Q4 GDP was -2.9% compared with same quarter a year ago and -0.4% from Q3. For the whole of 2019, real GDP contracted by 1.2%, its first annual decline since 2009. Reuters (Also reports a lot more gloomy numbers.) Yoy GDP change, % 2018 Q1 4.6 Q2 3.5 Q3 2.9 Q4 1.2 2019 Q1 0.6 Q2 0.4 Q3 -2.8* Q4 -2.9 *Revised upward from -2.9.