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US Gross Domestic Product: Third Quarter 2003 (Advance)

News Release: Gross Domestic Product

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: THIRD QUARTER 2003 (ADVANCE)

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 7.2 percent in the third quarter of 2003, according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 3.3 percent.

The Bureau emphasized that the third-quarter "advance" estimates are based on source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency (see the box on page 3). The third-quarter "preliminary" estimates, based on more comprehensive data, will be released on November 25, 2003.

The major contributors to the increase in real GDP in the third quarter were personal consumption expenditures (PCE), equipment and software, residential fixed investment, and exports. The contributions of these components were partly offset by a negative contribution from private inventory investment.

BOX The Bureau of Economic Analysis plans to release the results of its 12th comprehensive (or benchmark) revision of the national income and product accounts (NIPAs) on December 10, 2003. An article in the June 2003 issue of the Survey of Current Business discussed the changes in definitions and concepts that will be implemented in the revision; an article in the August 2003 issue described changes in presentation, including new and redesigned tables; and an article in the September 2003 issue described changes in statistical methods. Information is available on BEA's Web site:

FOOTNOTE.--Quarterly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. Quarter-to-quarter dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Percent changes are calculated from unrounded data and annualized. "Real" estimates are in chained (1996) dollars. Price indexes are chain-type measures.

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The acceleration in real GDP growth in the third quarter primarily reflected an acceleration in PCE, a deceleration in imports, an upturn in exports, and accelerations in residential fixed investment and in equipment and software that were partly offset by a deceleration in federal national defense spending.

Final sales of computers contributed 0.50 percentage point to the third-quarter change in real GDP after contributing 0.18 percentage point to the second-quarter change. Motor vehicle output increased in the third quarter and decreased in the second. Motor vehicle output contributed 1.17 percentage points to the third-quarter change in real GDP after subtracting 0.11 percentage point from the second-quarter change.

The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents, increased 1.9 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent in the second. Excluding food and energy prices, the price index for gross domestic purchases increased 1.5 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 0.8 percent in the second.

Real personal consumption expenditures increased 6.6 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 3.8 percent in the second. Durable goods purchases increased 26.9 percent, compared with an increase of 24.3 percent. Nondurable goods increased 7.9 percent, compared with an increase of 1.4 percent. Services expenditures increased 2.2 percent, compared with an increase of 1.4 percent.

Real nonresidential fixed investment increased 11.1 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 7.3 percent in the second. Nonresidential structures decreased 2.4 percent, in contrast to an increase of 4.2 percent. Equipment and software increased 15.4 percent, compared with an increase of 8.3 percent. Real residential fixed investment increased 20.4 percent, compared with an increase of 6.6 percent.

Real exports of goods and services increased 9.3 percent in the third quarter, in contrast to a decrease of 1.0 percent in the second. Real imports of goods and services increased 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 8.8 percent.

Real federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment increased 1.4 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 25.5 percent in the second. National defense was unchanged in the third quarter, in contrast to an increase of 45.8 percent in the second. Nondefense increased 4.1 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 5.4 percent. Real state and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment increased 1.3 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent.

The real change in private inventories subtracted 0.67 percentage point from the third-quarter change in real GDP, after subtracting 0.74 percentage point from the second-quarter change. Private businesses reduced inventories $35.8 billion in the third quarter, following a decrease of $17.6 billion in the second quarter and an increase of $4.8 billion in the first.

Real final sales of domestic product -- GDP less change in private inventories -- increased 7.8 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 4.0 percent in the second.

Gross domestic purchases

Real gross domestic purchases -- purchases by U.S. residents of goods and services wherever produced -- increased 6.0 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 4.4 percent in the second.

Disposition of personal income

Current-dollar personal income increased $91.0 billion (4.0 percent) in the third quarter, compared with an increase of $75.8 billion (3.4 percent) in the second. Personal tax and nontax payments decreased $100.0 billion (32.1 percent), in contrast to an increase of $9.0 billion (3.4 percent). The downturn in taxes reflected the lower withholding rates and the advance payments of child tax credits mandated by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

Disposable personal income increased $191.0 billion in the third quarter, compared with an increase of $66.8 billion in the second. Real disposable personal income increased 7.2 percent, compared with an increase of 2.6 percent.

Personal outlays increased $174.0 billion (9.2 percent) in the third quarter, compared with an increase of $86.1 billion (4.5 percent) in the second. Personal saving -- disposable personal income less personal outlays -- was $276.7 billion in the third quarter, compared with $259.7 billion in the second. The personal saving rate -- saving as a percentage of disposable personal income -- increased from 3.2 percent in the second quarter to 3.3 percent in the third.

Current-dollar GDP

Current-dollar GDP -- the market value of the nation's output of goods and services -- increased 9.0 percent, or $235.7 billion, in the third quarter to a level of $11,038.4 billion. In the second quarter, current-dollar GDP increased 4.3 percent, or $114.3 billion.

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Next release -- November 25, 2003, at 8:30 A.M. EST for: Gross Domestic Product: Third Quarter 2003 (Preliminary) Corporate Profits: Third Quarter 2003

Comparisons of Revisions to GDP

Quarterly estimates of GDP are released on the following schedule: "Advance" estimates, based on source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency, are released near the end of the first month after the end of the quarter; as more detailed and more comprehensive data become available, "preliminary" and "final" estimates are released near the end of the second and third months, respectively. The "latest" estimates reflect the results of both annual and comprehensive revisions.

Annual revisions are usually carried out each summer and cover the quarters of the most recent calendar year and of the 2 preceding years. Comprehensive (or benchmark) revisions are carried out at about 5-year intervals and incorporate definitional and classificational changes that update the accounts to portray more accurately the evolving U.S. economy and statistical changes that update the accounts to reflect the introduction of new and improved methodologies and the incorporation of newly available and revised source data.

The table below shows comparisons of the revisions between quarterly percent changes of GDP for the different vintages of the estimates. These comparisons can be used to assess the likely size of future revisions. For example, two-thirds of the revisions between the quarterly change in the advance estimate of real GDP and that in the final estimate were within a range of -0.6 to +0.9 percentage point. Thus, based on past history, the third-quarter change in real GDP now estimated at 7.2 percent at an annual rate, is not likely to be revised below 6.6 percent or above 8.1 percent in the next two releases.

Revisions Between Quarterly Percent Changes of GDP: Vintage Comparisons
[Annual rates]

Vintages Average without Range
compared regard to sign Two-thirds Nine-tenths
of revisions of revisions

Current-dollar GDP

Advance to preliminary..... 0.6 -0.5 to 0.8 -0.9 to 1.4
Advance to final........... .7 - .7 to 1.0 -1.0 to 1.6
Preliminary to final....... .3 - .3 to .4 - .6 to .7
Advance to latest.......... 1.3 - .6 to 2.0 -1.8 to 3.6
Preliminary to latest...... 1.2 -1.0 to 1.6 -1.5 to 3.0
Final to latest............ 1.2 -0.9 to 1.8 -1.6 to 2.9

Real GDP

Advance to preliminary..... 0.5 -0.5 to 0.7 -0.9 to 1.2
Advance to final........... .6 - .6 to .9 -1.0 to 1.3
Preliminary to final....... .3 - .3 to .4 - .5 to .6
Advance to latest.......... 1.4 -1.1 to 1.9 -1.5 to 3.2
Preliminary to latest...... 1.3 -1.0 to 1.9 -1.7 to 2.8
Final to latest........... 1.4 -1.1 to 2.1 -1.7 to 3.0

NOTE.--These comparisons are based on the period from 1978 through 2001 for the first three comparisons in each group and on the period from
1978 through 1999 for the last three comparisons in each group.

Table 1.--Real Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Percent Change From Preceding Period
[Percent; quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]

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2000 2001 2002 IV 99 I 00 II 00 III 00 IV 00 I 01 II 01 III 01 IV 01 I 02 II 02 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03
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Gross domestic product (GDP). 3.8 .3 2.4 7.1 2.6 4.8 .6 1.1 -.6 -1.6 -.3 2.7 5.0 1.3 4.0 1.4 1.4 3.3 7.2

Personal consumption expenditures... 4.4 2.5 3.1 5.0 5.3 3.0 3.8 2.1 2.4 1.4 1.5 6.0 3.1 1.8 4.2 1.7 2.0 3.8 6.6
Durable goods..................... 8.2 6.0 7.3 10.1 17.8 -3.7 8.1 -5.3 11.5 5.3 4.6 33.6 -6.3 2.0 22.8 -8.2 -2.0 24.3 26.9
Nondurable goods.................. 3.9 2.0 3.2 7.5 2.2 4.9 2.0 2.7 2.3 -.3 1.3 3.6 7.9 -.1 1.0 5.1 6.1 1.4 7.9
Services.......................... 3.8 2.0 2.2 2.8 4.4 3.6 3.9 3.3 .6 1.5 .9 2.1 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.2 .9 1.4 2.2

Gross private domestic investment... 6.2 -10.7 1.0 13.7 2.3 17.3 -6.0 -3.4 -19.7 -17.6 -5.2 -17.3 18.2 7.9 3.6 6.3 -5.3 2.0 9.3
Fixed investment.................. 6.1 -3.8 -3.1 2.9 13.3 6.7 .2 -2.4 -2.2 -11.1 -4.3 -8.9 -.5 -1.0 -.3 4.4 -.1 7.1 14.0
Nonresidential.................. 7.8 -5.2 -5.7 3.0 15.0 10.2 3.5 -3.2 -5.4 -14.5 -6.0 -10.9 -5.8 -2.4 -.8 2.3 -4.4 7.3 11.1
Structures.................... 6.5 -1.7 -16.4 6.1 13.8 8.2 12.1 3.6 -3.1 -8.4 2.9 -30.1 -14.2 -17.6 -21.4 -9.9 -2.9 4.2 -2.4
Equipment and software........ 8.2 -6.4 -1.7 2.1 15.5 10.9 .9 -5.4 -6.3 -16.7 -9.2 -2.5 -2.7 3.3 6.7 6.2 -4.8 8.3 15.4
Residential..................... 1.1 .3 3.9 2.7 8.3 -3.0 -9.3 .0 8.2 -.5 .4 -3.5 14.2 2.7 1.1 9.4 10.1 6.6 20.4
Change in private inventories..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

Net exports of goods and services... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports........................... 9.7 -5.4 -1.6 12.6 7.7 14.6 11.6 -4.0 -6.0 -12.4 -17.3 -9.6 3.5 14.3 4.6 -5.8 -1.3 -1.0 9.3
Goods........................... 11.3 -5.9 -3.6 15.3 6.7 16.1 19.5 -7.1 -6.1 -16.1 -18.6 -7.9 -3.4 15.9 4.1 -11.5 1.9 -1.6 7.6
Services........................ 6.0 -4.0 3.2 6.4 10.2 11.2 -5.9 4.4 -6.0 -2.5 -13.9 -13.8 21.7 10.7 5.9 8.0 -8.0 .5 13.2
Imports........................... 13.2 -2.9 3.7 9.4 14.7 18.6 13.8 -1.6 -7.9 -6.8 -11.8 -5.3 8.5 22.2 3.3 7.4 -6.2 8.8 .1
Goods........................... 13.5 -3.3 3.9 9.8 13.7 20.3 13.6 -1.8 -9.2 -9.4 -9.6 -3.3 3.7 27.9 3.4 6.2 -6.7 13.5 -2.6
Services........................ 11.6 -.5 2.1 7.1 20.6 9.6 15.1 -.5 .3 8.5 -23.2 -16.5 35.7 -2.1 3.1 13.0 -4.0 -11.4 13.9

Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment............... 2.7 3.7 4.4 7.1 -1.2 4.6 -1.0 2.9 5.7 5.6 -1.1 10.5 5.6 1.4 2.9 4.6 .4 8.5 1.3
Federal........................... 1.3 4.8 7.5 9.9 -13.2 16.0 -7.2 2.0 9.5 6.0 1.2 13.5 7.4 7.5 4.3 11.0 .7 25.5 1.4
National defense................ -.1 5.0 9.3 10.0 -19.9 15.0 -6.1 4.7 8.3 2.7 4.6 14.3 11.6 7.8 6.9 11.0 -3.3 45.8 .0
Nondefense...................... 3.6 4.5 4.3 9.7 .3 17.9 -9.2 -2.6 11.8 12.0 -4.5 12.1 .4 6.9 -.3 11.1 8.4 -5.4 4.1
State and local................... 3.5 3.1 2.8 5.6 5.6 -.8 2.4 3.3 3.8 5.4 -2.3 8.9 4.6 -1.7 2.2 1.2 .2 -.2 1.3

Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product... 3.7 1.5 1.8 5.2 4.4 3.1 1.7 1.3 2.8 -.4 -.2 4.2 2.4 -.1 3.4 1.1 2.3 4.0 7.8
Gross domestic purchases.......... 4.4 .4 3.0 6.8 3.6 5.7 1.2 1.3 -1.1 -1.1 -.1 2.9 5.6 2.6 3.9 2.9 .6 4.4 6.0
Final sales to domestic
purchasers....................... 4.3 1.6 2.4 5.0 5.4 3.9 2.4 1.4 2.2 .0 .1 4.3 3.0 1.3 3.3 2.6 1.4 5.1 6.6
Gross national product (GNP)...... 3.7 .2 2.1 7.6 2.2 5.1 .2 1.6 -1.4 -.8 -1.1 3.7 3.7 .4 4.4 1.4 1.4 3.5 .....
Disposable personal income........ 4.8 1.8 4.2 4.8 8.4 4.8 4.3 1.8 -.1 -.6 10.5 -7.6 14.5 3.9 1.8 1.4 1.6 2.6 7.2

Current-dollar measures:
GDP............................. 5.9 2.6 3.6 8.9 5.7 7.3 2.2 3.2 3.0 .9 1.9 2.2 6.5 2.5 5.1 3.2 3.8 4.3 9.0
Final sales of domestic product. 5.9 3.9 3.0 7.0 7.6 5.5 3.4 3.4 6.6 2.1 2.0 3.6 3.7 1.2 4.5 2.9 4.8 5.1 9.7
Gross domestic purchases........ 7.0 2.4 4.2 9.1 7.4 8.0 3.4 3.4 2.1 .6 -.2 3.4 6.9 4.9 5.2 4.7 4.1 4.8 8.0
Final sales to domestic
purchasers..................... 7.0 3.6 3.6 7.3 9.3 6.2 4.6 3.6 5.5 1.7 -.1 4.8 4.2 3.6 4.6 4.4 5.0 5.5 8.7
GNP............................. 5.9 2.6 3.3 9.4 5.3 7.5 1.9 3.7 2.2 1.7 1.1 3.2 5.1 1.6 5.5 3.3 3.8 4.6 .....
Disposable personal income...... 7.4 3.8 5.6 7.3 12.2 7.2 6.4 4.0 3.2 1.2 10.4 -6.9 15.8 6.7 3.5 3.2 4.3 3.4 9.8

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See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

Table 2.--Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
[Quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]

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2000 2001 2002 IV 99 I 00 II 00 III 00 IV 00 I 01 II 01 III 01 IV 01 I 02 II 02 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03
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Percent change at annual rate:

Gross domestic product.......... 3.8 .3 2.4 7.1 2.6 4.8 .6 1.1 -.6 -1.6 -.3 2.7 5.0 1.3 4.0 1.4 1.4 3.3 7.2

Percentage points at annual rates:

Personal consumption expenditures. 2.94 1.67 2.15 3.45 3.54 2.11 2.54 1.37 1.53 .92 .97 4.05 2.22 1.22 2.93 1.19 1.40 2.68 4.66
Durable goods................... .65 .48 .59 .81 1.36 -.30 .63 -.44 .87 .42 .36 2.45 -.55 .16 1.74 -.72 -.17 1.79 2.05
Nondurable goods................ .77 .39 .64 1.48 .45 .99 .40 .52 .45 -.07 .25 .73 1.57 -.02 .22 1.01 1.21 .28 1.61
Services........................ 1.51 .80 .92 1.16 1.73 1.43 1.51 1.29 .21 .57 .35 .87 1.20 1.08 .97 .90 .36 .60 1.00

Gross private domestic investment. 1.08 -1.90 .15 2.32 .39 2.92 -1.09 -.55 -3.65 -3.09 -.81 -2.88 2.53 1.16 .55 .93 -.83 .30 1.37
Fixed investment................ 1.03 -.65 -.50 .53 2.15 1.15 .04 -.41 -.38 -1.95 -.72 -1.49 -.07 -.15 -.03 .65 -.02 1.05 2.04
Nonresidential................ .98 -.66 -.68 .41 1.80 1.28 .46 -.41 -.71 -1.93 -.73 -1.33 -.66 -.27 -.08 .24 -.47 .74 1.12
Structures.................. .20 -.05 -.52 .18 .40 .25 .37 .12 -.10 -.29 .10 -1.12 -.44 -.53 -.62 -.25 -.07 .10 -.05
Equipment and software...... .78 -.61 -.15 .22 1.41 1.03 .09 -.53 -.61 -1.64 -.83 -.21 -.22 .26 .53 .49 -.40 .64 1.18
Residential................... .05 .01 .18 .12 .35 -.13 -.42 .00 .34 -.02 .02 -.16 .60 .12 .05 .41 .45 .31 .92
Change in private inventories... .06 -1.24 .65 1.80 -1.77 1.77 -1.12 -.14 -3.27 -1.14 -.09 -1.39 2.60 1.31 .58 .28 -.82 -.74 -.67

Net exports of goods and services. -.75 -.18 -.67 .04 -1.17 -1.00 -.72 -.23 .53 -.42 -.24 -.28 -.75 -1.40 -.01 -1.59 .78 -1.29 .84
Exports......................... 1.04 -.59 -.17 1.31 .82 1.53 1.25 -.46 -.69 -1.42 -1.94 -.99 .33 1.29 .45 -.59 -.13 -.09 .88
Goods......................... .85 -.47 -.26 1.11 .51 1.18 1.44 -.60 -.49 -1.34 -1.49 -.56 -.23 .99 .28 -.82 .13 -.10 .50
Services...................... .19 -.13 .09 .20 .31 .35 -.19 .14 -.20 -.08 -.45 -.42 .56 .30 .17 .23 -.25 .02 .38
Imports......................... -1.79 .42 -.50 -1.27 -1.99 -2.54 -1.97 .23 1.22 1.00 1.70 .70 -1.08 -2.69 -.47 -1.00 .91 -1.21 -.04
Goods......................... -1.54 .40 -.43 -1.12 -1.56 -2.32 -1.64 .22 1.21 1.18 1.17 .37 -.40 -2.74 -.40 -.71 .81 -1.50 .29
Services...................... -.24 .01 -.07 -.15 -.43 -.21 -.32 .01 .01 -.18 .53 .33 -.68 .05 -.07 -.30 .10 .30 -.33

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment .49 .65 .81 1.26 -.20 .83 -.18 .51 .99 1.00 -.21 1.85 1.04 .27 .56 .85 .08 1.59 .27
Federal......................... .08 .29 .47 .60 -.85 .91 -.45 .12 .54 .36 .07 .80 .47 .47 .29 .70 .05 1.61 .11
National defense.............. .00 .19 .37 .39 -.86 .54 -.24 .17 .30 .10 .18 .54 .46 .32 .29 .46 -.15 1.74 .01
Nondefense.................... .08 .10 .10 .21 .01 .37 -.21 -.06 .24 .25 -.11 .26 .01 .16 -.01 .25 .20 -.13 .10
State and local................. .41 .36 .34 .67 .65 -.08 .28 .39 .45 .64 -.28 1.05 .56 -.21 .27 .15 .03 -.02 .16

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See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

Table 3.--Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Level and Change From Preceding Period

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Billions of current dollars Billions of chained (1996) dollars
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Seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change from preceding
at annual rates at annual rates period
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2002 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03 2002 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03 2002 II 03 III 03
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Gross domestic product (GDP)... 10,446.2 10,506.2 10,588.8 10,688.4 10,802.7 11,038.4 9,439.9 9,485.6 9,518.2 9,552.0 9,629.4 9,797.2 225.4 77.4 167.8

Personal consumption expenditures. 7,303.7 7,360.7 7,425.4 7,512.5 7,598.6 7,766.5 6,576.0 6,609.9 6,637.9 6,670.9 6,733.9 6,842.1 198.8 63.0 108.2

Durable goods................... 871.9 897.8 873.9 861.2 900.5 947.0 999.9 1,032.4 1,010.6 1,005.4 1,061.5 1,126.6 68.0 56.1 65.1
Motor vehicles and parts...... 376.1 400.7 375.9 366.5 392.2 422.9 382.4 407.6 382.8 374.9 403.0 437.5 20.5 28.1 34.5
Furniture and household
equipment.................... 318.7 319.2 319.4 314.9 321.8 330.5 438.1 441.4 447.5 447.8 466.6 489.1 40.1 18.8 22.5
Other......................... 177.1 177.9 178.6 179.8 186.5 193.5 185.8 187.0 188.1 191.3 199.1 205.8 10.5 7.8 6.7

Nondurable goods................ 2,115.0 2,116.9 2,150.0 2,206.8 2,203.3 2,265.8 1,929.5 1,925.8 1,950.0 1,978.9 1,985.6 2,023.7 59.7 6.7 38.1
Food.......................... 1,029.4 1,024.8 1,043.9 1,070.1 1,078.4 1,103.6 902.3 897.9 910.7 929.7 931.4 947.4 15.3 1.7 16.0
Clothing and shoes............ 324.3 321.0 326.6 324.5 326.1 334.6 357.0 355.3 361.8 364.0 369.3 378.2 19.3 5.3 8.9
Gasoline, fuel oil, and
other energy goods........... 173.5 178.2 184.7 211.1 193.8 207.6 157.5 157.5 158.9 159.2 156.9 159.7 6.3 -2.3 2.8
Gasoline and oil............ 158.5 163.5 167.4 191.4 176.8 189.8 145.1 145.4 145.1 146.2 145.2 147.1 6.3 -1.0 1.9
Fuel oil and coal........... 15.0 14.7 17.3 19.7 17.0 17.8 12.7 12.4 14.0 13.3 12.1 12.9 .1 -1.2 .8
Other......................... 587.8 592.9 594.8 601.1 605.1 619.9 515.8 518.0 521.9 528.9 532.2 543.2 20.3 3.3 11.0

Services........................ 4,316.8 4,346.0 4,401.5 4,444.6 4,494.8 4,553.8 3,675.6 3,687.0 3,707.0 3,714.9 3,728.0 3,748.5 80.7 13.1 20.5
Housing....................... 1,071.5 1,078.0 1,090.1 1,101.9 1,110.9 1,124.0 880.1 882.1 885.8 889.9 893.8 899.2 14.1 3.9 5.4
Household operation........... 405.2 406.3 414.2 422.4 422.3 428.0 384.7 384.7 389.9 388.5 384.0 389.1 2.1 -4.5 5.1
Electricity and gas......... 148.2 147.4 156.5 162.1 161.1 164.9 136.4 135.7 142.8 140.7 134.2 137.2 1.9 -6.5 3.0
Other household operation... 257.0 258.9 257.7 260.4 261.2 263.1 248.4 249.1 247.0 247.8 250.5 252.3 .2 2.7 1.8
Transportation................ 275.8 276.1 278.3 278.0 277.8 281.6 250.3 249.8 250.1 250.1 248.0 247.5 -.8 -2.1 -.5
Medical care.................. 1,148.5 1,158.8 1,176.9 1,192.0 1,213.8 1,239.6 978.6 984.4 992.0 1,002.1 1,012.7 1,024.0 40.3 10.6 11.3
Recreation.................... 285.1 285.9 291.8 292.7 297.2 299.8 237.5 237.1 240.3 238.8 240.9 241.5 4.3 2.1 .6
Other......................... 1,130.7 1,140.9 1,150.2 1,157.5 1,172.8 1,180.8 942.7 947.0 947.5 943.8 946.3 945.2 20.0 2.5 -1.1

Gross private domestic investment. 1,593.2 1,597.3 1,628.1 1,611.2 1,616.5 1,656.0 1,589.6 1,598.0 1,622.4 1,600.4 1,608.3 1,644.5 15.0 7.9 36.2

Fixed investment................ 1,589.3 1,579.7 1,603.6 1,610.7 1,635.0 1,693.0 1,577.3 1,571.6 1,588.5 1,587.9 1,615.3 1,669.1 -50.1 27.4 53.8
Nonresidential................ 1,117.4 1,109.8 1,117.1 1,103.4 1,119.0 1,149.8 1,183.4 1,178.7 1,185.3 1,172.1 1,193.0 1,224.9 -71.7 20.9 31.9
Structures.................. 269.3 259.4 254.2 254.9 257.3 257.1 226.4 218.2 212.6 211.0 213.2 211.9 -44.5 2.2 -1.3
Nonresidential buildings,
including farm........... 179.2 171.1 170.9 171.3 172.2 174.2 145.6 139.1 137.8 136.5 137.2 138.6 -33.1 .7 1.4
Utilities................. 53.1 51.5 50.6 49.4 46.7 42.2 47.3 45.6 44.6 43.2 40.5 36.2 -3.0 -2.7 -4.3
Mining exploration,
shafts, and wells........ 30.6 31.0 27.3 29.2 33.1 35.0 29.2 29.9 26.5 28.4 32.7 33.9 -4.8 4.3 1.2
Other structures.......... 6.4 5.8 5.4 4.9 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.8 -3.8 .3 .3
Equipment and software...... 848.1 850.4 863.0 848.6 861.7 892.7 971.1 977.2 992.1 979.9 999.5 1,036.0 -17.1 19.6 36.5
Information processing
equipment and software... 399.7 406.9 406.3 411.8 426.9 442.5 563.1 575.2 579.7 594.5 620.7 647.3 14.6 26.2 26.6
Computers and
peripheral equipment... 74.2 76.8 75.4 76.3 82.4 88.3 283.7 297.6 303.2 319.1 354.9 390.3 43.8 35.8 35.4
Software................ 182.8 186.3 186.7 187.0 191.0 195.5 185.7 189.4 190.3 192.5 196.8 201.3 3.7 4.3 4.5
Other................... 142.7 143.8 144.2 148.5 153.6 158.8 158.2 159.7 160.7 165.3 171.6 177.9 -5.7 6.3 6.3
Industrial equipment...... 152.2 153.3 151.5 149.8 149.7 151.9 146.9 147.9 145.9 143.9 143.6 144.9 -6.9 -.3 1.3
Transportation equipment.. 148.9 141.7 154.5 138.5 134.9 138.9 147.0 141.7 151.4 135.8 133.7 136.4 -16.6 -2.1 2.7
Other..................... 147.4 148.5 150.8 148.4 150.1 159.3 139.3 140.3 142.3 139.6 140.8 149.3 -1.4 1.2 8.5

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See note at the end of the table.

Table 3.--Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Level and Change From Preceding Period--Continued

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Billions of current dollars Billions of chained (1996) dollars
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Seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change from preceding
at annual rates at annual rates period
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2002 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03 2002 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03 2002 II 03 III 03
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Residential................... 471.9 469.9 486.5 507.3 516.0 543.2 388.2 387.1 395.9 405.5 412.0 431.6 14.7 6.5 19.6
Structures.................. 462.4 460.4 476.9 497.7 506.1 532.9 378.5 377.4 386.1 395.6 401.7 420.9 14.5 6.1 19.2
Single family............. 247.0 245.3 257.4 273.8 275.2 287.1 200.5 199.8 206.5 214.7 216.2 224.9 7.9 1.5 8.7
Multifamily............... 33.6 33.4 32.4 35.7 35.4 36.6 26.3 26.2 25.1 27.0 26.8 27.7 1.9 -.2 .9
Other..................... 181.8 181.7 187.1 188.2 195.5 209.2 151.6 151.3 154.4 153.5 158.6 168.2 4.7 5.1 9.6
Equipment................... 9.6 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.9 10.3 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.9 10.4 10.8 .2 .5 .4
Change in private inventories... 3.9 17.6 24.5 .4 -18.5 -37.0 5.2 18.8 25.8 4.8 -17.6 -35.8 66.6 -22.4 -18.2
Farm.......................... .5 -2.3 -1.5 .5 -.6 -.1 1.1 -2.2 -.8 1.0 -.4 .3 -.9 -1.4 .7
Construction, mining,
and utilities................ -.9 -2.5 -1.7 -14.2 -4.6 -2.4 -.7 -2.3 -1.1 -9.9 -3.6 -1.9 -7.1 6.3 1.7
Manufacturing................. -11.3 -2.7 2.8 -6.1 -14.5 -20.3 -11.5 -2.6 2.8 -6.1 -14.3 -19.7 24.7 -8.2 -5.4
Wholesale trade............... -3.7 7.1 6.6 -3.1 -7.6 -5.4 -3.4 7.9 7.0 -2.2 -7.4 -5.6 13.1 -5.2 1.8
Retail trade.................. 16.8 15.6 15.7 21.9 6.1 -8.0 16.6 15.5 15.2 21.8 6.1 -7.7 36.9 -15.7 -13.8
Other industries.............. 2.5 2.3 2.5 1.4 2.6 -.9 2.5 2.3 2.5 1.4 2.6 -.8 -.1 1.2 -3.4

Net exports of goods and services. -423.6 -432.9 -476.0 -487.2 -504.6 -488.6 -488.5 -488.0 -532.2 -510.3 -546.1 -522.6 -72.6 -35.8 23.5

Exports......................... 1,014.9 1,038.6 1,025.4 1,031.8 1,031.5 1,059.7 1,058.8 1,077.7 1,061.6 1,058.1 1,055.5 1,079.3 -17.3 -2.6 23.8
Goods......................... 703.6 722.6 702.6 711.9 711.9 724.5 756.9 773.5 750.3 753.9 750.8 764.7 -28.3 -3.1 13.9
Foods, feeds, and beverages. 49.5 49.5 50.3 52.3 52.0 53.0 60.9 59.4 59.6 61.7 59.7 60.0 -1.4 -2.0 .3
Industrial supplies and
materials.................. 153.7 156.3 158.0 166.5 166.6 168.2 162.8 163.1 163.9 167.0 165.5 167.3 .6 -1.5 1.8
Capital goods, except
automotive................. 291.3 301.7 285.0 282.7 281.6 291.5 324.8 336.8 318.6 316.7 315.8 328.5 -31.0 -.9 12.7
Automotive vehicles,
engines, and parts......... 78.5 82.5 77.4 78.7 78.7 77.6 76.1 79.9 74.7 75.8 75.8 74.6 2.7 .0 -1.2
Consumer goods, except
automotive................. 84.5 86.0 85.6 86.9 88.5 90.7 84.6 86.0 85.6 86.7 88.3 90.3 -3.3 1.6 2.0
Other....................... 46.0 46.7 46.1 44.7 44.4 43.5 47.3 47.7 47.0 45.1 44.6 43.6 2.8 -.5 -1.0
Services...................... 311.3 316.0 322.8 319.9 319.6 335.1 301.5 304.0 310.0 303.5 303.9 313.5 9.5 .4 9.6

Imports......................... 1,438.5 1,471.5 1,501.4 1,519.0 1,536.1 1,548.3 1,547.4 1,565.7 1,593.8 1,568.4 1,601.7 1,602.0 55.4 33.3 .3
Goods......................... 1,192.1 1,220.9 1,242.5 1,256.1 1,274.1 1,274.3 1,320.1 1,340.3 1,360.8 1,337.4 1,380.4 1,371.3 49.6 43.0 -9.1
Foods, feeds, and beverages. 49.8 50.4 52.0 54.4 55.0 54.8 54.6 55.0 55.7 57.4 58.1 57.6 2.9 .7 -.5
Industrial supplies and
materials, except
petroleum and products..... 160.2 163.5 168.7 177.2 174.8 178.4 166.7 169.1 171.9 168.8 168.9 172.1 5.8 .1 3.2
Petroleum and products...... 103.4 110.7 117.9 136.3 130.9 136.5 86.7 85.5 90.2 87.3 97.4 95.8 -2.5 10.1 -1.6
Capital goods, except
automotive................. 284.0 285.3 284.9 282.8 291.0 291.4 393.2 394.9 397.6 394.9 406.5 407.0 -6.8 11.6 .5
Automotive vehicles,
engines, and parts......... 204.0 210.0 208.1 203.2 210.3 205.0 200.1 205.9 203.4 198.8 205.3 200.2 13.4 6.5 -5.1
Consumer goods, except
automotive................. 307.6 315.0 322.9 327.5 328.5 329.3 326.6 334.4 343.2 348.6 349.3 350.3 27.7 .7 1.0
Other....................... 83.2 86.0 88.0 74.7 83.7 78.9 83.8 86.6 88.1 73.8 82.5 77.6 4.0 8.7 -4.9
Services...................... 246.4 250.6 258.9 262.9 262.0 274.0 227.2 226.0 233.0 230.7 223.8 231.2 4.8 -6.9 7.4

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See note at the end of the table.

Table 3.--Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Level and Change From Preceding Period--Continued

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Billions of current dollars Billions of chained (1996) dollars
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Seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change from preceding
at annual rates at annual rates period
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2002 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03 2002 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03 2002 II 03 III 03
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Government consumption
expenditures and
gross investment................. 1,972.9 1,981.1 2,011.3 2,052.0 2,092.2 2,104.5 1,712.8 1,715.6 1,735.0 1,736.7 1,772.6 1,778.3 72.4 35.9 5.7

Federal......................... 693.7 697.7 716.9 735.2 779.8 784.4 613.3 615.1 631.4 632.5 669.5 671.7 42.7 37.0 2.2
National defense.............. 447.4 451.2 464.7 471.1 518.6 520.1 400.0 402.5 413.2 409.7 450.2 450.2 34.0 40.5 .0
Consumption expenditures.... 386.6 388.9 403.2 408.7 451.7 450.3 337.0 338.0 349.4 345.4 380.9 378.8 28.1 35.5 -2.1
Gross investment............ 60.8 62.4 61.5 62.4 67.0 69.7 63.3 65.0 63.9 64.7 69.4 71.9 6.0 4.7 2.5
Nondefense.................... 246.3 246.5 252.2 264.1 261.1 264.3 213.3 212.7 218.3 222.8 219.7 222.0 8.9 -3.1 2.3
Consumption expenditures.... 199.9 200.9 205.8 217.9 212.6 217.6 167.8 167.9 172.5 177.1 172.3 175.9 6.7 -4.8 3.6
Gross investment............ 46.4 45.5 46.5 46.2 48.5 46.7 45.9 45.1 46.0 45.7 48.0 46.2 2.3 2.3 -1.8

State and local................. 1,279.2 1,283.3 1,294.4 1,316.8 1,312.5 1,320.2 1,099.7 1,100.6 1,104.0 1,104.6 1,104.1 1,107.6 30.3 -.5 3.5
Consumption expenditures.... 1,034.5 1,039.6 1,050.1 1,071.8 1,068.0 1,071.6 881.1 883.0 886.3 887.9 888.1 888.5 24.3 .2 .4
Gross investment............ 244.7 243.8 244.2 245.0 244.5 248.5 218.6 217.6 217.7 216.6 215.9 219.2 5.8 -.7 3.3

Residual.......................... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... -87.2 -102.5 -100.0 -110.5 -143.6 -187.2 -44.3 -33.1 -43.6

Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product. 10,442.4 10,488.7 10,564.3 10,688.0 10,821.2 11,075.5 9,424.4 9,457.2 9,483.1 9,536.2 9,631.1 9,814.7 166.0 94.9 183.6
Gross domestic purchases........ 10,869.9 10,939.1 11,064.8 11,175.6 11,307.3 11,527.1 9,889.8 9,934.7 10,005.5 10,020.7 10,129.4 10,277.5 289.1 108.7 148.1
Final sales to domestic
purchasers..................... 10,866.0 10,921.5 11,040.3 11,175.2 11,325.8 11,564.1 9,874.1 9,906.1 9,970.1 10,004.7 10,131.0 10,294.9 229.2 126.3 163.9

Gross domestic product.......... 10,446.2 10,506.2 10,588.8 10,688.4 10,802.7 11,038.4 9,439.9 9,485.6 9,518.2 9,552.0 9,629.4 9,797.2 225.4 77.4 167.8

Plus: Income receipts from
the rest of the world.......... 278.0 287.3 284.2 281.3 282.4 ..... 253.3 261.3 257.5 252.5 253.4 ..... -38.7 .9 .....
Less: Income payments to
the rest of the world.......... 287.6 298.2 293.4 291.5 286.0 ..... 260.3 269.5 264.2 260.4 255.4 ..... -8.9 -5.0 .....

Equals: Gross national product.. 10,436.7 10,495.3 10,579.7 10,678.2 10,799.1 ..... 9,433.5 9,477.9 9,512.1 9,544.7 9,628.0 ..... 196.2 83.3 .....

Net domestic product............ 9,052.8 9,101.0 9,173.4 9,267.0 9,384.3 9,613.7 8,055.8 8,085.5 8,103.0 8,123.2 8,185.3 8,329.2 150.4 62.1 143.9

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Note.--Users are cautioned that particularly for components that
exhibit rapid change in prices relative to other prices in the
economy, the chained-dollar estimates should not be used to measure
the component's relative importance or its contribution to the
growth rate of more aggregate series. For accurate estimates of
the contributions to percent changes in real GDP, use table 2.
See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

Table 4.--Chain-Type Price Indexes for Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Percent Change From Preceding Period
[Percent; quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]

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2000 2001 2002 IV 99 I 00 II 00 III 00 IV 00 I 01 II 01 III 01 IV 01 I 02 II 02 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03
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Gross domestic product (GDP). 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.7 3.1 2.3 1.6 2.1 3.7 2.5 2.2 -.5 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.8 2.4 1.0 1.7

Personal consumption expenditures... 2.5 2.0 1.4 2.4 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.2 3.3 1.8 -.1 .8 1.1 2.7 1.7 1.8 2.7 .8 2.4
Durable goods..................... -1.7 -1.9 -2.8 -2.0 -2.0 -.8 -2.2 -1.2 -1.2 -3.4 -2.7 -1.5 -4.2 -2.9 -1.9 -2.2 -3.7 -3.8 -3.6
Nondurable goods.................. 3.8 1.5 .4 3.7 5.3 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.8 2.9 -1.4 -3.5 .2 4.6 .6 1.2 4.6 -1.9 3.6
Services.......................... 2.8 3.1 2.7 2.7 3.6 2.5 2.6 3.2 5.1 2.3 1.1 3.5 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1

Gross private domestic investment... 1.0 1.2 -.5 .5 2.1 1.2 1.7 1.2 2.0 1.1 -.4 -.2 -1.5 -.4 -1.1 1.7 1.3 -.8 .8
Fixed investment.................. 1.1 1.2 -.4 .5 2.3 1.3 1.8 1.3 1.7 1.2 -.2 -.1 -1.5 -.2 -.9 1.8 1.9 -.9 .9
Nonresidential.................. .1 .2 -1.4 -.5 .7 .4 1.3 .5 .4 .1 -1.1 -1.6 -2.0 -1.4 -1.3 .4 -.4 -1.5 .3
Structures.................... 4.0 5.0 -.7 3.2 5.3 4.0 4.6 5.3 10.5 4.2 -.3 -1.6 -3.6 .7 .4 2.3 4.1 -.4 2.2
Equipment and software........ -1.2 -1.5 -1.6 -1.6 -.7 -.8 .2 -1.1 -2.9 -1.4 -1.5 -1.6 -1.5 -2.1 -1.9 -.2 -1.8 -1.8 -.2
Residential..................... 4.4 4.1 2.1 3.2 7.0 3.9 3.1 3.7 5.6 4.5 2.5 3.7 .0 2.6 .0 5.0 7.4 .4 2.0
Change in private inventories..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

Net exports of goods and services... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports........................... 1.4 -.8 -.2 1.7 2.0 2.0 .8 .1 -.8 -1.7 -1.9 -3.8 -.8 3.0 3.5 .9 3.9 .8 1.9
Goods........................... 1.2 -.7 -.5 2.2 1.3 1.6 .4 .4 -.2 -1.5 -2.4 -3.7 -1.1 2.3 3.4 .9 3.4 1.6 -.3
Services........................ 2.1 -1.0 .3 .5 3.9 3.0 2.0 -.4 -2.3 -2.1 -.6 -4.2 .0 4.6 3.7 .8 4.9 -.9 6.8
Imports........................... 4.5 -2.9 .3 5.5 6.6 1.1 4.6 .9 -2.5 -5.9 -17.0 4.7 -1.6 11.1 4.4 .9 11.7 -3.9 3.1
Goods........................... 4.8 -2.9 -1.7 6.3 6.8 1.2 4.5 .8 -3.7 -6.4 -6.6 -11.1 -2.1 10.9 2.7 .9 12.0 -6.7 2.7
Services........................ 3.3 -2.9 11.8 1.7 5.9 .7 4.8 1.1 3.8 -3.2 -57.7 167.5 1.1 12.2 13.6 .9 10.7 11.2 5.1

Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment............... 3.9 2.4 1.7 3.1 6.4 3.0 2.9 2.7 4.2 1.8 -.3 -.3 3.6 2.8 1.4 1.6 7.9 -.4 1.1
Federal........................... 3.0 1.7 2.7 1.6 8.1 .7 1.6 .1 4.6 1.5 .5 -.4 8.4 2.3 1.3 .3 9.8 .9 1.0
National defense................ 3.0 1.6 2.4 1.9 7.5 .7 2.0 .6 4.0 1.1 .6 -1.1 7.3 2.0 1.5 1.2 9.3 .8 1.1
Nondefense...................... 3.1 1.9 3.4 .9 9.3 .6 .9 -.7 5.6 2.2 .4 .7 10.4 2.9 1.0 -1.2 10.9 1.0 .8
State and local................... 4.3 2.7 1.1 3.9 5.5 4.2 3.6 4.0 4.1 1.9 -.8 -.3 1.1 3.1 1.5 2.2 6.9 -1.1 1.1

Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product... 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.7 3.1 2.4 1.7 2.1 3.6 2.5 2.2 -.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.8 2.5 1.0 1.8
Gross domestic purchases.......... 2.5 1.9 1.2 2.2 3.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 3.3 1.7 -.2 .4 1.2 2.3 1.2 1.8 3.4 .4 1.9
Final sales to domestic
purchasers....................... 2.5 1.9 1.2 2.2 3.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 3.2 1.7 -.1 .5 1.1 2.3 1.3 1.8 3.5 .3 1.9
Gross national product (GNP)...... 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.7 3.1 2.3 1.6 2.1 3.7 2.5 2.2 -.5 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.8 2.4 1.0 .....

Implicit price deflators:
GDP............................. 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.7 3.1 2.3 1.6 2.1 3.7 2.5 2.2 -.5 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.8 2.4 1.0 1.7
Gross domestic purchases........ 2.5 1.9 1.2 2.2 3.7 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.2 1.7 -.1 .4 1.2 2.3 1.2 1.7 3.4 .4 1.9
GNP............................. 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.7 3.1 2.3 1.7 2.1 3.7 2.5 2.2 -.5 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.8 2.4 1.0 .....

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See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

Table 5.--Quantity and Price Indexes for Gross Domestic Product
[Index numbers, 1996=100]

Seasonally adjusted
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2000 2001 2002 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03

Gross domestic product:
Chain-type quantity index........ 117.64 117.94 120.82 121.41 121.82 122.26 123.25 125.39
Chain-type price index........... 106.89 109.42 110.66 110.76 111.25 111.90 112.18 112.67
Implicit price deflator.......... 106.89 109.42 110.66 110.76 111.25 111.90 112.18 112.67

Personal consumption expenditures:
Chain-type quantity index................ 118.83 121.76 125.56 126.20 126.74 127.37 128.57 130.64
Chain-type price index................... 107.39 109.56 111.06 111.36 111.87 112.62 112.84 113.51

Durable goods:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 142.58 151.16 162.19 167.47 163.92 163.08 172.19 182.75
Chain-type price index................. 91.46 89.70 87.19 86.94 86.46 85.64 84.82 84.03
Nondurable goods:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 116.50 118.79 122.58 122.35 123.88 125.72 126.14 128.57
Chain-type price index................. 107.59 109.17 109.61 109.92 110.25 111.51 110.96 111.96
Services:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 115.67 117.98 120.63 121.01 121.66 121.92 122.35 123.03
Chain-type price index................. 110.85 114.32 117.44 117.88 118.74 119.64 120.57 121.48

Private fixed investment:
Chain-type quantity index................ 139.52 134.20 130.06 129.60 130.99 130.94 133.20 137.63
Chain-type price index................... 100.00 101.16 100.76 100.52 100.95 101.44 101.21 101.43

Nonresidential:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 147.23 139.55 131.57 131.05 131.79 130.32 132.64 136.18
Chain-type price index................. 95.59 95.73 94.43 94.17 94.25 94.15 93.80 93.88
Residential:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 118.88 119.22 123.92 123.59 126.39 129.45 131.53 137.78
Chain-type price index................. 114.40 119.09 121.57 121.38 122.88 125.10 125.23 125.85

Exports of goods and services:
Chain-type quantity index................ 130.09 123.10 121.13 123.28 121.44 121.04 120.75 123.47
Chain-type price index................... 96.83 96.10 95.87 96.41 96.62 97.55 97.75 98.21
Imports of goods and services:
Chain-type quantity index................ 159.48 154.91 160.66 162.56 165.48 162.84 166.30 166.33
Chain-type price index................... 95.49 92.70 92.99 94.05 94.27 96.92 95.97 96.71

Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment:
Chain-type quantity index................ 111.29 115.36 120.46 120.65 122.02 122.14 124.66 125.06
Chain-type price index................... 110.65 113.27 115.18 115.47 115.92 118.15 118.04 118.35

Federal:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 102.42 107.33 115.37 115.71 118.79 118.99 125.94 126.37
Chain-type price index................. 108.23 110.09 113.11 113.44 113.53 116.23 116.48 116.78
State and local:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 116.52 120.11 123.51 123.62 123.99 124.06 124.00 124.40
Chain-type price index................. 111.98 115.01 116.33 116.60 117.24 119.21 118.88 119.19

Addenda:

Final sales of domestic product:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 117.19 118.95 121.09 121.51 121.84 122.52 123.74 126.10
Chain-type price index................. 107.02 109.55 110.80 110.91 111.40 112.08 112.36 112.85
Implicit price deflator................ 107.02 109.55 110.80 110.91 111.40 112.08 112.36 112.85
Gross domestic purchases:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 121.00 121.50 125.15 125.72 126.62 126.81 128.19 130.06
Chain-type price index................. 106.58 108.65 109.90 110.11 110.59 111.53 111.62 112.16
Implicit price deflator................ 106.58 108.65 109.91 110.11 110.59 111.53 111.63 112.16
Final sales to domestic purchasers:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 120.56 122.52 125.43 125.84 126.65 127.09 128.69 130.78
Chain-type price index................. 106.70 108.78 110.04 110.25 110.73 111.70 111.79 112.33
Implicit price deflator................ 106.70 108.78 110.04 110.25 110.73 111.70 111.79 112.33
Gross national product:
Chain-type quantity index.............. 117.69 117.96 120.46 121.03 121.46 121.88 122.94 .....
Chain-type price index................. 106.86 109.39 110.63 110.73 111.22 111.88 112.16 .....
Implicit price deflator................ 106.86 109.38 110.63 110.73 111.22 111.88 112.16 .....

See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

Table 6.--Real Gross Domestic Product: Historical Perspective
[Percent change from preceding year]
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1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
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Gross domestic product (GDP).... 3.4 4.2 3.5 1.8 -.5 3.0 2.7 4.0 2.7 3.6 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.8 .3 2.4

Personal consumption expenditures...... 3.3 4.0 2.7 1.8 -.2 2.9 3.4 3.8 3.0 3.2 3.6 4.8 4.9 4.4 2.5 3.1
Durable goods........................ 1.7 5.8 2.1 -.9 -6.6 5.3 8.2 7.6 4.6 5.6 6.6 10.5 11.8 8.2 6.0 7.3
Nondurable goods..................... 2.4 3.2 2.7 1.4 -.4 1.9 2.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.9 4.1 4.7 3.9 2.0 3.2
Services............................. 4.3 4.1 2.8 2.8 1.4 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.3 4.0 3.7 3.8 2.0 2.2

Gross private domestic investment...... 2.5 2.7 3.7 -3.1 -8.6 8.5 8.7 13.2 3.0 9.0 12.1 11.8 6.6 6.2 -10.7 1.0
Fixed investment..................... .0 3.6 2.7 -1.8 -6.9 6.5 8.1 9.1 6.0 9.3 9.6 11.4 7.8 6.1 -3.8 -3.1
Nonresidential..................... -.1 5.4 5.5 .7 -4.9 3.4 8.4 8.9 9.8 10.0 12.2 12.5 8.1 7.8 -5.2 -5.7
Structures....................... -3.6 1.3 2.5 1.5 -11.0 -6.1 .8 .8 4.8 7.1 9.1 6.8 -1.3 6.5 -1.7 -16.4
Equipment and software........... 1.7 7.5 7.0 .4 -2.0 7.4 11.3 11.9 11.5 11.0 13.3 14.6 11.5 8.2 -6.4 -1.7
Residential........................ .2 -.5 -4.1 -8.6 -12.8 16.3 7.3 9.7 -3.6 7.4 2.0 8.0 6.7 1.1 .3 3.9
Change in private inventories........ ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

Net exports of goods and services...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports.............................. 11.2 16.1 11.8 8.7 6.5 6.2 3.3 8.9 10.3 8.2 12.3 2.1 3.4 9.7 -5.4 -1.6
Goods.............................. 11.1 18.8 12.6 8.2 7.1 6.8 3.0 9.7 11.9 8.7 14.5 2.1 3.8 11.3 -5.9 -3.6
Services........................... 11.6 9.3 9.6 10.0 5.1 4.6 4.1 7.2 6.4 6.8 7.0 2.3 2.5 6.0 -4.0 3.2
Imports.............................. 6.1 3.8 3.9 3.8 -.5 6.6 9.1 12.0 8.2 8.6 13.7 11.8 10.9 13.2 -2.9 3.7
Goods.............................. 4.6 4.1 4.2 3.0 -.1 9.3 10.1 13.3 9.0 9.4 14.2 11.7 12.2 13.5 -3.3 3.9
Services........................... 12.6 2.7 2.8 7.6 -2.3 -4.0 4.7 5.8 4.1 4.8 10.9 11.9 4.2 11.6 -.5 2.1

Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment.................. 3.0 1.2 2.8 3.3 1.2 .5 -.8 .1 .5 1.1 2.4 1.9 3.9 2.7 3.7 4.4
Federal.............................. 3.7 -1.8 1.3 2.0 -.3 -1.6 -3.9 -3.6 -2.7 -.9 -.4 -.8 2.3 1.3 4.8 7.5
National defense................... 4.7 -.8 -.8 .0 -1.1 -4.9 -5.4 -4.8 -3.7 -1.3 -2.6 -1.8 2.1 -.1 5.0 9.3
Nondefense......................... .5 -5.2 8.4 8.3 1.8 7.1 -.3 -1.0 -.5 .0 4.2 1.1 2.7 3.6 4.5 4.3
State and local...................... 2.3 3.7 3.9 4.2 2.3 2.0 1.4 2.6 2.5 2.3 4.0 3.4 4.7 3.5 3.1 2.8

Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product...... 3.0 4.3 3.3 2.0 -.2 2.8 2.6 3.4 3.1 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.3 3.7 1.5 1.8
Gross domestic purchases............. 3.1 3.2 2.9 1.4 -1.1 3.1 3.3 4.4 2.5 3.7 4.7 5.4 5.0 4.4 .4 3.0
Final sales to domestic purchasers... 2.7 3.4 2.7 1.6 -.9 2.8 3.2 3.8 3.0 3.7 4.3 5.3 5.2 4.3 1.6 2.4
Gross national product............... 3.3 4.2 3.5 1.9 -.5 3.0 2.6 3.9 2.7 3.5 4.3 4.2 4.4 3.7 .2 2.1
Real disposable personal income...... 2.1 4.4 2.6 2.2 .4 3.1 1.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 3.1 5.4 2.6 4.8 1.8 4.2
Gross domestic purchases price
index............................... 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.1 3.4 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.2 1.8 1.6 .8 1.5 2.5 1.9 1.2
GDP price index...................... 3.0 3.4 3.8 3.9 3.6 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.4 2.1 2.4 1.1
Personal consumption expenditures
price index......................... 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.6 3.8 3.1 2.4 2.0 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.1 1.6 2.5 2.0 1.4
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Table 7.--Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change From Quarter One Year Ago
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IV 99 I 00 II 00 III 00 IV 00 I 01 II 01 III 01 IV 01 I 02 II 02 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03
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Gross domestic product (GDP).... 4.3 4.2 4.9 3.7 2.3 1.5 -.1 -.4 .1 1.4 2.2 3.3 2.9 2.0 2.5 3.3

Personal consumption expenditures...... 5.0 5.1 4.5 4.3 3.5 2.8 2.4 1.8 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.8 2.7 2.4 2.9 3.5
Durable goods........................ 10.0 13.1 8.4 7.8 3.8 2.4 4.7 3.8 13.2 8.4 7.5 11.9 1.9 3.0 8.2 9.1
Nondurable goods..................... 4.9 4.2 4.3 4.1 3.0 3.0 1.7 1.5 1.7 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.4 5.1
Services............................. 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.8 2.8 2.3 1.6 1.3 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.0 1.7 1.7

Gross private domestic investment...... 6.6 5.3 11.0 6.4 2.2 -3.8 -11.9 -11.7 -15.1 -6.5 .0 2.3 8.9 3.0 1.5 2.9
Fixed investment..................... 5.9 7.3 7.1 5.7 4.3 .5 -4.0 -5.1 -6.7 -6.3 -3.7 -2.7 .6 .7 2.7 6.2
Nonresidential..................... 6.6 8.3 8.9 7.8 6.2 1.1 -5.1 -7.4 -9.3 -9.4 -6.3 -5.1 -1.7 -1.4 1.0 3.9
Structures....................... -2.5 1.8 5.2 10.0 9.3 5.0 .8 -1.4 -10.6 -13.3 -15.6 -21.1 -15.9 -13.2 -8.0 -2.9
Equipment and software........... 9.7 10.5 10.1 7.2 5.2 -.2 -7.1 -9.5 -8.8 -8.0 -2.9 1.1 3.3 2.7 4.0 6.0
Residential........................ 4.0 4.1 2.1 -.6 -1.2 -1.2 -.6 2.0 1.0 2.4 3.2 3.4 6.7 5.7 6.7 11.5
Change in private inventories........ ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

Net exports of goods and services...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports.............................. 4.9 8.8 11.4 11.6 7.3 3.7 -3.1 -10.1 -11.4 -9.3 -3.0 2.8 3.9 2.7 -.9 .2
Goods.............................. 5.6 9.9 12.8 14.3 8.3 4.9 -3.3 -12.1 -12.3 -11.7 -4.3 1.8 .8 2.1 -2.0 -1.1
Services........................... 3.2 6.1 8.1 5.3 4.8 .7 -2.6 -4.7 -9.2 -3.1 .0 5.3 11.4 3.9 1.4 3.1
Imports.............................. 11.9 13.5 14.3 14.1 11.1 5.2 -1.0 -7.1 -8.0 -4.1 2.6 6.7 10.1 6.2 3.1 2.3
Goods.............................. 13.0 13.9 14.7 14.3 11.1 5.1 -2.1 -7.5 -7.9 -4.8 3.8 7.3 9.9 7.0 3.9 2.3
Services........................... 5.9 10.9 11.6 13.0 10.9 5.9 5.7 -4.5 -8.6 -1.4 -3.9 3.4 11.5 2.3 -.2 2.3

Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment.................. 4.5 3.5 3.9 2.3 1.3 3.0 3.3 3.2 5.1 5.0 4.0 5.0 3.6 2.3 4.1 3.7
Federal.............................. 4.0 1.2 4.4 .7 -1.2 4.7 2.4 4.6 7.5 6.9 7.3 8.1 7.5 5.8 10.0 9.2
National defense................... 4.4 .0 3.7 -1.3 -2.5 5.2 2.2 5.1 7.4 8.2 9.5 10.1 9.3 5.5 13.7 11.8
Nondefense......................... 3.4 3.4 5.7 4.2 1.1 3.9 2.6 3.9 7.6 4.7 3.5 4.7 4.4 6.4 3.2 4.4
State and local...................... 4.8 4.6 3.6 3.2 2.6 2.2 3.7 2.5 3.9 4.1 2.3 3.4 1.6 .5 .9 .6

Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product...... 4.2 4.5 4.2 3.6 2.6 2.2 1.4 .9 1.6 1.5 1.6 2.5 1.7 1.7 2.7 3.8
Gross domestic purchases............. 5.2 4.9 5.5 4.3 2.9 1.7 .1 -.3 .1 1.8 2.8 3.7 3.7 2.5 2.9 3.5
Final sales to domestic purchasers... 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.2 3.3 2.5 1.5 .9 1.6 1.8 2.2 3.0 2.5 2.1 3.1 3.9
Gross national product............... 4.7 4.2 4.9 3.7 2.2 1.3 -.1 -.4 .1 1.4 1.7 3.0 2.5 1.9 2.7 .....
Real disposable personal income...... 2.4 3.8 4.9 5.6 4.8 2.7 1.3 2.8 .3 3.8 5.0 2.8 5.2 2.1 1.8 3.2
Gross domestic purchases price
index............................... 1.9 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.3 .8 .9 1.3 1.6 2.2 1.7 1.9
GDP price index...................... 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.0 1.4 1.1 .8 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.7
Personal consumption expenditures
price index......................... 2.0 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 1.8 1.5 .9 1.1 1.6 1.8 2.3 1.8 1.9

Table 8.--Relation of Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Product, and National Income
[Billions of dollars]

Seasonally adjusted at annual rates

2000 2001 2002 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03

Gross domestic product..................... 9,824.6 10,082.2 10,446.2 10,506.2 10,588.8 10,688.4 10,802.7 11,038.4

Plus: Income receipts from
the rest of the world..................... 383.4 316.9 278.0 287.3 284.2 281.3 282.4 .....
Less: Income payments to
the rest of the world..................... 360.0 295.0 287.6 298.2 293.4 291.5 286.0 .....

Equals: Gross national product............. 9,848.0 10,104.1 10,436.7 10,495.3 10,579.7 10,678.2 10,799.1 .....

Less: Consumption of fixed capital......... 1,228.9 1,329.3 1,393.5 1,405.3 1,415.4 1,421.4 1,418.4 1,424.7
Less: Indirect business tax and
nontax liability.......................... 753.6 774.8 800.4 806.9 813.3 821.7 833.6 847.4
Less: Business transfer payments........... 43.7 42.5 44.1 44.4 44.3 44.9 44.8 45.6
Less: Statistical discrepancy.............. -128.5 -117.3 -108.8 -82.1 -78.2 -74.6 -69.8 .....
Plus: Subsidies less current
surplus of government enterprises......... 34.1 47.3 32.5 29.1 29.0 30.7 45.9 37.9

Equals: National income.................... 7,984.4 8,122.0 8,340.1 8,349.9 8,413.9 8,495.5 8,618.0 .....

Compensation of employees................ 5,723.4 5,874.9 5,969.5 5,988.4 6,017.4 6,064.5 6,094.5 6,131.0
Wage and salary accruals............... 4,836.3 4,950.6 4,996.4 5,007.4 5,023.1 5,055.2 5,077.8 5,107.7
Supplements to wages and salaries...... 887.1 924.3 973.1 981.0 994.3 1,009.2 1,016.8 1,023.3
Proprietors' income with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments............................. 714.8 727.9 756.5 758.7 771.6 784.4 804.5 833.6
Rental income of persons with
capital consumption adjustment.......... 146.6 137.9 142.4 144.1 130.6 126.9 115.3 121.1
Corporate profits with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments............................. 788.1 731.6 787.4 771.0 796.1 816.5 897.1 .....
Net interest............................. 611.5 649.8 684.2 687.6 698.3 703.3 706.6 707.6

Addendum:
Gross domestic income.................... 9,953.1 10,199.4 10,555.1 10,588.3 10,667.0 10,763.0 10,872.5 .....

Table 9.--Personal Income and Its Disposition
[Billions of dollars]

Seasonally adjusted at annual rates

2000 2001 2002 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03

Personal income\1\......................... 8,406.6 8,685.3 8,922.2 8,958.9 9,012.5 9,080.2 9,156.0 9,247.0

Wage and salary disbursements............ 4,836.3 4,950.6 4,996.4 5,007.4 5,023.1 5,053.8 5,079.2 5,107.7
Other labor income....................... 544.2 570.4 610.6 617.5 630.2 639.2 645.0 649.6
Proprietors' income with
inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments................. 714.8 727.9 756.5 758.7 771.6 784.4 804.5 833.6
Farm................................... 22.6 19.0 12.9 10.7 11.7 14.2 15.4 20.7
Nonfarm................................ 692.2 708.8 743.7 748.0 759.9 770.2 789.1 812.9
Rental income of persons with
capital consumption adjustment.......... 146.6 137.9 142.4 144.1 130.6 126.9 115.3 121.1
Personal dividend income................. 375.7 409.2 433.8 437.3 443.8 451.2 459.0 466.5
Personal interest income................. 1,077.0 1,091.3 1,078.5 1,080.7 1,080.9 1,075.8 1,081.5 1,082.0
Transfer payments to persons............. 1,070.3 1,170.4 1,288.0 1,298.4 1,319.1 1,340.8 1,365.6 1,383.2

Less: Personal contributions for
social insurance........................ 358.4 372.3 384.0 385.3 386.8 391.9 394.0 396.5

Less: Personal tax and nontax payments..... 1,286.4 1,292.1 1,111.9 1,099.0 1,090.1 1,073.6 1,082.6 982.6

Equals: Disposable personal income......... 7,120.2 7,393.2 7,810.3 7,859.9 7,922.5 8,006.6 8,073.4 8,264.4

Less: Personal outlays..................... 6,918.6 7,223.5 7,524.5 7,583.0 7,640.7 7,727.6 7,813.7 7,987.7

Equals: Personal saving.................... 201.5 169.7 285.8 276.9 281.8 278.9 259.7 276.7

Addenda:
Disposable personal income,
billions of chained (1996) dollars\2\... 6,630.3 6,748.0 7,032.2 7,058.1 7,082.3 7,109.6 7,154.7 7,280.6
Personal saving as a percentage of
disposable personal income.............. 2.8 2.3 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.3

1. Personal income is also equal to national income less corporate
profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments,
net interest, contributions for social insurance, and wage accruals
less disbursements, plus personal interest income, personal dividend
income, government transfer payments to persons, and business
transfer payments to persons.

2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price
deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Appendix Table A.--Real Gross Domestic Product and Related Aggregates and Price Indexes: Percent Change From Preceding Period
[Percent; quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]

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2000 2001 2002 IV 99 I 00 II 00 III 00 IV 00 I 01 II 01 III 01 IV 01 I 02 II 02 III 02 IV 02 I 03 II 03 III 03

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GDP and related aggregates:
GDP............................... 3.8 .3 2.4 7.1 2.6 4.8 .6 1.1 -.6 -1.6 -.3 2.7 5.0 1.3 4.0 1.4 1.4 3.3 7.2

Goods............................. 4.7 -2.3 3.3 12.0 1.4 6.9 -.5 -2.7 -4.4 -5.7 -1.5 4.3 8.3 .4 9.0 -1.6 2.2 2.5 15.1
Services.......................... 3.3 2.1 2.8 3.9 2.0 5.0 1.6 3.7 .9 1.2 1.8 3.2 2.8 3.5 2.5 3.1 .6 3.6 1.8
Structures........................ 2.7 -.1 -2.8 6.2 10.7 -3.6 -1.2 1.7 6.1 -1.3 -7.1 -5.6 6.1 -8.4 -5.5 2.5 3.6 4.3 11.7

Motor vehicle output.............. -2.7 -6.1 12.8 2.0 -1.6 -7.9 -16.4 -18.1 -19.1 19.4 10.7 16.3 9.9 8.1 37.1 -13.4 -1.8 -3.3 42.6
GDP less motor vehicle output..... 4.0 .5 2.1 7.3 2.7 5.4 1.2 1.8 .0 -2.2 -.6 2.3 4.9 1.0 3.0 1.9 1.5 3.5 6.1

Final sales of computers\1\....... 29.5 9.1 13.0 -3.9 56.9 45.2 9.6 10.2 30.0 -19.1 -5.3 28.9 -7.8 13.1 78.5 26.7 28.2 27.8 94.1
GDP less final sales of computers. 3.5 .2 2.4 7.2 2.2 4.5 .5 1.0 -.8 -1.4 -.2 2.6 5.1 1.2 3.6 1.2 1.3 3.1 6.7

Farm product\2\................... 11.5 -5.1 .4 8.7 35.1 4.7 15.3 -19.1 -10.6 -17.5 -4.3 74.0 -14.2 -26.7 7.9 9.5 2.4 -10.4 6.2

Nonfarm business less housing
product\3\....................... 4.1 -.1 2.8 8.5 2.1 5.6 .3 1.2 -.9 -2.8 -.8 3.0 6.3 .9 5.4 1.8 1.5 4.9 9.0

Price indexes:
GDP............................... 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.7 3.1 2.3 1.6 2.1 3.7 2.5 2.2 -.5 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.8 2.4 1.0 1.7
GDP less food and energy.......... 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.8 2.7 2.1 1.6 1.9 2.8 1.6 2.8 .0 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.8 .6 1.4
GDP less final sales of computers. 2.3 2.6 1.3 1.9 3.3 2.5 1.8 2.2 4.1 2.7 2.4 -.4 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.9 2.5 1.1 1.9

Gross domestic purchases.......... 2.5 1.9 1.2 2.2 3.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 3.3 1.7 -.2 .4 1.2 2.3 1.2 1.8 3.4 .4 1.9
Gross domestic purchases less
food and energy.................. 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.7 2.7 1.9 1.5 1.7 2.9 1.3 .6 2.0 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.8 .8 1.5
Gross domestic purchases less
final sales of computers......... 2.8 2.2 1.4 2.4 3.9 2.4 2.4 2.3 3.8 2.0 .1 .7 1.4 2.4 1.4 2.0 3.6 .5 2.1

Personal consumption expenditures. 2.5 2.0 1.4 2.4 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.2 3.3 1.8 -.1 .8 1.1 2.7 1.7 1.8 2.7 .8 2.4
Personal consumption expenditures
less food and energy............. 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.2 1.8 1.3 1.8 2.8 1.2 .7 2.7 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.5 .8 1.1 1.8

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1. For some components of final sales of computers, includes computer parts.

2. Farm output less intermediate goods and services purchased.

3. Consists of GDP less gross product of farm, of housing, of households and institutions, and of general government. See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.

Explanatory Note: Measures of Output and Prices

This note describes the calculation of chain-type quantity and price indexes used in the NIPA's.

Changes in current-dollar GDP measure changes in the market value of goods, services, and structures produced in the economy in a particular period. These changes can be decomposed into quantity and price components. Quantities, or "real" measures, and prices are expressed as index numbers with the reference year--at present, the year 1996--equal to 100.

The annual changes in quantities and prices are calculated using a Fisher formula that incorporates weights from two adjacent years. (Quarterly changes in quantities and prices are calculated using a Fisher formula that incorporates weights from two adjacent quarters; quarterly indexes are adjusted for consistency to the annual indexes before percent changes are calculated.) For example, the 2000-01 annual percent change in real GDP uses prices for 2000 and 2001 as weights, and the 2000-01 annual percent change in GDP prices uses quantities for 2000 and 2001 as weights. These annual changes are "chained" (multiplied) together to form time series of quantity and price indexes. The Fisher formula produces percent changes in quantities and prices that are not affected by the choice of reference years. In addition, because the changes in quantities and prices calculated in this way are symmetric, in general, the product of a quantity index and the corresponding price index equals the current-dollar index. (BEA also publishes a measure of the price level known as the "implicit price deflator (IPD)," which is calculated as the ratio of current-dollar value to the corresponding chained-dollar value, multiplied by 100. The values of the IPD are very close to the values of the corresponding "chain-type" price index for all periods.)

Chain-type quantity and price indexes for GDP and its major components are presented in this release as index numbers in table 5 and in the form of percentage changes from the preceding period in tables 1, 4, 6 and from the quarter one year ago in table 7. Contributions by major components to changes in real GDP are presented in table 2. BEA also prepares measures of real GDP and its components in a dollar-denominated form, designated "chained (1996) dollar estimates." For GDP and most other series, these estimates, which are presented in table 3, are computed by multiplying the 1996 current-dollar value by a corresponding quantity index number and then dividing by 100. For example, if a current-dollar GDP component equaled $100 in 1996 and if real output for this component increased 10 percent in 1997, then the chained (1996) dollar value of this component in 1997 would be $110 ($100 x 1.10).

For analyses of changes over time in an aggregate or in a component, the percentage changes calculated from the chained-dollar estimates and from the chain-type quantity indexes are the same; any differences will be small and due to rounding. However, because the relative prices used as weights for any period other than the reference year differ from those used for the reference year, the chained-dollar values for the detailed GDP components will not necessarily sum to the chained-dollar estimate of GDP or to any intermediate aggregate. A measure of the extent of such differences is provided by a "residual" line, which indicates the difference between GDP (or another major aggregate) and the sum of the most detailed components in the table. For periods close to the reference year, when there usually has not been much change in the relative prices that are used as weights for the chain-type index, the residuals tend to be small, and the chained (1996) dollar estimates can be used to approximate the contributions to growth and to aggregate the detailed estimates. As one moves further from the reference year, the residual tends to become larger, and the chained-dollar estimates become less useful for analyses of contributions to growth. Thus, the contributions to percent change shown in table 2 provide a better measure of the composition of GDP growth. In particular, for components for which relative prices are changing rapidly, calculation of contributions using chained-dollar estimates may be misleading even just a few years from the reference year. References: "A Preview of the 1999 Comprehensive Revision of the NIPA's: Statistical Changes," October 1999 Survey, pp. 6-17; "A Guide to the NIPA's," March 1998 Survey, pp. 36-40; "BEA's Chain Indexes, Time Series, and Measures of Long-Term Economic Growth," May 1997 Survey, pp. 58-68.

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