Annual Growth in US Private-Sector GDP A bar graph titled Annual growth in the U S Private Sector G D P has the year on the x-axis, from 2009 to 2011, and percentage on the y-axis, from negative 6 to positive 3 percent. The percentage of growth for the goods producing sector in 2009 was negative 5. 8 percent, in 2010 it was 2. 9 percent, and in 2011 it was 0. 6 percent. How did the contribution of the goods-producing sector to GDP growth change between 2010 and 2011? It fell by 0. 3%. It fell by 2. 3%. It rose by 2. 3%. It rose by 0. 6%.