ECONOMIC INDICATORS UK - Fall 2011

Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.5% in the latest quarter, unrevised from the growth previously published. GDP in the first quarter of 2011 is now 1.8% higher than the first quarter of 2010.

CPI annual inflation was 4.5% in April 2011, up from 4.0% in March. In the year to April, RPI annual inflation was 5.2%, down from 5.3% in March.

Output price annual inflation for all manufactured products rose 5.3% in April 2011. Input price annual inflation rose 17.6% in April, compared with a rise of 14.8% in the year to March.

In the first quarter of 2011, annual inflation for the aggregate of selected services producer price indices (SPPI) rose 2.9% compared with a rise of 2.7% in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Year on year, output of the Service sector for March 2011 rose 1.0% compared with March 2010.

Year on year, overall production output in March 2011 was 0.7% higher than in March 2010.

Total manufacturing output increased by 2.7% in March 2011 compared to the same month a year ago.

For previously released UK economic indicators visit National Statistics

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