Table 3 Seasonally adjusted GDP and selected expenditure components
Percentage change in real terms over the preceding quarter
 
%

Year

Quarter

Gross
domestic
product

Private
consumption
expenditure

Government
consumption
expenditure

Exports
of goods

Imports
of goods

Exports of
services

Imports of
services
1997

1

 1.9 0.8 * 2.9 3.8 0.2 0.1
 

2

 1.7 2.7 2.8 0.6 -1.9 -0.7 -1.3
 

3

 0.5 2.7 -3.7 2.9 4.2 -2.0 5.7
 

4

 -1.8 -3.7 0.8 3.0 1.9 -3.1 *
                 
1998

1

 -2.9 -3.7 2.3 -5.0 -5.6 -4.5 -3.0
 

2

 -1.1 -0.4 -4.5 -1.7 -2.2 -2.3 -0.7
 

3

 -1.4 -2.8 5.4 -3.8 -5.2 5.7 0.8
 

4

 -0.5 -2.3 -0.3 0.4 -1.4 0.9 0.5
                 
1999

1

 -0.3 1.3 3.6 0.2 -2.1 -3.5 -1.4
 

2

 3.1 5.1 -4.9 1.2 0.9 -0.7 -0.3

* Less than 0.05%

Last Updated: 21 September 1999