GDP growth: up and down at the same time
“Services growth in December pushes up GDP estimate” was the headline on ONS’s press release announcing last week’s revised estimate of GDP in the final quarter of 2009.
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We're usually right, claims the ONS
ONS has defended its estimates of GDP growth, which have been attacked by economists as excessively gloomy.
UK Vital Signs: an economy in need of intensive care
New Year’s Day, and the end of a decade, is as good a time as any to look at the economy’s vital signs.
GDP: no comfort for economists or Alistair Darling
Figures released today show that the UK economy was still in recession in the third quarter of 2009.
Sinking fast or bouncing back?
At 9.30 am on Wednesday all eyes in the City will be pinned to their screens as the ONS releases its latest estimate of the GDP in the third quarter of 2009.
Nonsense about public sector pensions
The British North-American Committee sounds a solid enough organisation and its document “The need for transparency in public sector pensions&rdqu
Recession deepening as GDP fall accelerates
The recession deepened in the first quarter of 2009, as the UK's GDP fell by 1.9 per cent, compared with 1.6 per cent the previous quarter. The increased rate of decline in output was due to weaker services and production output, latest figures from ONS show.
