Index of Production and Construction, Quarter 3 2010
The latest National Statistics on the Index of Production and the Index of Construction produced by the Welsh Assembly Government were released on 11 January 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
The Index of Production and the Index of Construction for Wales show the short term movements in the output of industries in the production and construction sectors within Wales including new data for the three months to September relating to the third quarter of 2010.
Statistics on the Index of Production and the Index of Construction include data for Wales and the UK for the period up to Quarter 3 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 28 September 2010.
The key messages from the release are:
- The longer term trend for the Index of Production for Wales shows a rise of 0.9 per cent when comparing the latest four quarters to the previous four quarters. UK output fell by 0.4 per cent. The short term quarterly movements show a fall of 0.2 per cent for Wales and a rise of 0.6 per cent for the UK.
- The longer term trend for the Index of Construction for Wales shows a fall of 4.2 per cent when comparing the latest four quarters to the previous four quarters. UK output rose by 2.9 per cent over the same period. The short term quarterly movements in the construction industry show a rise for both Wales and the UK of 7.1 per cent and 4.0 per cent respectively.
StatsWales tables will be published in due course.
Further information
Contact
Tel: 029 2082 5017
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Next update
29 March 2011
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