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The Weekly Economic Indicators are issued by Office for National Statistics
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Last updated: 21st June 2010
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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 |
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LABOUR MARKET
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|
|
|
| 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 |
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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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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