Not since the second quarter of last year, when the war started, has military spending been so important to growth.
That is the lowest since the first quarter of 1996, when the rate was 69.2 percent, according to the report.
If that performance holds up, it will be the best since the third quarter of 1993.
But since the first quarter of 2000 the rate has climbed from 8.4 percent.
It would be the first since the third quarter of 1986.
The index has not been lower since the second quarter of 1983.
The latest increase is the largest since the second quarter of 1983.
General Electric had a 10 percent increase in sales, the best since the third quarter of 2000.
These are the most complete numbers investors have seen since the third quarter of 2001.
The loss was the first for the company since the fourth quarter of 1982.