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. 1979 8 3.0 . . . 1979 9 3.1 . . . 1979 10 3.0 . . . 1979 11 2.9 . . . 1979 12 2.9 3.0 -0.5 -0.7 1980 1 3.8 . . . 1980 2 3.9 . . . 1980 3 4.3 . . . 1980 4 4.5 . . . 1980 5 4.5 . . . 1980 6 4.5 . . . 1980 7 4.6 . . . 1980 8 4.7 . . . 1980 9 4.1 . . . 1980 10 4.3 . . . 1980 11 4.7 . . . 1980 12 4.6 4.4 1.4 1.7 1981 1 4.4 . . . 1981 2 3.8 . . . 1981 3 4.0 . . . 1981 4 4.1 . . . 1981 5 4.7 . . . 1981 6 6.0 . . . 1981 7 4.9 . . . 1981 8 5.2 . . . 1981 9 5.1 . . . 1981 10 5.0 . . . 1981 11 5.2 . . . 1981 12 4.6 4.8 0.4 0.0 1982 1 4.7 . . . 1982 2 4.8 . . . 1982 3 5.0 . . . 1982 4 5.3 . . . 1982 5 5.4 . . . 1982 6 5.8 . . . 1982 7 5.4 . . . 1982 8 5.2 . . . 1982 9 5.5 . . . 1982 10 5.8 . . . 1982 11 5.4 . . . 1982 12 5.6 5.3 0.6 1.0 1983 1 5.3 . . . 1983 2 5.4 . . . 1983 3 5.4 . . . 1983 4 5.4 . . . 1983 5 5.0 . . . 1983 6 4.6 . . . 1983 7 4.7 . . . 1983 8 4.5 . . . 1983 9 4.9 . . . 1983 10 4.5 . . . 1983 11 4.4 . . . 1983 12 4.8 4.9 -0.4 -0.8 1984 1 4.1 . . . 1984 2 3.2 . . . 1984 3 3.7 . . . 1984 4 4.1 . . . 1984 5 3.4 . . . 1984 6 2.9 . . . 1984 7 3.6 . . . 1984 8 3.4 . . . 1984 9 3.5 . . . 1984 10 3.5 . . . 1984 11 3.3 . . . 1984 12 3.8 3.5 -1.4 -1.0 1985 1 4.1 . . . 1985 2 4.2 . . . 1985 3 4.4 . . . 1985 4 4.2 . . . 1985 5 4.4 . . . 1985 6 4.5 . . . 1985 7 4.9 . . . 1985 8 4.9 . . . 1985 9 4.8 . . . 1985 10 5.5 . . . 1985 11 4.8 . . . 1985 12 4.9 4.6 1.1 1.1 1986 1 4.3 . . . 1986 2 5.4 . . . 1986 3 5.3 . . . 1986 4 5.5 . . . 1986 5 5.9 . . . 1986 6 6.1 . . . 1986 7 5.5 . . . 1986 8 5.8 . . . 1986 9 5.6 . . . 1986 10 6.0 . . . 1986 11 6.1 . . . 1986 12 6.5 5.7 1.0 1.6 1987 1 6.3 . . . 1987 2 5.9 . . . 1987 3 5.7 . . . 1987 4 6.5 . . . 1987 5 6.4 . . . 1987 6 6.4 . . . 1987 7 6.3 . . . 1987 8 6.5 . . . 1987 9 6.6 . . . 1987 10 6.1 . . . 1987 11 6.4 . . . 1987 12 5.9 6.3 0.6 -0.6 1988 1 6.0 . . . 1988 2 6.4 . . . 1988 3 6.4 . . . 1988 4 5.8 . . . 1988 5 5.8 . . . 1988 6 5.7 . . . 1988 7 5.0 . . . 1988 8 5.4 . . . 1988 9 5.6 . . . 1988 10 5.8 . . . 1988 11 5.4 . . . 1988 12 5.6 5.7 -0.5 -0.3 1989 1 5.5 . . . 1989 2 5.3 . . . 1989 3 5.0 . . . 1989 4 5.8 . . . 1989 5 4.8 . . . 1989 6 5.1 . . . 1989 7 5.6 . . . 1989 8 6.0 . . . 1989 9 5.2 . . . 1989 10 5.2 . . . 1989 11 5.5 . . . 1989 12 5.2 5.4 -0.4 -0.4 1990 1 4.7 . . . 1990 2 4.9 . . . 1990 3 4.7 . . . 1990 4 5.0 . . . 1990 5 5.0 . . . 1990 6 5.0 . . . 1990 7 5.2 . . . 1990 8 5.3 . . . 1990 9 5.3 . . . 1990 10 5.2 . . . 1990 11 5.4 . . . 1990 12 5.5 5.1 -0.3 0.3 1991 1 5.3 . . . 1991 2 5.6 . . . 1991 3 6.0 . . . 1991 4 6.0 . . . 1991 5 6.2 . . . 1991 6 6.1 . . . 1991 7 6.2 . . . 1991 8 6.3 . . . 1991 9 6.4 . . . 1991 10 6.5 . . . 1991 11 6.5 . . . 1991 12 6.8 6.2 1.1 1.3 1992 1 6.8 . . . 1992 2 6.9 . . . 1992 3 6.9 . . . 1992 4 6.8 . . . 1992 5 7.0 . . . 1992 6 7.0 . . . 1992 7 6.8 . . . 1992 8 6.8 . . . 1992 9 6.8 . . . 1992 10 6.6 . . . 1992 11 6.9 . . . 1992 12 6.7 6.8 0.7 -0.1 1993 1 6.4 . . . 1993 2 6.4 . . . 1993 3 6.2 . . . 1993 4 6.1 . . . 1993 5 6.0 . . . 1993 6 6.0 . . . 1993 7 5.8 . . . 1993 8 5.8 . . . 1993 9 5.9 . . . 1993 10 5.9 . . . 1993 11 5.8 . . . 1993 12 5.7 6.0 -0.8 -1.0 1994 1 5.7 . . . 1994 2 5.7 . . . 1994 3 5.7 . . . 1994 4 5.6 . . . 1994 5 5.3 . . . 1994 6 5.3 . . . 1994 7 5.3 . . . 1994 8 5.2 . . . 1994 9 5.0 . . . 1994 10 5.0 . . . 1994 11 4.9 . . . 1994 12 4.7 5.3 -0.7 -1.0 1995 1 4.8 . . . 1995 2 4.6 . . . 1995 3 4.6 . . . 1995 4 4.9 . . . 1995 5 4.7 . . . 1995 6 4.8 . . . 1995 7 4.8 . . . 1995 8 4.8 . . . 1995 9 4.8 . . . 1995 10 4.7 . . . 1995 11 4.6 . . . 1995 12 4.6 4.7 -0.6 -0.1 1996 1 4.7 . . . 1996 2 4.3 . . . 1996 3 4.3 . . . 1996 4 4.3 . . . 1996 5 4.2 . . . 1996 6 4.0 . . . 1996 7 4.0 . . . 1996 8 3.8 . . . 1996 9 3.8 . . . 1996 10 3.9 . . . 1996 11 4.1 . . . 1996 12 3.9 4.1 -0.6 -0.7 1997 1 3.8 . . . 1997 2 4.0 . . . 1997 3 3.9 . . . 1997 4 3.7 . . . 1997 5 3.7 . . . 1997 6 3.7 . . . 1997 7 3.7 . . . 1997 8 3.7 . . . 1997 9 3.7 . . . 1997 10 3.6 . . . 1997 11 3.5 . . . 1997 12 3.4 3.7 -0.4 -0.5 1998 1 3.4 . . . 1998 2 3.3 . . . 1998 3 3.4 . . . 1998 4 3.1 . . . 1998 5 3.3 . . . 1998 6 3.5 . . . 1998 7 3.4 . . . 1998 8 3.3 . . . 1998 9 3.3 . . . 1998 10 3.3 . . . 1998 11 3.2 . . . 1998 12 3.1 3.3 -0.4 -0.3 1999 1 3.0 . . . 1999 2 3.0 . . . 1999 3 2.9 . . . 1999 4 3.1 . . . 1999 5 3.1 . . . 1999 6 3.2 . . . 1999 7 3.2 . . . 1999 8 3.2 . . . 1999 9 3.3 . . . 1999 10 3.3 . . . 1999 11 3.3 . . . 1999 12 3.2 3.2 -0.1 0.1 2000 1 3.7 . . . 2000 2 3.8 . . . 2000 3 3.7 . . . 2000 4 3.4 . . . 2000 5 3.7 . . . 2000 6 3.6 . . . 2000 7 3.6 . . . 2000 8 3.6 . . . 2000 9 3.5 . . . 2000 10 3.4 . . . 2000 11 3.4 . . . 2000 12 3.2 3.6 0.4 0.0 2001 1 3.5 . . . 2001 2 3.6 . . . 2001 3 3.9 . . . 2001 4 4.1 . . . 2001 5 4.3 . . . 2001 6 4.6 . . . 2001 7 4.8 . . . 2001 8 5.3 . . . 2001 9 5.4 . . . 2001 10 5.9 . . . 2001 11 6.3 . . . 2001 12 6.6 4.9 1.3 3.4 2002 1 6.6 . . . 2002 2 6.6 . . . 2002 3 6.6 . . . 2002 4 6.9 . . . 2002 5 6.7 . . . 2002 6 6.6 . . . 2002 7 6.7 . . . 2002 8 6.7 . . . 2002 9 6.7 . . . 2002 10 6.8 . . . 2002 11 6.9 . . . 2002 12 7.0 6.7 1.9 0.4 2003 1 6.9 . . . 2003 2 7.0 . . . 2003 3 6.9 . . . 2003 4 6.9 . . . 2003 5 7.0 . . . 2003 6 7.1 . . . 2003 7 6.9 . . . 2003 8 6.8 . . . 2003 9 6.8 . . . 2003 10 6.7 . . . 2003 11 6.4 . . . 2003 12 6.2 6.8 0.1 -0.8 2004 1 6.3 . . . 2004 2 6.1 . . . 2004 3 6.4 . . . 2004 4 6.0 . . . 2004 5 6.0 . . . 2004 6 6.0 . . . 2004 7 5.9 . . . 2004 8 5.8 . . . 2004 9 5.7 . . . 2004 10 5.8 . . . 2004 11 5.8 . . . 2004 12 5.8 6.0 -0.8 -0.4 2005 1 5.6 . . . 2005 2 5.6 . . . 2005 3 5.4 . . . 2005 4 5.4 . . . 2005 5 5.3 . . . 2005 6 5.1 . . . 2005 7 5.1 . . . 2005 8 5.1 . . . 2005 9 5.3 . . . 2005 10 5.1 . . . 2005 11 5.1 . . . 2005 12 5.1 5.3 -0.7 -0.7 2006 1 5.0 . . . 2006 2 5.0 . . . 2006 3 5.0 . . . 2006 4 5.0 . . . 2006 5 5.0 . . . 2006 6 4.9 . . . 2006 7 5.0 . . . 2006 8 4.9 . . . 2006 9 4.7 . . . 2006 10 4.6 . . . 2006 11 4.5 . . . 2006 12 4.3 4.8 -0.4 -0.8 2007 1 4.5 . . . 2007 2 4.4 . . . 2007 3 4.2 . . . 2007 4 4.2 . . . 2007 5 4.1 . . . 2007 6 4.3 . . . 2007 7 4.4 . . . 2007 8 4.2 . . . 2007 9 4.4 . . . 2007 10 4.3 . . . 2007 11 4.3 . . . 2007 12 4.5 4.3 -0.5 0.2 2008 1 4.4 . . . 2008 2 4.2 . . . 2008 3 4.4 . . . 2008 4 4.2 . . . 2008 5 4.5 . . . 2008 6 4.5 . . . 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