 3.444 | 2.023 |
| Final domestic demand | 0.621 | 0.950 | 0.850 | 1.222 | 0.539 | 1.124 | 2.840 | 3.503 |