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The Weekly Economic Indicators are issued by Office for National Statistics

This information has been produced by an external third party source and is intended as a reference aid only. We believe it to be reliable, but we have not independently verified the contents.

Last updated:  21st June 2010

 

 PRICES AND INFLATION

Period Annual Change
Consumer Price Index (CPI) (base 2005= 100) May 10 114.4  3.4
Retail Prices Index (all items)
(index Jan 1987 = 100)
May 10 223.6 5.1
RPI excluding mortgage interest - RPIX
(base January 1987 = 100)
May 10 222.8 5.1
Producer Prices Index - PPI Output (2005=100) May 10 120.1 5.7
Producer Prices Index - PPI Input prices (materials and fuel) (2005=100) May 10 145.4 11.2

LABOUR MARKET

 
Employment rate (%) Feb - Apr 10 72.1 -1.2
Unemployment rate (%) Feb - Apr 10 7.9 0.6
AEI Headline rate 3 month average (SA) - including bonuses Feb - Apr 10 4.2 5.9
AEI Headline rate 3 month average (SA) - excluding bonuses Feb - Apr 10 1.9 -0.2
Claimant count (Jobseeker's Allowance) (Thousands) May 10 1,421.1 -58.2
Vacancies (Thousands) Feb - Apr 10 492 47

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS/
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

UK Gross Domestic Product
(chained volume measure £ billion)

Q1 10

317.2 -0.2
Private Non-Financial Corporations Net Lending (£ billion) Q4 09 26.0
Household Saving Ratio (%) Q4 09 7.0
Public Sector current budget (£ billion) May 10 -14.1
Public Sector net debt as a % of GDP May 10 62.2
Public Sector net borrowing (£ billion) May 10 12.0
Public Sector net cash req't (£ billion) May 10 28.7

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND TRADE

UK's trade balance (£ billion)   Apr 10 -3.3
Balance of Payments current account - BoP
(£ billion)
Q4 09 -£1.7

of which: EU

-£8.2

non-EU

£6.5

Goods export volumes -
excluding oil and erratics (Index 2005 = 100)
Apr 10 94.8
Goods import volumes -
excluding oil and erratics (Index 2005 = 100)
Apr 10 98.0

SHORT TERM INDICATORS

Retail Sales Volume Seasonally Adjusted (2005=100) May 10 112.7 1.0
Index of Manufacturing (2003=100) Apr 10 91.7 2.5
Index of Production (2003=100) Apr 10 89.3

2.1

Whole economy productivity (2005=100) Q4 09 100.8 0.5
Manufacturing productivity (2005=100) Q4 09 106.4 1.4
Index of Services (2005=100) Mar 10 105.8 0.2

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