| After Fits and Starts, Recovery Moves into Balance | ||||||||
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Annualized Growth Rates by Quarter and Category
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1Q
2009
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2Q 2009 | 3Q 2009* |
4Q
2009
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1Q 2010 | 2Q 2010 | 3Q 2010 | Whole Recovery |
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| Consumer Goods | 0.6 | -0.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Consumer Services | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Business Structures | -2.3 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -0.5 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.5 |
| Equipment & Software | -3.0 | -0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Residential Construction | -1.3 | -0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -0.8 | -0.1 |
| Inventory | -2.4 | -1.4 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| Exports | -4.0 | -0.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Imports | 6.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | -0.7 | -1.6 | -4.6 | -2.5 | -3.0 |
| Government | -0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Other | -0.2 | |||||||
| Total Annualized GDP Growth | -6.4 | -0.8 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| Total Recovery GDP Growth | 3.6 | |||||||
| Best two categories for each period are highlighted. * Recovery Begins. | ||||||||