Press
Release
Third Quarter 2008
Confidence Intervals for the True Growth Rate
of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ![]()
As of November 2008
The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices grew by 4.6 percent in the third quarter of 2008. The growth of GDP is bounded by a 90 percent confidence interval of 4.4 percent and 4.9 percent.
| Period | GDP Growth | Confidence Intervals for the True Growth Rate of GDP | ||||||
| 90% | 95% | 99% | ||||||
| 2001 | Q1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 3.0 |
| Q2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.7 | |
| Q3 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | |
| Q4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.2 | |
| 2002 | Q1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| Q2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 | |
| Q3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | |
| Q4 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 6.2 | |
| 2003 | Q1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
| Q2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | |
| Q3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | |
| Q4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | |
| 2004 | Q1 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| Q2 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 | |
| Q3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 6.8 | |
| Q4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.8 | |
| 2005 | Q1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Q2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.2 | |
| Q3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
| Q4 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.4 | |
| 2006 | Q1 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
| Q2 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.8 | |
| Q3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.2 | |
| Q4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.2 | |
| 2007 | Q1 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 7.3 |
| Q2 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 8.0 | |
| Q3 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 7.0 | |
| Q4 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 7.8 | |
| 2008 | Q1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| Q2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | |
| Q3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | |
Source: National Statistical Coordination Board
Posted 27 November 2008.
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