6 Years Worth Of Quarterly GDP Reports In One Awesome Chart

First, here’s the BEA’s Breakdown:

• Real personal consumption expenditures increased +2.2 percent in Q4, compared with an increase of 1.6 percent in Q3.
• Real nonresidential fixed investment increased +8.4 percent in Q4, compared with a decrease of -1.8 percent in Q3.
• Exports decreased -5.7 percent in Q4, compared with an increase of +1.9 percent in Q3.  Imports decreased -3.2 percent, compared with a decrease of -0.6 percent in Q3.
• Government spending decreased -15.0 percent in Q4, in contrast to an increase of +9.5 percent in Q3.

And here’s the chart with a nice historic review: