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| Fourth quarter 2003 | First quarter 2004 | Second quarter 2004 | Third quarter 2004 | Fourth quarter 2004 | First quarter 2005 | 2003 | 2004 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chained (1997) dollars | ||||||||
| Personal expenditure on consumer goods and services | 0.3 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Durable goods | -15.8 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 11.3 | 2.1 | 3.1 |
| Semi-durable goods | -1.1 | 13.9 | 4.4 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 3.4 | 5.5 |
| Non-durable goods | 2.0 | 5.0 | -0.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Services | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Government current expenditure on goods and services | 5.0 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Government gross fixed capital formation | 8.0 | 12.2 | -1.4 | -0.3 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| Government investment in inventories 2 | 32 | -100 | 292 | -88 | -352 | 248 | 54 | 5 |
| Business gross fixed capital formation | 8.2 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| Residential structures | 8.2 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 5.2 | -1.7 | 6.2 | 8.3 |
| Non-residential structures | 3.3 | -5.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
| Machinery and equipment | 11.8 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 11.4 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 6.4 | 9.8 |
| Business investment in inventories 2 | 7,573 | -5,777 | -1,903 | 15,190 | 5,311 | -6,842 | 9,252 | 464 |
| Non-farm 2 | 7,910 | -4,939 | -1,444 | 14,941 | 4,950 | -6,245 | 4,936 | 1,132 |
| Farm 2 | -589 | -864 | -512 | -84 | 270 | -541 | 4,193 | -916 |
| Exports of goods and services | 13.8 | 0.3 | 19.0 | -2.8 | -3.1 | 5.9 | -2.1 | 5.0 |
| Goods | 14.1 | 1.1 | 21.2 | -3.2 | -4.0 | 6.0 | -1.8 | 5.4 |
| Services | 11.7 | -4.3 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 5.5 | -4.0 | 2.5 |
| Deduct: Imports of goods and services | 20.9 | 1.1 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 4.1 | 8.1 |
| Goods | 21.2 | 1.0 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 3.6 | 8.3 |
| Services | 19.8 | 1.2 | -0.1 | -3.4 | 17.2 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 7.3 |
| Statistical discrepancy 2 | -271 | -488 | 580 | 625 | 1,620 | 676 | 222 | -88 |
| Gross domestic product at market prices | 3.6 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
| Final domestic demand | 2.8 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 1 Quarter to quarter percentage change, annualized. |
| 2 Actual change in millions of dollars, at annual rates. |