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. . . 1979 7 2.2 . . . 1979 8 2.2 . . . 1979 9 2.3 . . . 1979 10 2.2 . . . 1979 11 2.1 . . . 1979 12 2.0 2.21 -11.96 -25.93 1980 1 3.5 . . . 1980 2 3.3 . . . 1980 3 3.8 . . . 1980 4 3.8 . . . 1980 5 3.7 . . . 1980 6 3.8 . . . 1980 7 3.9 . . . 1980 8 3.8 . . . 1980 9 3.4 . . . 1980 10 3.7 . . . 1980 11 4.1 . . . 1980 12 3.8 3.72 68.30 90.00 1981 1 3.5 . . . 1981 2 3.0 . . . 1981 3 3.2 . . . 1981 4 3.2 . . . 1981 5 4.0 . . . 1981 6 5.1 . . . 1981 7 3.9 . . . 1981 8 4.2 . . . 1981 9 4.2 . . . 1981 10 4.0 . . . 1981 11 4.2 . . . 1981 12 3.9 3.87 4.04 2.63 1982 1 4.3 . . . 1982 2 4.4 . . . 1982 3 4.7 . . . 1982 4 5.2 . . . 1982 5 5.5 . . . 1982 6 6.1 . . . 1982 7 6.4 . . . 1982 8 6.6 . . . 1982 9 7.7 . . . 1982 10 8.6 . . . 1982 11 8.5 . . . 1982 12 9.1 6.43 66.16 133.33 1983 1 9.0 . . . 1983 2 9.4 . . . 1983 3 9.7 . . . 1983 4 10.1 . . . 1983 5 9.7 . . . 1983 6 9.1 . . . 1983 7 9.2 . . . 1983 8 9.2 . . . 1983 9 9.9 . . . 1983 10 9.1 . . . 1983 11 8.4 . . . 1983 12 9.3 9.34 45.40 2.20 1984 1 7.9 . . . 1984 2 6.4 . . . 1984 3 7.2 . . . 1984 4 7.7 . . . 1984 5 6.4 . . . 1984 6 5.6 . . . 1984 7 6.6 . . . 1984 8 6.2 . . . 1984 9 6.2 . . . 1984 10 6.2 . . . 1984 11 6.5 . . . 1984 12 6.8 6.64 -28.90 -26.88 1985 1 7.2 . . . 1985 2 7.4 . . . 1985 3 7.7 . . . 1985 4 7.5 . . . 1985 5 7.4 . . . 1985 6 7.6 . . . 1985 7 8.0 . . . 1985 8 7.8 . . . 1985 9 7.7 . . . 1985 10 8.9 . . . 1985 11 7.5 . . . 1985 12 7.8 7.71 16.06 14.71 1986 1 7.2 . . . 1986 2 9.1 . . . 1986 3 9.0 . . . 1986 4 9.6 . . . 1986 5 10.7 . . . 1986 6 11.4 . . . 1986 7 10.2 . . . 1986 8 10.8 . . . 1986 9 10.4 . . . 1986 10 11.1 . . . 1986 11 10.8 . . . 1986 12 11.2 10.13 31.35 43.59 1987 1 10.5 . . . 1987 2 9.5 . . . 1987 3 8.9 . . . 1987 4 9.5 . . . 1987 5 9.3 . . . 1987 6 9.1 . . . 1987 7 8.7 . . . 1987 8 8.8 . . . 1987 9 8.8 . . . 1987 10 7.9 . . . 1987 11 8.2 . . . 1987 12 7.6 8.90 -12.10 -32.14 1988 1 7.6 . . . 1988 2 7.8 . . . 1988 3 7.7 . . . 1988 4 7.1 . . . 1988 5 6.9 . . . 1988 6 6.6 . . . 1988 7 5.8 . . . 1988 8 6.2 . . . 1988 9 6.4 . . . 1988 10 6.4 . . . 1988 11 6.0 . . . 1988 12 6.1 6.72 -24.53 -19.74 1989 1 6.2 . . . 1989 2 5.8 . . . 1989 3 5.4 . . . 1989 4 6.5 . . . 1989 5 5.2 . . . 1989 6 5.5 . . . 1989 7 6.1 . . . 1989 8 6.4 . . . 1989 9 5.5 . . . 1989 10 5.5 . . . 1989 11 5.9 . . . 1989 12 5.5 5.79 -13.77 -9.84 1990 1 5.1 . . . 1990 2 5.1 . . . 1990 3 4.9 . . . 1990 4 5.1 . . . 1990 5 5.0 . . . 1990 6 5.0 . . . 1990 7 5.2 . . . 1990 8 5.3 . . . 1990 9 5.4 . . . 1990 10 5.3 . . . 1990 11 5.3 . . . 1990 12 5.4 5.17 -10.65 -1.82 1991 1 5.4 . . . 1991 2 5.4 . . . 1991 3 5.5 . . . 1991 4 5.5 . . . 1991 5 5.7 . . . 1991 6 5.7 . . . 1991 7 5.8 . . . 1991 8 5.9 . . . 1991 9 6.0 . . . 1991 10 6.2 . . . 1991 11 6.1 . . . 1991 12 6.5 5.81 12.24 20.37 1992 1 6.8 . . . 1992 2 6.8 . . . 1992 3 6.9 . . . 1992 4 6.9 . . . 1992 5 7.2 . . . 1992 6 7.3 . . . 1992 7 7.2 . . . 1992 8 7.3 . . . 1992 9 7.3 . . . 1992 10 7.3 . . . 1992 11 7.5 . . . 1992 12 7.5 7.17 23.39 15.38 1993 1 7.4 . . . 1993 2 7.6 . . . 1993 3 7.4 . . . 1993 4 7.4 . . . 1993 5 7.3 . . . 1993 6 7.4 . . . 1993 7 7.4 . . . 1993 8 7.2 . . . 1993 9 7.3 . . . 1993 10 7.6 . . . 1993 11 7.4 . . . 1993 12 7.2 7.38 3.02 -4.00 1994 1 7.1 . . . 1994 2 7.1 . . . 1994 3 7.1 . . . 1994 4 7.1 . . . 1994 5 6.8 . . . 1994 6 6.7 . . . 1994 7 6.7 . . . 1994 8 6.7 . . . 1994 9 6.6 . . . 1994 10 6.5 . . . 1994 11 6.3 . . . 1994 12 6.1 6.73 -8.80 -15.28 1995 1 6.1 . . . 1995 2 5.9 . . . 1995 3 5.8 . . . 1995 4 6.2 . . . 1995 5 6.0 . . . 1995 6 6.0 . . . 1995 7 6.1 . . . 1995 8 6.1 . . . 1995 9 6.1 . . . 1995 10 6.0 . . . 1995 11 5.9 . . . 1995 12 5.9 6.01 -10.77 -3.28 1996 1 5.8 . . . 1996 2 5.7 . . . 1996 3 5.7 . . . 1996 4 5.7 . . . 1996 5 5.7 . . . 1996 6 5.4 . . . 1996 7 5.5 . . . 1996 8 5.4 . . . 1996 9 5.3 . . . 1996 10 5.3 . . . 1996 11 5.7 . . . 1996 12 5.7 5.58 -7.21 -3.39 1997 1 5.7 . . . 1997 2 5.8 . . . 1997 3 5.7 . . . 1997 4 5.5 . . . 1997 5 5.4 . . . 1997 6 5.5 . . . 1997 7 5.2 . . . 1997 8 5.1 . . . 1997 9 5.1 . . . 1997 10 4.9 . . . 1997 11 4.7 . . . 1997 12 4.7 5.28 -5.38 -17.54 1998 1 4.7 . . . 1998 2 4.5 . . . 1998 3 4.5 . . . 1998 4 4.2 . . . 1998 5 4.4 . . . 1998 6 4.6 . . . 1998 7 4.4 . . . 1998 8 4.4 . . . 1998 9 4.4 . . . 1998 10 4.3 . . . 1998 11 4.3 . . . 1998 12 4.3 4.42 -16.27 -8.51 1999 1 4.3 . . . 1999 2 4.5 . . . 1999 3 4.3 . . . 1999 4 4.8 . . . 1999 5 4.9 . . . 1999 6 4.9 . . . 1999 7 5.0 . . . 1999 8 4.9 . . . 1999 9 5.0 . . . 1999 10 5.0 . . . 1999 11 4.9 . . . 1999 12 4.9 4.78 8.30 13.95 2000 1 4.6 . . . 2000 2 4.8 . . . 2000 3 4.6 . . . 2000 4 4.2 . . . 2000 5 4.4 . . . 2000 6 4.3 . . . 2000 7 4.3 . . . 2000 8 4.4 . . . 2000 9 4.2 . . . 2000 10 4.0 . . . 2000 11 4.1 . . . 2000 12 3.8 4.31 -9.93 -22.45 2001 1 4.1 . . . 2001 2 4.0 . . . 2001 3 4.2 . . . 2001 4 4.3 . . . 2001 5 4.3 . . . 2001 6 4.6 . . . 2001 7 4.6 . . . 2001 8 5.0 . . . 2001 9 4.9 . . . 2001 10 5.2 . . . 2001 11 5.3 . . . 2001 12 5.6 4.68 8.51 47.37 2002 1 5.7 . . . 2002 2 5.7 . . . 2002 3 5.8 . . . 2002 4 6.1 . . . 2002 5 6.0 . . . 2002 6 6.0 . . . 2002 7 6.1 . . . 2002 8 6.1 . . . 2002 9 6.1 . . . 2002 10 6.2 . . . 2002 11 6.4 . . . 2002 12 6.4 6.05 29.41 14.29 2003 1 6.5 . . . 2003 2 6.7 . . . 2003 3 6.7 . . . 2003 4 6.8 . . . 2003 5 6.9 . . . 2003 6 7.0 . . . 2003 7 6.8 . . . 2003 8 6.8 . . . 2003 9 6.9 . . . 2003 10 6.7 . . . 2003 11 6.6 . . . 2003 12 6.5 6.74 11.43 1.56 2004 1 6.4 . . . 2004 2 6.3 . . . 2004 3 6.7 . . . 2004 4 6.3 . . . 2004 5 6.3 . . . 2004 6 6.2 . . . 2004 7 6.2 . . . 2004 8 6.1 . . . 2004 9 6.0 . . . 2004 10 6.1 . . . 2004 11 6.0 . . . 2004 12 6.1 6.23 -7.66 -6.15 2005 1 5.7 . . . 2005 2 5.8 . . . 2005 3 5.7 . . . 2005 4 5.5 . . . 2005 5 5.5 . . . 2005 6 5.3 . . . 2005 7 5.2 . . . 2005 8 5.2 . . . 2005 9 5.9 . . . 2005 10 5.7 . . . 2005 11 5.8 . . . 2005 12 5.6 5.58 -10.44 -8.20 2006 1 5.5 . . . 2006 2 5.5 . . . 2006 3 5.3 . . . 2006 4 5.3 . . . 2006 5 5.2 . . . 2006 6 5.1 . . . 2006 7 5.1 . . . 2006 8 5.0 . . . 2006 9 4.8 . . . 2006 10 4.6 . . . 2006 11 4.5 . . . 2006 12 4.4 5.03 -9.87 -21.43 2007 1 4.5 . . . 2007 2 4.4 . . . 2007 3 4.3 . . . 2007 4 4.2 . . . 2007 5 4.1 . . . 2007 6 4.2 . . . 2007 7 4.3 . . . 2007 8 4.2 . . . 2007 9 4.3 . . . 2007 10 4.2 . . . 2007 11 4.2 . . . 2007 12 4.5 4.28 -14.76 2.27 2008 1 4.3 . . . 2008 2 4.0 . . . 2008 3 4.3 . . . 2008 4 4.0 . . . 2008 5 4.4 . . . 2008 6 4.4 . . . 2008 7 4.6 . . . 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