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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2006 (FINAL)
CORPORATE PROFITS: FOURTH QUARTER 2006
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 2.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006,
according to final estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real
GDP increased 2.0 percent.
The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available for
the preliminary estimates issued last month. In the preliminary estimates, the increase in real GDP was
2.2 percent (see "Revisions" on page 3).
The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from
personal consumption expenditures (PCE), exports, state and local government spending, and federal
government spending that were partly offset by negative contributions from residential fixed investment
and private inventory investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP,
decreased.
The small acceleration in real GDP growth in the fourth quarter primarily reflected a downturn in
imports and accelerations in PCE, in exports, and in federal government spending that were partly offset
by downturns in private inventory investment and in equipment and software and a deceleration in
nonresidential structures.
Final sales of computers contributed 0.22 percentage point to the fourth-quarter growth in real
GDP after contributing 0.07 percentage point to the third-quarter growth. Motor vehicle output
subtracted 1.18 percentage points from the fourth-quarter growth in real GDP after contributing 0.76
percentage point to the third-quarter growth.
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 are annualized. "Real" estimates are in chained (2000)
dollars. Prices indexes are chain-type measures.
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The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents,
increased 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the same as in the preliminary estimate; this index increased
2.2 percent in the third quarter. Excluding food and energy prices, the price index for gross domestic
purchases increased 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 2.2 percent in the
third.
Real personal consumption expenditures increased 4.2 percent in the fourth quarter, compared
with an increase of 2.8 percent in the third. Real nonresidential fixed investment decreased 3.1 percent,
in contrast to an increase of 10.0 percent. Nonresidential structures increased 0.8 percent, compared
with an increase of 15.7 percent. Equipment and software decreased 4.8 percent, in contrast to an
increase of 7.7 percent. Real residential fixed investment decreased 19.8 percent, compared with a
decrease of 18.7 percent.
Real exports of goods and services increased 10.6 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with an
increase of 6.8 percent in the third. Real imports of goods and services decreased 2.6 percent, in
contrast to an increase of 5.6 percent.
Real federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment increased 4.6 percent in
the fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 1.3 percent in the third. National defense increased
12.3 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 1.2 percent. Nondefense decreased 9.6 percent, in contrast to
an increase of 6.5 percent. Real state and local government consumption expenditures and gross
investment increased 2.7 percent, compared with an increase of 1.9 percent.
The real change in private inventories subtracted 1.16 percentage points from the fourth-quarter
change in real GDP, after adding 0.06 percentage point to the third-quarter change. Private businesses
increased inventories $22.4 billion in the fourth quarter, following increases of $55.4 billion in the third
quarter and $53.7 billion in the second.
Real final sales of domestic product -- GDP less change in private inventories -- increased 3.7
percent in the fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 1.9 percent in the third.
Gross domestic purchases
Real gross domestic purchases -- purchases by U.S. residents of goods and services wherever
produced -- increased 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 2.0 percent in the
third.
Gross national product
Real gross national product -- the goods and services produced by the labor and property supplied
by U.S. residents -- increased 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with 1.8 percent in the third.
GNP includes, and GDP excludes, net receipts of income from the rest of the world, which increased
$29.4 billion in the fourth quarter after decreasing $5.5 billion in the third; in the fourth quarter, receipts
increased $28.2 billion, and payments decreased $1.2 billion.
Current-dollar GDP
Current-dollar GDP -- the market value of the nation's output of goods and services -- increased
4.1 percent, or $135.6 billion, in the fourth quarter to a level of $13,458.2 billion. In the third quarter,
current-dollar GDP increased 3.8 percent, or $125.3 billion.
Revisions
The final estimate of the fourth-quarter increase in real GDP is 0.3 percentage point, or $6.5
billion, higher than the preliminary estimate issued last month. The upward revision to the percent
change in real GDP primarily reflected an upward revision to private inventory investment that was
partly offset by a downward revision to equipment and software investment.
Advance Preliminary Final
(Percent change from preceding quarter)
Real GDP............................... 3.5 2.2 2.5
Current-dollar GDP..................... 5.0 3.9 4.1
Gross domestic purchases price index... 0.1 0.2 0.2
Corporate Profits
Profits from current production (corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments) decreased $4.9 billion in the fourth quarter, in contrast to an increase of $61.5
billion in the third quarter. Current-production cash flow (net cash flow with inventory valuation and
capital consumption adjustments) -- the internal funds available to corporations for investment --
decreased $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter, in contrast to an increase of $30.2 billion in the third.
Taxes on corporate income decreased $14.4 billion in the fourth quarter, in contrast to an increase
of $14.5 billion in the third. Profits after tax with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments increased $9.6 billion, compared with an increase of $47.0 billion. Dividends increased
$21.0 billion, compared with an increase of $19.3 billion; current-production undistributed profits
decreased $11.5 billion, in contrast to an increase of $27.8 billion.
Domestic profits of financial corporations increased $20.5 billion in the fourth quarter, in contrast
to a decrease of $9.1 billion in the third. Domestic profits of nonfinancial corporations decreased $62.6
billion in the fourth quarter, in contrast to an increase of $75.8 billion in the third. In the fourth quarter,
real gross value added of nonfinancial corporations increased, and profits per unit of real value added
decreased. The decrease in unit profits reflected a small increase in unit prices that was more than offset
by increases in both the unit labor and nonlabor costs corporations incurred.
The rest-of-the-world component of profits increased $37.3 billion in the fourth quarter, in
contrast to a decrease of $5.3 billion in the third. This measure is calculated as (1) receipts by U.S.
residents of earnings from their foreign affiliates plus dividends received by U.S. residents from
unaffiliated foreign corporations minus (2) payments by U.S. affiliates of earnings to their foreign
parents plus dividends paid by U.S. corporations to unaffiliated foreign residents. The fourth-quarter
increase was accounted for by an increase in receipts and a decrease in payments.
Profits before tax with inventory valuation adjustment is the best available measure of industry
profits because estimates of the capital consumption adjustment by industry do not exist. This measure
reflects depreciation-accounting practices used for federal income tax returns. According to this
measure, domestic profits of financial corporations increased, while domestic profits of nonfinancial
corporations decreased. The decrease in nonfinancial corporations reflected decreases in ?other?
nonfinancial industries, in wholesale trade, in manufacturing, and in transportation and warehousing that
were partly offset by increases in retail trade, in information, and in utilities. Within manufacturing, the
decrease reflected a decrease in nondurable goods -- especially petroleum and coal products -- that was
partly offset by an increase in durable goods.
Profits before tax decreased $16.4 billion in the fourth quarter, in contrast to an increase of $42.5
billion in the third. The before-tax measure of profits does not reflect, as does profits from current
production, the capital consumption and inventory valuation adjustments. These adjustments convert
depreciation of fixed assets and inventory withdrawals reported on a tax-return, historical-cost basis to
the current-cost measures used in the national income and product accounts. The capital consumption
adjustment decreased $9.3 billion in the fourth quarter (from -$162.4 billion to -$171.7 billion),
compared with a decrease of $1.6 billion in the third. The inventory valuation adjustment increased
$20.7 billion (from -$38.2 billion to -$17.5 billion), compared with an increase of $20.7 billion.
Corporate profits in 2006
Profits from current production increased 21.4 percent in 2006, compared with an increase of 12.5
percent in 2005. Domestic profits increased 21.1 percent, compared with an increase of 12.7 percent.
The rest-of-the-world component of profits increased 23.4 percent, compared with an increase of 11.7
percent.
Taxes on corporate income increased 18.9 percent in 2006, compared with an increase of 33.1
percent in 2005. Profits after tax with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments
increased 22.5 percent, compared with an increase of 5.5 percent. Dividends increased 11.3 percent,
compared with an increase of 6.9 percent; current-production undistributed profits increased 40.6
percent, compared with an increase of 3.4 percent.
According to the measure of profits before tax with inventory valuation adjustment, domestic
profits of financial and nonfinancial corporations increased in 2006. The increase in nonfinancial
corporations reflected increases in all industries shown except motor vehicles; the largest increase was in
manufacturing. Within manufacturing, the largest increase was in petroleum and coal products.
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Gross Domestic Product: First Quarter 2007 (Advance)
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Table 1.--Real Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Percent Change From Preceding Period
[Quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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2004 2005 2006r I 03 II 03 III 03 IV 03 I 04 II 04 III 04 IV 04 I 05 II 05 III 05 IV 05 I 06 II 06 III 06 IV 06r
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Gross domestic product (GDP). 3.9 3.2 3.3 1.2 3.5 7.5 2.7 3.9 4.0 3.1 2.6 3.4 3.3 4.2 1.8 5.6 2.6 2.0 2.5
Personal consumption expenditures... 3.9 3.5 3.2 2.1 3.6 5.8 2.3 4.7 2.9 3.9 4.3 2.7 4.2 3.9 .8 4.8 2.6 2.8 4.2
Durable goods..................... 6.4 5.5 5.0 .4 16.8 16.7 .7 6.1 1.7 8.7 6.1 2.4 12.8 9.0 -12.3 19.8 -.1 6.4 4.4
Nondurable goods.................. 3.6 4.5 3.7 3.8 2.3 7.7 1.8 4.3 1.7 3.7 5.4 5.2 4.9 3.4 3.9 5.9 1.4 1.5 5.9
Services.......................... 3.5 2.6 2.6 1.5 1.8 2.9 2.8 4.6 3.8 3.1 3.4 1.6 2.3 3.2 2.0 1.6 3.7 2.8 3.4
Gross private domestic investment... 9.8 5.4 4.3 -1.3 3.3 17.7 9.3 4.8 21.7 2.0 5.1 8.2 -3.6 5.2 16.2 7.8 1.0 -.8 -15.2
Fixed investment.................. 7.3 7.5 2.9 -.4 10.6 13.6 5.5 2.2 11.7 7.6 4.9 7.8 10.5 6.3 2.8 8.2 -1.6 -1.2 -9.1
Nonresidential.................. 5.9 6.8 7.2 -2.6 10.7 9.4 2.8 1.7 7.2 10.3 8.3 6.0 5.2 5.9 5.2 13.7 4.4 10.0 -3.1
Structures.................... 2.2 1.1 9.0 -6.9 14.7 -.8 -4.7 3.3 6.9 3.1 -2.0 5.3 -2.0 -7.0 12.0 8.7 20.3 15.7 .8
Equipment and software........ 7.3 8.9 6.5 -1.0 9.3 13.2 5.6 1.2 7.3 13.0 12.3 6.3 7.9 11.0 2.8 15.6 -1.4 7.7 -4.8
Residential..................... 9.9 8.6 -4.2 4.1 10.5 22.2 10.6 3.1 19.8 3.2 -.6 11.1 20.0 7.1 -.9 -.3 -11.1 -18.7 -19.8
Change in private inventories..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Net exports of goods and services... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports........................... 9.2 6.8 8.9 -5.3 -1.7 11.4 20.8 7.2 6.2 4.8 9.9 4.7 9.4 3.2 9.6 14.0 6.2 6.8 10.6
Goods........................... 9.0 7.5 10.5 2.0 -1.2 8.8 19.8 7.1 6.4 8.3 6.1 5.5 12.8 3.7 11.5 17.3 6.0 9.4 8.4
Services........................ 9.7 5.1 5.4 -20.0 -2.8 17.5 23.1 7.5 5.6 -2.8 19.2 2.9 2.0 2.1 5.5 6.7 6.7 .8 16.3
Imports........................... 10.8 6.1 5.8 -5.0 4.1 3.7 17.6 10.2 16.0 4.4 12.0 4.1 1.4 2.5 13.2 9.1 1.4 5.6 -2.6
Goods........................... 10.9 6.7 5.9 -3.9 8.6 .6 17.2 10.1 17.7 4.7 12.6 4.9 2.0 2.7 14.1 9.4 -.1 7.1 -4.1
Services........................ 10.0 2.8 5.3 -10.6 -15.7 21.2 19.6 10.9 7.6 3.1 9.0 -.2 -1.5 1.2 8.3 7.4 9.9 -2.6 6.2
Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment............... 1.9 .9 2.1 -1.4 6.1 1.5 .7 2.9 2.2 1.3 -1.9 1.6 1.1 3.4 -1.1 4.9 .8 1.7 3.4
Federal........................... 4.3 1.5 2.0 .1 19.7 .4 3.1 7.2 2.5 5.0 -5.2 3.4 .4 9.6 -4.6 8.8 -4.5 1.3 4.6
National defense................ 5.9 1.7 1.9 -4.4 36.3 -5.3 8.1 9.1 2.0 9.1 -9.1 4.5 2.9 11.2 -9.9 8.9 -2.0 -1.2 12.3
Nondefense...................... 1.2 1.1 2.1 9.0 -6.4 12.4 -6.0 3.6 3.5 -2.9 3.4 1.2 -4.4 6.2 7.1 8.5 -9.3 6.5 -9.6
State and local................... .5 .5 2.1 -2.2 -.8 2.1 -.6 .5 2.1 -.9 .1 .6 1.5 -.1 1.0 2.7 4.0 1.9 2.7
Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product... 3.5 3.5 3.1 1.3 4.5 6.9 2.1 3.4 2.6 4.0 2.6 3.3 5.6 4.4 -.3 5.6 2.1 1.9 3.7
Gross domestic purchases.......... 4.4 3.3 3.2 .9 4.0 6.6 3.0 4.4 5.5 3.1 3.3 3.4 2.4 4.0 2.7 5.3 2.0 2.0 .8
Final sales to domestic
purchasers....................... 4.0 3.6 2.9 1.1 5.1 6.1 2.5 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.2 3.3 4.6 4.2 .7 5.4 1.6 2.0 1.9
Gross national product (GNP)...... 3.8 3.1 3.3 .8 4.1 7.3 3.5 3.5 2.9 3.3 2.0 3.6 3.0 4.9 .5 6.1 2.3 1.8 3.5
Disposable personal income........ 3.6 1.2 2.6 1.7 5.0 6.3 1.7 3.9 2.4 2.8 7.5 -4.0 .5 -.6 5.5 4.6 -1.5 3.2 5.3
Current-dollar measures:
GDP............................. 6.9 6.3 6.3 4.4 4.8 9.7 4.9 7.8 7.9 5.3 5.9 7.0 5.8 7.6 5.1 9.0 5.9 3.8 4.1
Final sales of domestic product. 6.5 6.7 6.1 4.6 5.8 9.1 4.4 7.3 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.9 8.2 7.8 3.0 9.1 5.5 3.8 5.4
Gross domestic purchases........ 7.6 6.9 6.4 5.1 4.7 9.1 4.9 8.9 9.7 5.8 7.0 6.7 5.8 8.5 6.3 8.2 6.1 4.2 1.0
Final sales to domestic
purchasers..................... 7.2 7.2 6.1 5.3 5.7 8.5 4.4 8.5 8.3 6.7 7.0 6.7 8.1 8.8 4.3 8.2 5.7 4.2 2.1
GNP............................. 6.7 6.2 6.3 4.0 5.4 9.6 5.8 7.4 6.7 5.4 5.3 7.2 5.6 8.4 3.8 9.6 5.7 3.7 5.2
Disposable personal income...... 6.4 4.1 5.4 4.8 5.7 8.9 3.2 7.7 6.0 4.7 10.7 -1.8 3.6 3.5 8.6 6.8 2.5 5.7 4.3
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r Revised
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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2004 2005 2006r I 03 II 03 III 03 IV 03 I 04 II 04 III 04 IV 04 I 05 II 05 III 05 IV 05 I 06 II 06 III 06 IV 06r
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Percent change at annual rate:
Gross domestic product.......... 3.9 3.2 3.3 1.2 3.5 7.5 2.7 3.9 4.0 3.1 2.6 3.4 3.3 4.2 1.8 5.6 2.6 2.0 2.5
Percentage points at annual rates:
Personal consumption expenditures. 2.71 2.44 2.24 1.41 2.53 4.13 1.59 3.30 2.07 2.74 2.97 1.94 2.94 2.76 .53 3.38 1.81 1.96 2.93
Durable goods................... .54 .45 .41 .03 1.35 1.39 .06 .51 .14 .71 .50 .20 1.02 .74 -1.08 1.50 -.01 .50 .35
Motor vehicles and parts...... .07 .02 -.04 -.04 .65 .46 -.29 .09 -.14 .22 .17 -.29 .50 .38 -1.51 .60 -.04 .28 -.15
Furniture and household
equipment.................... .35 .29 .36 .05 .49 .67 .27 .33 .28 .36 .21 .27 .28 .40 .33 .65 .10 .20 .38
Other......................... .11 .14 .09 .02 .21 .26 .08 .10 .01 .13 .12 .21 .24 -.03 .10 .26 -.06 .03 .12
Nondurable goods................ .73 .90 .76 .75 .45 1.53 .36 .86 .34 .74 1.07 1.04 .98 .70 .79 1.20 .30 .32 1.18
Food.......................... .33 .51 .41 .39 .04 .61 .02 .54 .16 .28 .70 .53 .55 .61 .39 .64 .19 -.07 .62
Clothing and shoes............ .14 .17 .14 -.02 .29 .31 -.02 .32 -.14 .18 .19 .17 .25 .08 .27 .23 -.10 .15 .18
Gasoline, fuel oil, and other
energy goods................. .02 -.01 -.02 -.02 -.02 .10 .06 .00 .00 -.04 .01 .12 -.10 -.15 -.06 -.03 .02 .14 .03
Other......................... .24 .23 .23 .39 .14 .52 .30 .00 .32 .32 .16 .21 .28 .16 .19 .36 .19 .11 .35
Services........................ 1.45 1.09 1.07 .63 .73 1.21 1.18 1.92 1.59 1.30 1.39 .70 .94 1.32 .83 .67 1.52 1.14 1.41
Housing....................... .40 .30 .24 .11 .18 .35 .40 .49 .42 .37 .32 .29 .28 .24 .18 .24 .25 .27 .33
Household operation........... .10 .08 -.02 .00 .00 .02 .17 .11 .10 .06 .25 .01 .04 .09 .01 -.58 .31 .35 .13
Electricity and gas......... .02 .04 -.05 -.05 -.08 -.03 .12 .06 -.06 -.07 .25 .00 .00 .03 .03 -.58 .23 .32 .08
Other household operation... .08 .04 .03 .05 .08 .05 .05 .05 .16 .13 .00 .01 .04 .06 -.02 .00 .08 .04 .05
Transportation................ .03 .00 .04 .07 -.03 .03 .02 .05 .06 .00 .04 .02 -.03 -.04 .00 .10 .04 .03 .10
Medical care.................. .37 .43 .42 .47 .28 .28 .28 .33 .47 .53 .43 .32 .40 .53 .44 .52 .31 .25 .42
Recreation.................... .14 .08 .06 .02 .15 .13 .16 .18 .13 .09 .05 .13 .05 .05 .04 .09 .02 .08 .09
Other......................... .41 .20 .33 -.04 .16 .40 .15 .76 .42 .24 .30 -.07 .20 .44 .16 .31 .58 .15 .33
Gross private domestic investment. 1.49 .87 .70 -.16 .51 2.56 1.39 .74 3.17 .32 .82 1.32 -.61 .84 2.51 1.31 .17 -.13 -2.71
Fixed investment................ 1.11 1.17 .47 -.04 1.52 2.00 .83 .34 1.72 1.16 .77 1.22 1.62 1.02 .46 1.34 -.27 -.19 -1.54
Nonresidential................ .58 .67 .73 -.24 1.01 .92 .29 .18 .69 .97 .81 .59 .51 .59 .52 1.36 .45 1.01 -.34
Structures.................. .06 .03 .26 -.18 .35 -.02 -.12 .08 .17 .08 -.05 .14 -.06 -.20 .31 .25 .56 .46 .03
Equipment and software...... .52 .64 .47 -.06 .66 .95 .41 .10 .52 .90 .86 .45 .56 .78 .21 1.11 -.10 .55 -.36
Information processing
equipment and software... .36 .30 .31 .31 .13 .82 .70 .30 .05 .21 .33 .43 .29 .26 .25 .74 -.04 .35 -.07
Computers and peripheral
equipment.............. .10 .12 .10 .12 .00 .26 .21 -.03 -.03 .21 .17 .10 .10 .06 .16 .15 .03 .13 .00
Software................ .15 .09 .10 .06 .05 .32 .20 .17 .03 .12 .16 .03 .12 .07 .04 .18 .07 .09 .05
Other................... .11 .10 .11 .12 .08 .23 .29 .16 .05 -.12 .00 .30 .06 .13 .04 .40 -.14 .13 -.11
Industrial equipment...... -.05 .10 .07 .17 .14 -.14 -.22 -.09 -.05 .19 .05 .16 -.07 .23 .19 -.05 .16 .00 -.07
Transportation equipment.. .14 .15 .00 -.57 .31 .01 -.13 -.08 .46 .39 .40 -.14 .11 .27 -.31 .31 -.32 .15 -.22
Other equipment........... .07 .09 .08 .04 .08 .26 .07 -.04 .06 .10 .08 .01 .24 .03 .08 .11 .09 .05 -.01
Residential................... .53 .50 -.27 .20 .51 1.08 .55 .16 1.03 .18 -.04 .63 1.11 .43 -.06 -.02 -.72 -1.20 -1.21
Change in private inventories... .38 -.30 .23 -.12 -1.01 .56 .56 .40 1.44 -.84 .05 .09 -2.23 -.18 2.05 -.03 .44 .06 -1.16
Farm.......................... .07 -.06 .03 .19 -.16 -.06 -.05 .27 .61 -.48 -.38 .16 -.26 .28 .14 -.01 -.09 .02 -.01
Nonfarm....................... .31 -.24 .21 -.31 -.85 .62 .60 .13 .84 -.35 .43 -.06 -1.97 -.46 1.90 -.02 .54 .05 -1.15
Net exports of goods and services. -.65 -.26 -.02 .21 -.73 .51 -.47 -.73 -1.62 -.20 -.81 -.16 .72 -.06 -1.07 -.04 .42 -.19 1.59
Exports......................... .88 .68 .93 -.53 -.16 1.02 1.81 .69 .60 .46 .96 .47 .94 .33 .97 1.41 .66 .73 1.14
Goods......................... .60 .52 .76 .13 -.08 .55 1.20 .47 .43 .55 .42 .38 .88 .27 .80 1.20 .45 .71 .65
Services...................... .28 .16 .17 -.65 -.08 .47 .61 .22 .17 -.09 .54 .09 .06 .06 .17 .21 .21 .03 .50
Imports......................... -1.53 -.94 -.95 .74 -.57 -.51 -2.29 -1.42 -2.22 -.66 -1.77 -.63 -.22 -.39 -2.04 -1.46 -.24 -.93 .45
Goods......................... -1.29 -.87 -.82 .47 -.97 -.07 -1.86 -1.17 -2.03 -.59 -1.55 -.64 -.26 -.36 -1.84 -1.27 .01 -1.00 .61
Services...................... -.24 -.07 -.14 .27 .40 -.44 -.43 -.25 -.18 -.08 -.22 .01 .04 -.03 -.20 -.19 -.25 .07 -.16
Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment............. .36 .17 .40 -.26 1.16 .29 .14 .55 .43 .24 -.37 .31 .21 .64 -.21 .94 .16 .32 .64
Federal......................... .30 .11 .14 .01 1.26 .03 .21 .49 .18 .34 -.38 .23 .03 .66 -.33 .61 -.32 .09 .31
National defense.............. .27 .08 .09 -.20 1.41 -.25 .35 .41 .09 .41 -.45 .21 .13 .52 -.49 .41 -.09 -.06 .55
Consumption expenditures.... .22 .05 .05 -.22 1.30 -.32 .31 .40 .00 .34 -.44 .25 .03 .45 -.47 .37 -.17 -.04 .43
Gross investment............ .05 .03 .04 .02 .12 .07 .05 .00 .10 .08 -.01 -.04 .10 .07 -.02 .05 .08 -.02 .11
Nondefense.................... .03 .03 .05 .21 -.16 .28 -.14 .09 .08 -.07 .08 .03 -.11 .14 .16 .20 -.23 .15 -.23
Consumption expenditures..... .03 .00 .04 .19 -.21 .27 -.12 .11 .03 -.06 .05 .01 -.09 .08 .05 .16 -.10 .13 -.19
Gross investment............. .00 .02 .01 .01 .06 .01 -.03 -.03 .05 -.01 .03 .01 -.02 .06 .11 .03 -.12 .02 -.04
State and local................. .06 .06 .26 -.27 -.10 .26 -.07 .06 .25 -.10 .01 .08 .18 -.01 .13 .33 .48 .23 .33
Consumption expenditures.... .10 .08 .18 -.19 -.07 -.04 .07 .19 .15 .08 .15 .02 .05 .14 .09 .17 .20 .30 .33
Gross investment............ -.04 -.02 .08 -.09 -.02 .30 -.15 -.13 .11 -.18 -.14 .06 .13 -.15 .03 .16 .28 -.08 .00
Addenda:
Goods........................... 1.56 1.43 1.90 1.27 .56 5.00 .81 1.20 .99 1.56 1.43 1.51 1.09 2.07 .97 3.86 1.12 1.17 1.25
Services........................ 1.84 1.31 1.37 .03 2.06 1.15 1.63 2.59 1.74 1.48 1.47 1.07 1.04 2.02 .46 1.39 1.40 1.63 2.32
Structures...................... .51 .49 .05 -.09 .85 1.33 .22 .05 1.31 .06 -.29 .82 1.13 .09 .33 .33 .04 -.84 -1.11
Motor vehicle output............ .12 .20 -.06 -.46 .36 .30 -.23 .33 -.24 .52 .06 .38 -.03 .70 -.71 .12 -.31 .76 -1.18
Final sales of computers........ .06 .16 .11 .12 -.02 .50 .15 -.13 -.14 .15 .26 .16 .20 .08 .20 .07 .04 .07 .22
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r Revised
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 (2000) dollars
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Seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change from preceding
at annual rates at annual rates period
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Gross domestic product....... 13,246.6 12,730.5 13,008.4 13,197.3 13,322.6 13,458.2 11,415.3 11,163.8 11,316.4 11,388.1 11,443.5 11,513.0 366.7 55.4 69.5
Personal consumption expenditures. 9,268.9 8,927.8 9,079.2 9,228.1 9,346.7 9,421.8 8,091.4 7,910.2 8,003.8 8,055.0 8,111.2 8,195.9 250.2 56.2 84.7
Durable goods................... 1,070.3 1,019.6 1,064.1 1,061.8 1,075.5 1,079.8 1,202.9 1,137.9 1,190.5 1,190.3 1,208.8 1,221.9 57.6 18.5 13.1
Motor vehicles and parts...... 444.7 421.6 442.7 441.7 451.3 443.3 447.4 426.3 445.1 443.7 452.9 447.8 -5.5 9.2 -5.1
Furniture and household
equipment.................... 404.6 386.0 402.3 401.3 403.2 411.4 550.5 511.5 538.5 542.9 551.7 569.1 59.9 8.8 17.4
Other......................... 221.0 212.0 219.1 218.8 221.0 225.2 224.5 216.3 224.6 222.5 223.4 227.5 11.9 .9 4.1
Nondurable goods................ 2,714.9 2,613.5 2,658.2 2,721.4 2,747.7 2,732.1 2,362.0 2,309.6 2,342.8 2,351.1 2,360.1 2,394.0 85.2 9.0 33.9
Food.......................... 1,281.1 1,233.7 1,262.3 1,274.0 1,280.7 1,307.5 1,110.9 1,085.7 1,103.4 1,108.8 1,106.8 1,124.5 45.2 -2.0 17.7
Clothing and shoes............ 358.6 349.1 355.4 355.1 358.7 365.3 392.5 383.1 391.1 387.4 392.6 399.1 19.8 5.2 6.5
Gasoline, fuel oil, and other
energy goods................. 338.3 322.1 316.2 359.1 369.4 308.5 197.6 196.6 196.0 196.3 198.7 199.3 -1.9 2.4 .6
Other......................... 736.8 708.6 724.2 733.3 738.9 750.8 671.1 652.4 662.6 668.3 671.5 682.2 27.2 3.2 10.7
Services........................ 5,483.7 5,294.7 5,356.8 5,444.9 5,523.5 5,609.8 4,550.4 4,476.7 4,494.5 4,535.4 4,566.6 4,605.2 113.8 31.2 38.6
Housing....................... 1,382.2 1,326.6 1,345.4 1,370.1 1,394.2 1,419.2 1,148.7 1,131.2 1,137.6 1,144.5 1,151.7 1,160.8 26.1 7.2 9.1
Household operation........... 506.4 506.1 494.8 499.1 512.3 519.2 416.2 419.8 404.3 412.5 422.1 425.8 -1.8 9.6 3.7
Electricity and gas......... 212.2 219.9 206.2 206.9 216.6 219.2 149.9 154.7 141.7 147.0 154.4 156.4 -3.9 7.4 2.0
Other household operation... 294.1 286.2 288.6 292.2 295.7 300.0 267.4 264.9 264.8 267.0 268.1 269.6 3.3 1.1 1.5
Transportation................ 337.1 325.9 330.4 335.9 339.5 342.7 288.4 283.5 286.3 287.5 288.5 291.2 4.0 1.0 2.7
Medical care.................. 1,588.5 1,534.0 1,557.2 1,578.2 1,597.5 1,621.0 1,305.0 1,279.0 1,292.6 1,300.9 1,307.6 1,319.0 44.1 6.7 11.4
Recreation.................... 379.4 367.7 372.4 377.2 382.7 385.1 319.7 315.1 317.5 318.1 320.4 323.0 6.6 2.3 2.6
Other......................... 1,290.2 1,234.4 1,256.5 1,284.3 1,297.3 1,322.6 1,071.1 1,046.5 1,054.9 1,070.6 1,074.8 1,083.9 34.9 4.2 9.1
Gross private domestic investment. 2,212.5 2,154.5 2,214.8 2,237.1 2,235.5 2,162.6 1,945.6 1,927.0 1,963.6 1,968.5 1,964.8 1,885.6 79.3 -3.7 -79.2
Fixed investment................ 2,162.9 2,105.8 2,167.7 2,174.8 2,171.4 2,137.6 1,894.7 1,877.3 1,914.6 1,906.8 1,901.3 1,856.3 52.7 -5.5 -45.0
Nonresidential................ 1,396.2 1,304.3 1,359.2 1,384.3 1,420.8 1,420.5 1,312.4 1,248.2 1,288.8 1,302.8 1,334.2 1,323.7 88.6 31.4 -10.5
Structures.................. 411.2 359.7 378.2 406.3 426.9 433.5 274.0 254.2 259.6 271.9 282.0 282.6 22.5 10.1 .6
Equipment and software...... 985.0 944.7 981.0 977.9 994.0 987.0 1,048.6 1,007.6 1,044.8 1,041.2 1,060.7 1,047.8 63.7 19.5 -12.9
Information processing
equipment and software... 484.3 461.3 482.4 479.9 489.6 485.2 601.2 567.3 595.9 594.3 608.6 605.9 48.6 14.3 -2.7
Computers and peripheral
equipment.............. 86.5 85.9 88.0 85.9 87.2 85.1 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Software................ 208.3 196.9 203.6 207.0 210.8 212.0 219.3 209.5 215.6 217.8 221.0 222.6 13.1 3.2 1.6
Other................... 189.4 178.4 190.8 187.1 191.7 188.1 209.2 197.5 211.6 206.7 211.3 207.1 15.6 4.6 -4.2
Industrial equipment...... 169.0 163.9 163.4 170.1 172.0 170.6 152.2 150.4 149.0 153.9 153.9 151.9 8.7 .0 -2.0
Transportation equipment.. 158.5 154.6 165.7 155.9 157.5 154.8 145.7 143.2 152.2 142.7 147.3 140.5 .3 4.6 -6.8
Other equipment........... 173.2 164.9 169.4 172.1 174.9 176.5 157.1 151.2 154.3 157.1 158.6 158.3 9.8 1.5 -.3
Residential................... 766.7 801.5 808.5 790.6 750.5 717.1 582.2 618.9 618.5 600.5 570.3 539.7 -25.8 -30.2 -30.6
Change in private inventories... 49.6 48.6 47.2 62.3 64.2 24.9 43.2 43.5 41.2 53.7 55.4 22.4 23.6 1.7 -33.0
Farm.......................... 3.1 5.8 5.4 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.8 4.8 4.3 1.9 2.5 2.4 2.6 .6 -.1
Nonfarm....................... 46.5 42.8 41.8 59.9 61.6 22.7 40.6 38.6 36.8 52.2 53.3 20.0 21.0 1.1 -33.3
Net exports of goods and services. -762.5 -775.4 -765.2 -781.8 -801.7 -701.2 -618.0 -636.6 -636.6 -624.2 -628.8 -582.6 1.2 -4.6 46.2
Exports......................... 1,466.2 1,352.4 1,405.4 1,448.1 1,488.3 1,523.0 1,302.8 1,228.4 1,269.3 1,288.5 1,310.0 1,343.5 106.7 21.5 33.5
Goods......................... 1,035.4 944.3 989.3 1,019.1 1,055.8 1,077.4 931.4 870.8 906.2 919.5 940.4 959.5 88.2 20.9 19.1
Services...................... 430.8 408.1 416.0 429.0 432.5 445.6 372.0 357.8 363.6 369.5 370.3 384.5 19.1 .8 14.2
Imports......................... 2,228.7 2,127.8 2,170.6 2,229.8 2,290.1 2,224.2 1,920.9 1,865.0 1,905.9 1,912.7 1,938.8 1,926.1 105.6 26.1 -12.7
Goods......................... 1,879.5 1,799.3 1,832.6 1,879.0 1,938.8 1,867.5 1,641.5 1,595.8 1,631.9 1,631.7 1,660.1 1,642.6 91.6 28.4 -17.5
Services...................... 349.2 328.5 338.1 350.8 351.3 356.6 281.6 271.7 276.6 283.2 281.3 285.5 14.1 -1.9 4.2
Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment............. 2,527.7 2,423.6 2,479.6 2,513.9 2,542.1 2,575.1 1,998.4 1,963.5 1,987.1 1,991.2 1,999.4 2,016.1 40.4 8.2 16.7
Federal......................... 926.6 886.2 921.7 919.7 927.2 937.7 741.9 729.6 745.1 736.6 738.9 747.2 14.4 2.3 8.3
National defense.............. 621.0 590.9 613.5 616.5 618.1 635.8 492.8 481.4 491.8 489.3 487.8 502.2 9.2 -1.5 14.4
Consumption expenditures.... 542.0 516.9 537.7 537.7 539.3 553.0 418.1 410.0 419.0 414.7 413.7 424.8 4.8 -1.0 11.1
Gross investment............ 79.0 74.1 75.8 78.8 78.8 82.7 76.4 72.6 74.0 76.5 75.9 79.4 5.2 -.6 3.5
Nondefense.................... 305.6 295.3 308.2 303.2 309.0 301.9 248.9 248.0 253.1 247.0 250.9 244.7 5.2 3.9 -6.2
Consumption expenditures.... 266.1 254.2 265.9 264.6 269.8 264.0 211.2 208.7 212.8 210.1 213.4 208.5 3.9 3.3 -4.9
Gross investment............ 39.5 41.1 42.4 38.6 39.3 37.9 38.2 40.1 41.1 37.2 37.8 36.4 1.5 .6 -1.4
State and local................. 1,601.1 1,537.4 1,557.9 1,594.2 1,614.9 1,637.4 1,256.4 1,233.7 1,242.0 1,254.4 1,260.3 1,268.7 26.0 5.9 8.4
Consumption expenditures.... 1,288.3 1,243.4 1,256.2 1,280.7 1,300.0 1,316.5 1,006.0 991.9 996.1 1,001.2 1,009.0 1,017.5 18.0 7.8 8.5
Gross investment............ 312.8 294.0 301.7 313.5 315.0 320.9 250.2 241.6 245.7 253.1 251.1 251.0 8.1 -2.0 -.1
Residual.......................... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... -85.8 -53.7 -78.7 -77.6 -88.3 -97.4 ..... ..... .....
Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product. 13,197.0 12,681.9 12,961.2 13,135.1 13,258.4 13,433.3 11,365.8 11,115.5 11,269.0 11,328.0 11,381.6 11,484.5 340.6 53.6 102.9
Gross domestic purchases........ 14,009.1 13,505.9 13,773.6 13,979.1 14,124.3 14,159.4 12,027.3 11,792.9 11,946.3 12,005.9 12,066.6 12,090.6 367.6 60.7 24.0
Final sales to domestic
purchasers..................... 13,959.5 13,457.3 13,726.4 13,916.8 14,060.1 14,134.5 11,977.8 11,744.6 11,898.7 11,945.9 12,004.7 12,062.0 341.7 58.8 57.3
Gross domestic product.......... 13,246.6 12,730.5 13,008.4 13,197.3 13,322.6 13,458.2 11,415.3 11,163.8 11,316.4 11,388.1 11,443.5 11,513.0 366.7 55.4 69.5
Plus: Income receipts from
the rest of the world.......... 665.6 564.9 603.3 661.4 682.3 715.5 574.8 496.1 526.4 571.4 586.5 614.7 117.9 15.1 28.2
Less: Income payments to
the rest of the world.......... 635.7 552.4 574.3 638.6 665.7 664.4 547.7 483.8 499.7 550.3 570.9 569.7 120.5 20.6 -1.2
Equals: Gross national product.. 13,276.5 12,743.0 13,037.4 13,220.1 13,339.2 13,509.3 11,441.7 11,175.6 11,342.7 11,408.5 11,458.5 11,557.3 363.8 50.0 98.8
Net domestic product............ 11,669.8 11,168.0 11,460.3 11,624.6 11,740.6 11,853.6 9,983.1 9,727.9 9,896.5 9,959.8 10,007.3 10,068.9 425.9 47.5 61.6
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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.--Price Indexes for Gross Domestic Product and Related Measures: Percent Change From Preceding Period
[Quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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Gross domestic product (GDP). 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.1 1.3 2.1 2.2 3.7 3.7 2.1 3.2 3.5 2.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.7
Personal consumption expenditures... 2.6 2.9 2.7 3.1 .7 2.4 1.5 3.7 3.6 1.9 3.0 2.3 3.1 4.1 2.9 2.0 4.0 2.4 -1.0
Durable goods..................... -1.6 -.7 -1.3 -4.8 -4.2 -4.0 -3.5 .0 .3 -2.3 .3 .3 -.6 -2.9 -1.3 -1.0 -.8 -1.1 -2.7
Nondurable goods.................. 3.3 3.6 3.1 5.6 -2.9 3.9 .5 5.7 6.0 1.1 4.4 1.1 4.8 9.0 .6 1.1 8.3 2.3 -7.7
Services.......................... 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.2 5.0 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.9
Gross private domestic investment... 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.8 -.7 1.3 3.5 4.2 4.5 3.6 3.7 3.0 2.7 3.7 4.3 3.7 3.1 .6 3.4
Fixed investment.................. 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.1 -.8 1.3 3.5 4.3 4.6 3.6 3.7 3.1 2.7 4.0 4.6 3.8 3.0 .5 3.4
Nonresidential.................. 1.2 2.6 2.9 .1 -1.3 .7 1.4 1.0 2.1 1.4 2.6 3.6 2.0 2.2 3.5 3.7 3.0 .9 3.1
Structures.................... 6.2 11.3 11.4 4.8 -.2 2.3 4.2 6.7 7.8 10.2 12.0 11.6 9.2 13.2 16.8 12.4 10.7 5.3 5.5
Equipment and software........ -.4 -.4 -.2 -1.5 -1.7 .1 .4 -.9 .2 -1.5 -.5 .9 -.4 -1.5 -1.0 .6 .1 -.9 2.1
Residential..................... 7.3 5.1 4.0 9.4 .2 2.6 7.7 10.5 9.0 7.4 5.6 2.3 3.8 6.9 6.3 3.8 2.9 -.1 3.9
Change in private inventories..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Net exports of goods and services... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports........................... 3.7 3.6 3.3 4.1 1.1 .9 3.0 6.1 5.0 1.8 4.0 4.6 3.6 2.6 2.8 2.3 6.1 4.5 -.9
Goods........................... 3.7 3.1 3.3 3.6 1.6 -.7 4.1 6.5 5.2 1.1 3.6 4.4 3.0 1.3 2.3 2.8 6.2 5.3 .0
Services........................ 3.5 4.8 3.3 5.3 -.2 4.7 .7 5.0 4.5 3.5 5.0 5.1 4.9 5.6 4.2 1.2 6.0 2.5 -3.1
Imports........................... 5.0 6.3 4.3 11.3 -3.9 2.6 .4 9.7 7.3 5.5 6.7 2.6 9.2 10.2 4.3 -.7 9.8 5.4 -8.6
Goods........................... 5.0 6.5 4.5 11.9 -6.7 2.5 .5 10.1 7.9 5.4 6.8 1.8 10.1 11.3 5.1 -1.6 10.6 5.8 -10.2
Services........................ 5.1 5.4 3.4 8.1 11.8 3.1 .0 8.0 4.4 6.2 6.3 6.8 5.1 4.3 -.1 4.5 5.5 3.2 .1
Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment............... 4.4 5.6 4.4 9.2 1.3 2.5 2.2 6.8 5.3 4.6 5.7 7.0 4.6 5.9 4.7 4.4 4.8 2.8 1.8
Federal........................... 4.7 4.8 3.5 11.3 1.5 1.0 1.1 11.5 5.3 2.2 2.9 11.3 2.2 3.3 .4 7.6 3.8 2.0 .0
National defense................ 4.7 5.1 3.4 10.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 10.5 5.8 2.8 3.2 11.6 2.4 3.4 1.0 6.7 4.1 2.3 -.3
Nondefense...................... 4.7 4.1 3.5 12.9 1.6 .6 .6 13.7 4.3 .9 2.3 10.6 1.8 3.2 -.7 9.5 3.2 1.4 .8
State and local................... 4.3 6.2 4.9 8.1 1.1 3.3 2.9 4.1 5.3 6.1 7.4 4.6 6.1 7.4 7.3 2.6 5.4 3.4 2.9
Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product... 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 3.7 3.7 2.1 3.2 3.5 2.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.7
Gross domestic purchases.......... 3.1 3.5 3.1 4.1 .6 2.2 1.9 4.3 4.1 2.6 3.6 3.2 3.3 4.4 3.5 2.7 4.0 2.2 .2
Final sales to domestic
purchasers....................... 3.1 3.5 3.1 4.2 .6 2.2 1.9 4.3 4.1 2.6 3.6 3.2 3.3 4.4 3.5 2.7 4.0 2.2 .2
Gross national product (GNP)...... 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 3.7 3.7 2.1 3.2 3.5 2.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.7
Implicit price deflators:
GDP............................. 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 3.8 3.7 2.1 3.2 3.4 2.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.6
Gross domestic purchases........ 3.1 3.5 3.1 4.1 .6 2.3 1.9 4.3 4.0 2.6 3.6 3.2 3.4 4.3 3.5 2.7 4.0 2.1 .2
GNP............................. 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.1 1.3 2.1 2.2 3.8 3.7 2.1 3.2 3.4 2.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.6
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See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.
Table 5.--Real Gross Domestic Product, Quantity Indexes
[Index numbers, 2000=100]
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Seasonally adjusted
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Gross domestic product............. 109.031 112.546 116.281 113.719 115.274 116.004 116.569 117.277
Personal consumption expenditures.......... 112.430 116.349 120.062 117.373 118.761 119.521 120.355 121.612
Durable goods............................ 125.753 132.666 139.329 131.799 137.893 137.868 140.019 141.534
Nondurable goods......................... 111.913 116.924 121.301 118.608 120.313 120.742 121.204 122.947
Services................................. 110.055 112.925 115.822 113.945 114.398 115.440 116.234 117.215
Gross private domestic investment.......... 102.026 107.537 112.109 111.034 113.143 113.429 113.215 108.649
Fixed investment......................... 102.080 109.708 112.851 111.811 114.033 113.570 113.240 110.561
Nonresidential......................... 92.995 99.326 106.519 101.308 104.606 105.738 108.292 107.440
Structures........................... 79.418 80.302 87.496 81.174 82.893 86.819 90.044 90.228
Equipment and software............... 98.400 107.180 114.121 109.653 113.704 113.313 115.434 114.032
Residential............................ 125.281 136.050 130.283 138.495 138.391 134.368 127.601 120.770
Change in private inventories............ ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports of goods and services.............. 102.201 109.105 118.841 112.054 115.783 117.536 119.495 122.549
Imports of goods and services.............. 115.962 123.007 130.162 126.377 129.146 129.608 131.378 130.516
Government consumption expenditures and
gross investment.......................... 112.720 113.731 116.081 114.048 115.423 115.657 116.136 117.107
Federal.................................. 123.813 125.701 128.191 126.053 128.728 127.262 127.669 129.106
State and local.......................... 107.094 107.660 109.934 107.954 108.682 109.762 110.277 111.016
Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product.......... 109.096 112.958 116.447 113.883 115.455 116.060 116.609 117.663
Gross domestic purchases................. 110.691 114.351 117.956 115.657 117.161 117.746 118.341 118.577
Final sales to domestic purchasers....... 110.761 114.755 118.125 115.825 117.345 117.810 118.390 118.955
Gross national product................... 109.039 112.399 116.090 113.390 115.085 115.753 116.260 117.263
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See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.
Table 6.--Price Indexes for Gross Domestic Product
[Index numbers, 2000=100]
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Gross domestic product............. 109.429 112.744 116.062 114.048 114.967 115.905 116.446 116.930
Personal consumption expenditures
(PCE)..................................... 108.373 111.493 114.556 112.873 113.445 114.573 115.241 114.966
Durable goods............................ 90.845 90.198 88.981 89.606 89.385 89.206 88.967 88.366
Nondurable goods......................... 107.617 111.530 114.959 113.177 113.484 115.769 116.442 114.141
Services................................. 112.863 116.529 120.509 118.281 119.194 120.059 120.960 121.824
Gross private domestic investment.......... 106.645 110.284 113.834 111.853 112.860 113.717 113.895 114.864
Fixed investment......................... 106.811 110.542 114.178 112.194 113.238 114.074 114.224 115.175
Nonresidential......................... 100.834 103.428 106.390 104.510 105.471 106.266 106.501 107.321
Structures........................... 120.951 134.647 149.972 141.476 145.684 149.432 151.372 153.402
Equipment and software............... 94.503 94.134 93.926 93.754 93.887 93.920 93.704 94.194
Residential............................ 120.618 126.714 131.757 129.536 130.765 131.696 131.655 132.911
Change in private inventories............ ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports of goods and services.............. 105.151 108.949 112.537 110.108 110.737 112.400 113.631 113.379
Imports of goods and services.............. 104.678 111.268 116.043 114.117 113.918 116.608 118.143 115.503
Government consumption expenditures and
gross investment.......................... 114.718 121.183 126.484 123.444 124.791 126.262 127.150 127.731
Federal.................................. 115.249 120.726 124.892 121.479 123.721 124.871 125.482 125.495
State and local.......................... 114.417 121.463 127.434 124.620 125.434 127.095 128.147 129.061
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy............ 107.314 109.559 111.974 110.418 110.983 111.738 112.337 112.838
Market-based PCE\1\...................... 107.393 110.339 113.171 111.647 112.116 113.272 113.879 113.417
Market-based PCE excluding food
and energy\1\........................... 105.865 107.713 109.706 108.375 108.810 109.524 110.033 110.457
Final sales of domestic product.......... 109.455 112.783 116.115 114.101 115.025 115.961 116.498 116.978
Gross domestic purchases................. 109.210 112.981 116.498 114.541 115.313 116.455 117.080 117.145
Final sales to domestic purchasers....... 109.235 113.021 116.552 114.594 115.371 116.510 117.133 117.192
Gross national product................... 109.419 112.733 116.055 114.038 114.958 115.897 116.440 116.924
Implicit price deflators:
Gross domestic product................. 109.426 112.737 116.043 114.034 114.951 115.887 116.420 116.895
Final sales of domestic product........ 109.455 112.783 116.112 114.092 115.017 115.952 116.490 116.969
Gross domestic purchases............... 109.207 112.975 116.477 114.526 115.296 116.435 117.053 117.110
Final sales to domestic purchasers..... 109.235 113.021 116.544 114.583 115.360 116.499 117.122 117.182
Gross national product................. 109.416 112.726 116.036 114.025 114.942 115.879 116.414 116.889
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1. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household
expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It
excludes most implicit prices (for example, the services furnished
without payment by financial intermediaries) and the expenses of
nonprofit institutions. Percentage changes for these series are
included in the addenda to table 8 and in appendix table A.
See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.
Table 7.--Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change from Preceding Year
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006r
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Gross domestic product (GDP).... -.2 3.3 2.7 4.0 2.5 3.7 4.5 4.2 4.5 3.7 .8 1.6 2.5 3.9 3.2 3.3
Personal consumption expenditures...... .2 3.3 3.3 3.7 2.7 3.4 3.8 5.0 5.1 4.7 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.9 3.5 3.2
Durable goods........................ -5.6 5.9 7.8 8.4 4.4 7.8 8.6 11.3 11.7 7.3 4.3 7.1 5.8 6.4 5.5 5.0
Nondurable goods..................... -.2 2.0 2.7 3.5 2.2 2.6 2.7 4.0 4.6 3.8 2.0 2.5 3.2 3.6 4.5 3.7
Services............................. 1.7 3.5 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.9 3.3 4.2 4.0 4.5 2.4 1.9 1.9 3.5 2.6 2.6
Gross private domestic investment...... -8.1 8.1 8.9 13.6 3.1 8.9 12.4 9.8 7.8 5.7 -7.9 -2.6 3.6 9.8 5.4 4.3
Fixed investment..................... -6.5 5.9 8.6 9.3 6.5 9.0 9.2 10.2 8.3 6.5 -3.0 -5.2 3.4 7.3 7.5 2.9
Nonresidential..................... -5.4 3.2 8.7 9.2 10.5 9.3 12.1 11.1 9.2 8.7 -4.2 -9.2 1.0 5.9 6.8 7.2
Structures....................... -11.1 -6.0 -.7 1.8 6.4 5.6 7.3 5.1 -.4 6.8 -2.3 -17.1 -4.1 2.2 1.1 9.0
Equipment and software........... -2.6 7.3 12.5 11.9 12.0 10.6 13.8 13.3 12.7 9.4 -4.9 -6.2 2.8 7.3 8.9 6.5
Residential........................ -9.6 13.8 8.2 9.6 -3.2 8.0 1.9 7.6 6.0 .8 .4 4.8 8.4 9.9 8.6 -4.2
Change in private inventories........ ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Net exports of goods and services...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports.............................. 6.6 6.9 3.2 8.7 10.1 8.4 11.9 2.4 4.3 8.7 -5.4 -2.3 1.3 9.2 6.8 8.9
Goods.............................. 6.9 7.5 3.3 9.7 11.7 8.8 14.3 2.2 3.8 11.2 -6.1 -4.0 1.8 9.0 7.5 10.5
Services........................... 6.0 5.5 3.2 6.3 6.3 7.2 5.9 2.9 5.6 2.9 -3.7 1.9 .0 9.7 5.1 5.4
Imports.............................. -.6 7.0 8.8 11.9 8.0 8.7 13.6 11.6 11.5 13.1 -2.7 3.4 4.1 10.8 6.1 5.8
Goods.............................. -.1 9.3 10.1 13.3 9.0 9.3 14.4 11.7 12.4 13.5 -3.2 3.7 4.9 10.9 6.7 5.9
Services........................... -2.6 -2.6 2.9 5.7 3.3 5.5 9.4 11.4 6.9 11.1 -.3 2.1 .0 10.0 2.8 5.3
Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment.................. 1.1 .5 -.9 .0 .5 1.0 1.9 1.9 3.9 2.1 3.4 4.4 2.5 1.9 .9 2.1
Federal.............................. -.2 -1.7 -4.2 -3.7 -2.7 -1.2 -1.0 -1.1 2.2 .9 3.9 7.0 6.8 4.3 1.5 2.0
National defense................... -1.1 -5.0 -5.6 -4.9 -3.8 -1.4 -2.8 -2.1 1.9 -.5 3.9 7.4 8.7 5.9 1.7 1.9
Nondefense......................... 2.4 6.9 -.7 -1.2 -.4 -.7 2.6 .7 2.8 3.5 3.9 6.3 3.4 1.2 1.1 2.1
State and local...................... 2.1 2.2 1.4 2.6 2.6 2.3 3.6 3.6 4.7 2.7 3.2 3.1 .2 .5 .5 2.1
Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product...... .1 3.0 2.6 3.4 3.0 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 3.8 1.6 1.2 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.1
Gross domestic purchases............. -.8 3.3 3.2 4.4 2.4 3.8 4.8 5.3 5.3 4.4 .9 2.2 2.8 4.4 3.3 3.2
Final sales to domestic purchasers... -.6 3.1 3.2 3.8 2.8 3.8 4.3 5.3 5.4 4.5 1.8 1.8 2.8 4.0 3.6 2.9
Gross national product............... -.3 3.3 2.7 3.9 2.6 3.7 4.4 4.0 4.6 3.7 .8 1.5 2.7 3.8 3.1 3.3
Real disposable personal income...... .5 3.4 1.0 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.5 5.8 3.0 4.8 1.9 3.1 2.2 3.6 1.2 2.6
Price indexes:
Gross domestic purchases........... 3.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.4 .6 1.6 2.5 2.0 1.6 2.3 3.1 3.5 3.1
Gross domestic purchases excluding
food and energy................... 3.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.4 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.7 2.8 2.7
GDP................................ 3.5 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.1 1.4 2.2 2.4 1.7 2.1 2.8 3.0 2.9
GDP excluding food and energy...... 3.6 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.7 3.0 2.9
Personal consumption expenditures.. 3.6 2.9 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.7 .9 1.7 2.5 2.1 1.4 2.0 2.6 2.9 2.7
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Table 8.--Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change From Quarter One Year Ago
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I 03 II 03 III 03 IV 03 I 04 II 04 III 04 IV 04 I 05 II 05 III 05 IV 05 I 06 II 06 III 06 IV 06r
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Gross domestic product (GDP).... 1.5 1.8 3.1 3.7 4.3 4.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.1
Personal consumption expenditures
(PCE)................................. 2.0 2.3 3.2 3.4 4.1 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.8 2.9 3.4 3.0 2.7 3.6
Durable goods........................ 2.4 5.5 6.7 8.3 9.8 6.1 4.2 5.6 4.7 7.4 7.5 2.5 6.6 3.4 2.8 7.4
Nondurable goods..................... 2.3 2.5 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 2.9 3.8 4.0 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.5 3.6 3.2 3.7
Services............................. 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.2 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.9
Gross private domestic investment...... 1.3 1.6 4.4 7.0 8.6 13.2 9.2 8.2 9.0 2.8 3.6 6.3 6.2 7.4 5.9 -2.1
Fixed investment..................... -1.0 1.9 5.4 7.2 7.9 8.2 6.7 6.6 8.0 7.7 7.4 6.8 6.9 3.9 2.0 -1.1
Nonresidential..................... -3.9 .1 2.9 4.9 6.1 5.2 5.5 6.9 8.0 7.4 6.3 5.6 7.4 7.2 8.3 6.1
Structures....................... -11.9 -3.9 .1 .2 2.9 1.1 2.0 2.7 3.2 1.0 -1.6 1.8 2.6 8.0 14.1 11.2
Equipment and software........... -.9 1.5 3.9 6.6 7.2 6.7 6.7 8.3 9.7 9.8 9.3 7.0 9.2 6.8 6.0 4.0
Residential........................ 5.5 5.7 10.6 11.7 11.4 13.7 9.0 6.1 8.1 8.1 9.1 9.0 6.1 -1.5 -8.1 -12.8
Change in private inventories........ ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Net exports of goods and services...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Exports.............................. 1.1 -1.9 .1 5.8 9.1 11.2 9.6 7.0 6.4 7.2 6.8 6.7 9.0 8.2 9.1 9.4
Goods.............................. 2.0 -1.6 -.1 7.1 8.4 10.4 10.3 7.0 6.6 8.1 7.0 8.3 11.2 9.5 11.0 10.2
Services........................... -1.0 -2.4 .5 3.0 10.9 13.2 7.9 7.1 5.9 5.0 6.3 3.1 4.0 5.2 4.9 7.5
Imports.............................. 5.3 3.3 2.8 4.8 8.8 11.7 11.9 10.6 9.0 5.4 4.9 5.2 6.4 6.4 7.2 3.3
Goods.............................. 6.4 4.7 3.2 5.3 9.0 11.2 12.3 11.2 9.8 6.0 5.5 5.8 6.9 6.4 7.5 2.9
Services........................... .1 -3.3 1.0 2.2 7.9 14.7 10.1 7.6 4.8 2.5 2.0 1.9 3.7 6.6 5.6 5.1
Government consumption expenditures
and gross investment.................. 2.6 2.9 2.7 1.7 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.1 .8 .5 1.0 1.2 2.1 2.0 1.6 2.7
Federal.............................. 6.3 8.0 7.3 5.5 7.4 3.3 4.4 2.3 1.3 .8 1.9 2.1 3.4 2.1 .1 2.4
National defense................... 6.3 11.7 9.1 7.5 11.1 3.3 7.0 2.5 1.4 1.6 2.1 1.9 2.9 1.7 -1.3 4.3
Nondefense......................... 6.5 1.3 4.0 1.9 .6 3.2 -.5 1.8 1.2 -.7 1.5 2.4 4.2 2.9 2.9 -1.4
State and local...................... .7 .2 .3 -.4 .3 1.0 .3 .4 .5 .3 .5 .8 1.3 1.9 2.4 2.8
Addenda:
Final sales of domestic product...... 1.1 1.8 3.2 3.7 4.2 3.7 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.9 4.0 3.2 3.8 2.9 2.3 3.3
Gross domestic purchases............. 2.0 2.3 3.3 3.6 4.5 4.9 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.6 3.5 3.0 2.5
Final sales to domestic purchasers... 1.7 2.4 3.4 3.7 4.4 4.2 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.7 3.0 2.4 2.7
Gross national product............... 1.6 2.2 3.3 3.9 4.6 4.3 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.0 3.6 3.4 2.7 3.4
Real disposable personal income...... .6 1.3 3.3 3.7 4.2 3.6 2.7 4.1 2.1 1.6 .8 .3 2.5 2.0 2.9 2.9
Price indexes:
Gross domestic purchases........... 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.1 2.3
Gross domestic purchases excluding
food and energy................... 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.6
GDP................................ 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.5
GDP excluding food and energy...... 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.7
PCE................................ 2.3 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.6 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.3 2.8 1.9
PCE excluding food and energy...... 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.2
Market-based PCE\1\................ 2.3 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.4 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.4 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.2 2.6 1.6
Market-based PCE excluding food
and energy\1\..................... 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.9
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r Revised
1. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household
expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It
excludes most implicit prices (for example, the services furnished
without payment by financial intermediaries) and the expenses of
nonprofit institutions.
Table 9.--Relation of Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Product, and National Income
[Billions of dollars]
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Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
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2004 2005 2006r IV 05 I 06 II 06 III 06 IV 06r
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Gross domestic product..................... 11,712.5 12,455.8 13,246.6 12,730.5 13,008.4 13,197.3 13,322.6 13,458.2
Plus: Income receipts from the rest of the
world..................................... 410.2 513.3 665.6 564.9 603.3 661.4 682.3 715.5
Less: Income payments to the rest of the
world..................................... 363.9 481.5 635.7 552.4 574.3 638.6 665.7 664.4
Equals: Gross national product............. 11,758.7 12,487.7 13,276.5 12,743.0 13,037.4 13,220.1 13,339.2 13,509.3
Less: Consumption of fixed capital......... 1,436.2 1,604.8 1,576.9 1,562.5 1,548.0 1,572.8 1,582.0 1,604.6
Less: Statistical discrepancy.............. 66.7 71.0 -2.5 74.3 -61.9 35.8 23.5 -7.2
Equals: National income.................... 10,255.9 10,811.8 11,702.1 11,106.2 11,551.3 11,611.5 11,733.7 11,911.9
Compensation of employees................ 6,650.3 7,030.3 7,489.5 7,184.4 7,400.3 7,425.5 7,489.3 7,642.9
Wage and salary accruals............... 5,377.1 5,664.8 6,035.2 5,787.0 5,970.1 5,980.9 6,027.6 6,162.3
Supplements to wages and salaries...... 1,273.2 1,365.5 1,454.3 1,397.4 1,430.3 1,444.5 1,461.6 1,480.6
Proprietors' income with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments............................. 911.1 970.7 1,015.1 996.8 1,008.3 1,011.9 1,014.8 1,025.3
Rental income of persons with capital
consumption adjustment.................. 127.0 72.8 77.4 81.5 76.8 71.4 78.3 83.1
Corporate profits with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments............................. 1,182.6 1,330.7 1,615.7 1,393.5 1,569.1 1,591.8 1,653.3 1,648.4
Net interest and miscellaneous payments.. 485.1 483.4 509.3 490.0 514.8 513.2 498.6 510.4
Taxes on production and imports less
subsidies............................... 819.4 865.1 912.5 874.2 897.4 914.0 916.8 921.9
Business current transfer payments....... 85.5 74.2 92.6 99.1 93.8 93.1 92.8 90.8
Current surplus of government
enterprises............................. -5.0 -15.4 -9.9 -13.3 -9.2 -9.4 -10.2 -10.9
Addendum:
Gross domestic income.................... 11,645.8 12,384.8 13,249.1 12,656.2 13,070.3 13,161.6 13,299.1 13,465.4
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Table 10.--Personal Income and Its Disposition
[Billions of dollars]
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Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
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2004 2005 2006r IV 05 I 06 II 06 III 06 IV 06r
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Personal income\1\......................... 9,731.4 10,239.2 10,883.4 10,483.7 10,721.4 10,807.3 10,939.4 11,065.5
Compensation of employees, received...... 6,665.3 7,030.3 7,477.0 7,184.4 7,400.3 7,425.5 7,489.3 7,592.9
Wage and salary disbursements.......... 5,392.1 5,664.8 6,022.7 5,787.0 5,970.1 5,980.9 6,027.6 6,112.3
Supplements to wages and salaries...... 1,273.2 1,365.5 1,454.3 1,397.4 1,430.3 1,444.5 1,461.6 1,480.6
Proprietors' income with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments............................. 911.1 970.7 1,015.1 996.8 1,008.3 1,011.9 1,014.8 1,025.3
Farm................................... 36.2 30.2 22.6 28.7 23.9 17.5 21.7 27.3
Nonfarm................................ 874.9 940.4 992.5 968.1 984.4 994.3 993.2 998.0
Rental income of persons with capital
consumption adjustment.................. 127.0 72.8 77.4 81.5 76.8 71.4 78.3 83.1
Personal income receipts on assets....... 1,427.9 1,519.4 1,656.3 1,580.2 1,602.3 1,647.7 1,683.6 1,691.6
Personal interest income............... 890.8 945.0 1,016.7 981.7 989.1 1,019.2 1,035.8 1,022.8
Personal dividend income............... 537.1 574.4 639.6 598.5 613.2 628.5 647.8 668.8
Personal current transfer receipts....... 1,426.5 1,526.6 1,602.2 1,539.8 1,570.4 1,589.7 1,618.6 1,629.9
Less: Contributions for government
social insurance........................ 826.4 880.6 944.5 898.9 936.7 938.8 945.2 957.2
Less: Personal current taxes............... 1,049.8 1,203.1 1,360.6 1,247.6 1,332.6 1,361.0 1,362.5 1,386.5
Equals: Disposable personal income......... 8,681.6 9,036.1 9,522.8 9,236.1 9,388.8 9,446.2 9,577.0 9,679.0
Less: Personal outlays..................... 8,507.2 9,070.9 9,625.5 9,264.5 9,418.5 9,577.0 9,710.0 9,796.5
Equals: Personal saving.................... 174.3 -34.8 -102.8 -28.5 -29.7 -130.8 -133.0 -117.5
Personal saving as a percentage of
disposable personal income.............. 2.0 -.4 -1.1 -.3 -.3 -1.4 -1.4 -1.2
Addendum:
Disposable personal income, billions of
chained (2000) dollars\2\............... 8,010.8 8,104.6 8,313.0 8,183.3 8,276.8 8,245.4 8,311.0 8,419.7
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1. Personal income is also equal to national income less corporate
profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments,
taxes on production and imports less subsidies, contributions for
government social insurance, net interest and miscellaneous payments,
business current transfer payments, current surplus of government
enterprises, and wage accruals less disbursements, plus personal
income receipts on assets, and personal current transfer receipts.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price
deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
Table 11.--Corporate Profits: Level and Percent Change
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Billions of dollars Percent change from preceding period
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Seasonally adjusted Quarterly Quarter one
at annual rates rates year ago
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2004 2005 2006 IV 05 I 06 II 06 III 06 IV 06 2005 2006 I 06 II 06 III 06 IV 06 IV 06
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Corporate profits with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments......................... 1,182.6 1,330.7 1,615.7 1,393.5 1,569.1 1,591.8 1,653.3 1,648.4 12.5 21.4 12.6 1.4 3.9 -.3 18.3
Less: Taxes on corporate income...... 300.1 399.3 474.9 424.6 456.9 476.1 490.6 476.2 33.1 18.9 7.6 4.2 3.0 -2.9 12.1
Equals: Profits after tax with
inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments............. 882.5 931.4 1,140.7 968.9 1,112.1 1,115.7 1,162.7 1,172.3 5.5 22.5 14.8 .3 4.2 .8 21.0
Net dividends...................... 539.5 576.9 642.2 601.0 615.7 631.1 650.4 671.4 6.9 11.3 2.5 2.5 3.1 3.2 11.7
Undistributed profits with
inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments........... 343.0 354.5 498.6 367.9 496.4 484.6 512.4 500.9 3.4 40.6 34.9 -2.4 5.7 -2.2 36.1
Cash flow:
Net cash flow with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments....................... 1,139.2 1,211.3 1,364.9 1,223.9 1,349.2 1,350.3 1,380.5 1,379.4 6.3 12.7 10.2 .1 2.2 -.1 12.7
Undistributed profits with
inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments......... 343.0 354.5 498.6 367.9 496.4 484.6 512.4 500.9 3.4 40.6 34.9 -2.4 5.7 -2.2 36.1
Consumption of fixed capital..... 796.2 856.8 866.3 856.0 852.8 865.6 868.2 878.5 7.6 1.1 -.4 1.5 .3 1.2 2.6
Less: Inventory valuation
adjustment........................ -39.8 -32.6 -34.4 -39.2 -22.9 -58.9 -38.2 -17.5 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Equals: Net cash flow.............. 1,178.9 1,243.9 1,399.2 1,263.2 1,372.1 1,409.2 1,418.8 1,396.9 5.5 12.5 8.6 2.7 .7 -1.5 10.6
Addenda:
Profits before tax (without
inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments).......... 1,144.3 1,518.7 1,810.9 1,598.3 1,740.6 1,811.5 1,854.0 1,837.6 32.7 19.2 8.9 4.1 2.3 -.9 15.0
Profits after tax (without
inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments).......... 844.2 1,119.4 1,336.0 1,173.7 1,283.7 1,335.4 1,363.4 1,361.5 32.6 19.4 9.4 4.0 2.1 -.1 16.0
Inventory valuation adjustment..... -39.8 -32.6 -34.4 -39.2 -22.9 -58.9 -38.2 -17.5 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Capital consumption adjustment..... 78.1 -155.5 -160.9 -165.6 -148.6 -160.8 -162.4 -171.7 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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Table 12.--Corporate Profits by Industry: Level and Change From Preceding Period
[Billions of dollars]
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Level Change from preceding period
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Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
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2004 2005 2006 IV 05 I 06 II 06 III 06 IV 06 2005 2006 I 06 II 06 III 06 IV 06
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Corporate profits with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments............................. 1,182.6 1,330.7 1,615.7 1,393.5 1,569.1 1,591.8 1,653.3 1,648.4 148.1 285.0 175.6 22.7 61.5 -4.9
Domestic industries.......................... 1,006.3 1,133.7 1,372.6 1,197.2 1,343.0 1,351.9 1,418.7 1,376.6 127.4 238.9 145.8 8.9 66.8 -42.1
Financial.................................. 353.7 369.4 474.0 390.8 442.2 483.9 474.8 495.3 15.7 104.6 51.4 41.7 -9.1 20.5
Nonfinancial............................... 652.6 764.2 898.5 806.4 900.9 868.1 943.9 881.3 111.6 134.3 94.5 -32.8 75.8 -62.6
Rest of the world............................ 176.3 197.0 243.1 196.3 226.1 239.9 234.6 271.9 20.7 46.1 29.8 13.8 -5.3 37.3
Receipts from the rest of the world........ 302.0 338.0 403.8 360.6 376.3 402.0 408.9 428.1 36.0 65.8 15.7 25.7 6.9 19.2
Less: Payments to the rest of the world.... 125.8 141.0 160.7 164.2 150.2 162.1 174.2 156.2 15.2 19.7 -14.0 11.9 12.1 -18.0
Corporate profits with inventory
valuation adjustment.................... 1,104.5 1,486.1 1,776.6 1,559.1 1,717.7 1,752.6 1,815.8 1,820.2 381.6 290.5 158.6 34.9 63.2 4.4
Domestic industries.......................... 928.2 1,289.1 1,533.4 1,362.8 1,491.6 1,512.7 1,581.1 1,548.3 360.9 244.3 128.8 21.1 68.4 -32.8
Financial.................................. 344.2 389.0 498.7 413.3 463.9 508.2 500.1 522.7 44.8 109.7 50.6 44.3 -8.1 22.6
Federal Reserve banks.................... 20.0 26.6 33.8 30.4 30.9 33.7 35.8 34.7 6.6 7.2 .5 2.8 2.1 -1.1
Other financial.......................... 324.1 362.5 464.9 382.9 433.0 474.4 464.3 488.0 38.4 102.4 50.1 41.4 -10.1 23.7
Nonfinancial............................... 584.0 900.1 1,034.7 949.4 1,027.7 1,004.5 1,081.0 1,025.6 316.1 134.6 78.3 -23.2 76.5 -55.4
Utilities................................ 16.2 30.3 48.6 38.3 39.7 46.8 52.8 54.9 14.1 18.3 1.4 7.1 6.0 2.1
Manufacturing............................ 150.2 254.8 311.7 258.9 300.7 289.9 331.9 324.5 104.6 56.9 41.8 -10.8 42.0 -7.4
Durable goods.......................... 31.3 73.8 108.0 72.9 102.2 78.7 115.9 135.2 42.5 34.2 29.3 -23.5 37.2 19.3
Fabricated metal products............ 12.3 20.6 26.2 21.2 25.7 24.1 24.8 30.1 8.3 5.6 4.5 -1.6 .7 5.3
Machinery............................ 7.0 13.8 19.2 15.0 19.1 18.3 18.5 21.1 6.8 5.4 4.1 -.8 .2 2.6
Computer and electronic products..... -6.7 3.9 13.4 8.0 12.3 13.1 13.2 15.1 10.6 9.5 4.3 .8 .1 1.9
Electrical equipment, appliances,
and components...................... .2 5.7 10.0 5.6 8.4 6.8 10.3 14.6 5.5 4.3 2.8 -1.6 3.5 4.3
Motor vehicles, bodies and trailers,
and parts........................... -11.2 -17.9 -17.9 -25.3 -18.2 -25.4 -16.6 -11.3 -6.7 .0 7.1 -7.2 8.8 5.3
Other durable goods.................. 29.7 47.7 57.0 48.5 54.9 41.9 65.7 65.6 18.0 9.3 6.4 -13.0 23.8 -.1
Nondurable goods....................... 118.9 181.0 203.7 186.0 198.5 211.2 216.0 189.3 62.1 22.7 12.5 12.7 4.8 -26.7
Food and beverage and tobacco
products............................ 22.4 28.5 31.9 28.6 29.6 29.5 34.4 33.9 6.1 3.4 1.0 -.1 4.9 -.5
Petroleum and coal products.......... 49.3 70.4 84.3 76.0 74.5 92.4 101.1 69.4 21.1 13.9 -1.5 17.9 8.7 -31.7
Chemical products.................... 23.8 45.3 49.1 44.4 54.1 53.6 46.6 41.9 21.5 3.8 9.7 -.5 -7.0 -4.7
Other nondurable goods............... 23.4 36.8 38.5 37.0 40.1 35.7 33.9 44.2 13.4 1.7 3.1 -4.4 -1.8 10.3
Wholesale trade.......................... 69.9 97.6 106.0 105.9 107.2 98.3 125.1 93.7 27.7 8.4 1.3 -8.9 26.8 -31.4
Retail trade............................. 89.3 113.7 130.1 129.1 123.0 121.2 131.3 145.0 24.4 16.4 -6.1 -1.8 10.1 13.7
Transportation and warehousing........... 11.8 21.0 34.7 19.0 27.3 38.6 39.6 33.3 9.2 13.7 8.3 11.3 1.0 -6.3
Information.............................. 37.7 77.5 87.7 83.6 89.8 85.9 83.3 91.9 39.8 10.2 6.2 -3.9 -2.6 8.6
Other nonfinancial....................... 208.8 305.2 315.8 314.6 340.1 323.9 317.1 282.2 96.4 10.6 25.5 -16.2 -6.8 -34.9
Rest of the world............................ 176.3 197.0 243.1 196.3 226.1 239.9 234.6 271.9 20.7 46.1 29.8 13.8 -5.3 37.3
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Note.--Estimates in this table are based on the 1997 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Table 13.--Gross Value Added of Nonfinancial Domestic Corporate Business
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Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
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Gross value added of nonfinancial
corporate business.................... 5,932.9 6,369.7 6,857.2 6,534.8 6,788.2 6,790.0 6,898.9 6,951.6
Consumption of fixed capital............... 686.2 739.7 744.8 737.2 733.7 744.4 746.3 754.9
Net value added............................ 5,246.7 5,630.1 6,112.4 5,797.6 6,054.5 6,045.7 6,152.6 6,196.7
Compensation of employees................ 3,873.4 4,099.7 4,389.1 4,198.0 4,341.0 4,350.6 4,382.5 4,482.2
Wage and salary accruals............... 3,158.4 3,335.1 3,572.6 3,414.5 3,537.5 3,539.7 3,562.5 3,650.8
Supplements to wages and salaries...... 714.9 764.6 816.5 783.5 803.5 811.0 820.0 831.4
Taxes on production and imports less
subsidies............................... 522.9 558.1 584.4 567.2 576.7 585.3 586.5 589.3
Net operating surplus.................... 850.4 972.2 1,138.8 1,032.4 1,136.8 1,109.7 1,183.7 1,125.2
Net interest and miscellaneous
payments.............................. 137.8 156.6 178.3 165.1 175.1 180.0 177.2 180.7
Business current transfer payments..... 60.0 51.4 62.1 60.9 60.9 61.7 62.5 63.2
Corporate profits with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments........................... 652.6 764.2 898.5 806.4 900.9 868.1 943.9 881.3
Taxes on corporate income............ 185.3 251.4 285.4 266.4 280.9 283.3 299.6 277.8
Profits after tax with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments......................... 467.4 512.9 613.1 540.0 620.0 584.8 644.3 603.4
Net dividends...................... 366.9 228.5 411.3 120.1 377.7 392.8 407.5 467.3
Undistributed profits with
inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments........... 100.5 284.4 201.8 419.9 242.3 192.0 236.8 136.1
Addenda:
Profits before tax (without inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments)............................ 623.8 932.6 1,069.1 988.7 1,050.6 1,063.5 1,119.2 1,043.0
Profits after tax (without inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments)............................ 438.6 681.3 783.7 722.3 769.7 780.2 819.6 765.2
Inventory valuation adjustment........... -39.8 -32.6 -34.4 -39.2 -22.9 -58.9 -38.2 -17.5
Capital consumption adjustment........... 68.6 -135.8 -136.2 -143.0 -126.8 -136.5 -137.1 -144.3
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Billions of chained (2000) dollars
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Gross value added of nonfinancial
corporate business\1\................. 5,630.0 5,852.9 6,132.6 5,927.8 6,111.2 6,069.0 6,158.9 6,191.3
Consumption of fixed capital\2\............ 650.9 681.6 670.5 670.5 666.1 669.2 672.0 674.6
Net value added\3\......................... 4,979.2 5,171.2 5,462.1 5,257.3 5,445.0 5,399.8 5,486.9 5,516.7
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Dollars; quarters seasonally adjusted
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Price, costs, and profits per unit of real
gross value added of nonfinancial
corporate business:
Price per unit of real gross value added
of nonfinancial corporate business\4\... 1.054 1.088 1.118 1.102 1.111 1.119 1.120 1.123
Compensation of employees (unit labor
cost)................................... .688 .700 .716 .708 .710 .717 .712 .724
Unit nonlabor cost....................... .250 .257 .255 .258 .253 .260 .255 .256
Consumption of fixed capital........... .122 .126 .121 .124 .120 .123 .121 .122
Taxes on production and imports less
subsidies plus business current
transfer payments..................... .104 .104 .105 .106 .104 .107 .105 .105
Net interest and miscellaneous payments .024 .027 .029 .028 .029 .030 .029 .029
Corporate profits with inventory valuation
and capital consumption adjustments (unit
profits from current production)........ .116 .131 .147 .136 .147 .143 .153 .142
Taxes on corporate income.............. .033 .043 .047 .045 .046 .047 .049 .045
Profits after tax with inventory
valuation and capital consumption
adjustments........................... .083 .088 .100 .091 .101 .096 .105 .097
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r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the
introduction of revised wage and salary estimates for the third
quarter of 2006.
1. The current-dollar gross value added is deflated using the
gross value added chain-type price index for nonfinancial industries
from the GDP-by-industry accounts. For periods when this price index
is not available, the chain-type price index for GDP goods and
structures is used.
2. Chained-dollar consumption of fixed capital of nonfinancial
corporate business is calculated as the product of the chain-type
quantity index and the 2000 current-dollar value of the corresponding
series, divided by 100.
3. Chained-dollar net value added of nonfinancial corporate
business is the difference between the gross value added and the
consumption of fixed capital.
4. The deflator for gross value added of nonfinancial corporate
business divided by 100.
Note.--Estimates in this table are based on the 1997 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Appendix Table A.--Real Gross Domestic Product and Related Aggregates and Price Indexes: Percent Change From Preceding Period
[Quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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Gross domestic product (GDP) and
related aggregates:
GDP............................... 3.9 3.2 3.3 1.2 3.5 7.5 2.7 3.9 4.0 3.1 2.6 3.4 3.3 4.2 1.8 5.6 2.6 2.0 2.5
Goods............................. 4.9 4.6 6.2 3.9 1.6 16.2 2.5 3.7 3.0 5.0 4.6 4.9 3.5 6.7 3.1 12.8 3.6 3.8 4.0
Services.......................... 3.2 2.3 2.3 .1 3.6 1.9 2.8 4.5 3.0 2.5 2.5 1.8 1.8 3.5 .8 2.4 2.4 2.8 4.1
Structures........................ 5.2 4.6 .5 -1.0 9.2 14.1 2.2 .5 13.6 .6 -2.7 8.0 11.1 .7 3.1 2.9 .3 -7.4 -9.9
Motor vehicle output.............. 3.5 5.9 -1.7 -11.8 10.9 8.9 -6.5 9.9 -7.1 16.6 1.9 12.0 -.7 22.6 -19.1 3.8 -9.4 27.4 -32.0
GDP excuding motor vehicle
output........................... 3.9 3.1 3.5 1.7 3.2 7.4 3.0 3.6 4.5 2.7 2.6 3.1 3.4 3.6 2.6 5.6 3.0 1.2 3.8
Final sales of computers\1\....... 8.2 24.5 16.8 16.9 -2.5 90.4 20.0 -16.0 -17.4 23.0 42.8 24.3 31.5 11.6 33.8 9.5 6.7 11.7 40.9
GDP excluding final sales of
computers........................ 3.9 3.1 3.2 1.1 3.5 7.0 2.5 4.0 4.2 3.0 2.4 3.3 3.1 4.1 1.6 5.6 2.5 1.9 2.2
Farm gross value added\2\......... 7.4 1.0 4.8 -16.1 26.6 -34.7 -36.1 120.0 -17.4 19.4 23.7 -2.0 -24.6 11.3 8.1 14.1 3.9 -2.0 -.9
Nonfarm business gross value
added\3\......................... 4.3 3.8 3.8 1.2 4.3 11.0 1.6 3.6 5.2 3.2 2.4 4.2 4.4 4.9 1.8 6.7 2.7 1.9 2.9
Price indexes:
GDP............................... 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.1 1.3 2.1 2.2 3.7 3.7 2.1 3.2 3.5 2.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.7
GDP excluding food and energy..... 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.7 1.1 1.7 2.1 3.4 3.4 2.6 3.1 3.4 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.2 2.3
GDP excluding final sales of
computers........................ 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.3 1.4 2.2 2.3 3.8 3.7 2.2 3.4 3.7 2.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 2.0 1.8
Gross domestic purchases.......... 3.1 3.5 3.1 4.1 .6 2.2 1.9 4.3 4.1 2.6 3.6 3.2 3.3 4.4 3.5 2.7 4.0 2.2 .2
Gross domestic purchases excluding
food and energy.................. 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 1.3 1.8 2.0 3.5 3.3 2.5 2.9 3.4 2.3 2.5 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.2 2.4
Gross domestic purchases excluding
final sales of computers to
domestic purchasers.............. 3.2 3.7 3.3 4.4 .7 2.4 2.0 4.4 4.2 2.8 3.8 3.4 3.5 4.6 3.7 2.9 4.2 2.3 .3
Personal consumption expenditures
(PCE)............................ 2.6 2.9 2.7 3.1 .7 2.4 1.5 3.7 3.6 1.9 3.0 2.3 3.1 4.1 2.9 2.0 4.0 2.4 -1.0
Personal consumption expenditures
excluding food and energy........ 2.0 2.1 2.2 1.1 1.3 1.8 1.6 2.5 2.5 1.7 2.3 2.4 1.9 1.6 2.5 2.1 2.7 2.2 1.8
Market-based PCE\4\............... 2.3 2.7 2.6 3.1 .3 2.2 .9 3.3 3.4 1.5 2.9 2.1 3.1 4.3 2.5 1.7 4.2 2.2 -1.6
Market-based PCE excluding food
and energy\4\.................... 1.5 1.7 1.9 .7 1.0 1.4 .9 1.7 1.9 1.2 1.8 2.2 1.7 1.2 1.9 1.6 2.7 1.9 1.6
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r Revised
1. Some components of final sales of computers include
computer parts.
2. Farm output less intermediate goods and services purchased.
3. Consists of GDP less gross value added of farm, of
households and institutions, and of general government.
4. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household
expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It
excludes most implicit prices (for example, the services furnished
without payment by financial intermediaries) and the expenses of
nonprofit institutions.
See "Explanatory Note" at the end of the tables.
Explanatory Note: NIPA Measures of Quantities and Prices
Current-dollar GDP is a measure of the market value of goods, services, and structures produced in
the economy in a particular period. Changes in current-dollar GDP 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 2000 -- equal to 100.
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 2004-05
annual percent change in real GDP uses prices for 2004 and 2005 as weights, and the 2004-05 annual
percent change in GDP prices uses quantities for 2004 and 2005 as weights. These annual changes are
"chained" (multiplied) together to form time series of quantity and price indexes. Percent changes in
Fisher indexes are not affected by the choice of reference year. (BEA also publishes a measure of the
price level known as the implicit price deflator (IPD), which is calculated as the ratio of the
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.)
Index numbers of quantity and price indexes for GDP and its major components are presented in this
release in tables 5 and 6. Percent changes from the preceding period are presented in tables 1, 4, 7, and 8.
Contributions by major components to changes in real GDP are presented in table 2.
Measures of real GDP and its major components are also presented in dollar-denominated form,
designated "chained (2000) dollar estimates." For most series, these estimates, which are presented in
table 3, are computed by multiplying the current-dollar value in 2000 by a corresponding quantity index
number and then dividing by 100. For example, if a current-dollar GDP component equaled $100 in
2000 and if real output for this component increased 10 percent in 2001, then the chained (2000) dollar
value of this component in 2001 would be $110 (= $100 x 110 / 100). Percent changes calculated from
chained-dollar estimates and from chain-type quantity indexes are the same; any differences will be small
and due to rounding.
Chained-dollar values for the detailed GDP components will not necessarily sum to the chained-dollar
estimate of GDP (or to any intermediate aggregate). This is because the relative prices used as weights
for any period other than the reference year differ from those of the reference year. A measure of the
extent of such differences is provided by a "residual" line, which indicates the difference between GDP
(or other 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, the residuals tend to be small, and the chained-dollar estimates can be used to approximate the
contributions to growth and to aggregate the detailed estimates. For periods further from the reference
year, the residuals tend to be larger, and the chained-dollar estimates are 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.
Reference: "Chained-Dollar Indexes: Issues, Tips on Their Use, and Upcoming Changes," November
2003 Survey, pp. 8-16.