Quarterly changes to US economy, at a glance

The U.S. economy grew only 1.5 percent at an annual rate in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday. The department also revised its economic data for 2009 through the first quarter of 2012. Below are the quarterly changes in economic activity over the past three and a half years, including both the revised and previously published data.
The figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates.
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Full year
2012 2.0 1.5
Previous 1.9 n/a
2011 0.1 2.5 1.3 4.1 1.8
Previous 0.4 1.3 1.8 3.0 1.7
2010 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.4
Previous 3.9 3.8 2.5 2.3 3.0
2009 -5.3 -0.3 1.4 4.0 -3.1
Previous -6.7 -0.7 1.7 3.8 -3.5

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