"Table 12: Freight Transportation Services Index Change by Quarter, 1997-2006",,,,,,,
Percentage change from the last month of the previous quarter,,,,,,,

Year,1st Quarter (Jan-Mar)         % Growth,2nd Quarter (Apr-Jun)             % Growth,3rd Quarter (Jul-Sep)                          % Growth,4th Quarter (Oct-Dec)                        % Growth,,,
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1997,1.9,1.9,4.2,0.8,,,
1998,1.8,2.6,-1.5,0.0,,,
1999,2.9,-0.4,1.6,1.1,,,
2000,-5.1,0.5,-1.4,-1.1,,,
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2001,1.3,-0.2,-1.5,-0.1,,,
2002,1.6,2.7,1.1,1.9,,,
2003,-1.3,0.3,1.0,3.5,,,
2004,1.9,1.1,-0.6,0.4,,,
2005,1.2,-0.3,-1.4,(P) 1.1,,,
SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics,,,,,,,
NOTE: P = preliminary,,,





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,Pct. Change by Quarter,,
2000 Q1,-2.5,,
2000 Q2,0.8,,
2000 Q3,-0.1,,
2000 Q4,-1.6,,
2001 Q1,1,,
2001 Q2,-0.3,,
2001 Q3,-7.3,,
2001 Q4,-3.6,,
2002 Q1,2.3,,
2002 Q2,2.1,,
2002 Q3,0.7,,
2002 Q4,2.6,,
2003 Q1,-2,,
2003 Q2,0.2,,
2003 Q3,2.1,,
2003 Q4,2.9
2004 Q1,2
2004 Q2,1.3
2004 Q3,-0.1
2004 Q4,0.6
2005 Q1,1.5
2005 Q2,-0.2
2005 Q3,0.1
2005 Q4 (Thru Nov),0.6