On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, construction declined by 1 percent and mining by 0.2 percent. Fishing contracted the most (-3.82 percent), followed by agriculture, hunting and forestry (-2.81 percent),
In contrast, public administration, defense and social security posted the highest gain (1.8 percent), followed by financial activities (1.6 percent), manufacturing (1.2 percent) and wholesale and retail trade (0.7 percent).
Year-on-year, the economy advanced 0.4 percent in the last quarter of 2014, bringing full year growth to 0.6 percent, the lowest since 2009 recession.