Release: Business Investment, Q2 2012 Revised Results
Categories: Economy, National Accounts, National Income, Expenditure and Output
Frequency of release: Quarterly
Language: English
Geographical coverage: UK
Geographical breakdown: UK and GB
Survey name(s): Quarterly Survey of Capital Expenditure
Correction
As part of the Gross Fixed Capital Formation post production quality assurance process, errors have been identified in the Gross Fixed Capital Formation series.
The following publications and associated time series have now been corrected:
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Quarterly National Accounts - 2012 Quarter 1 and Quarter 2.
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United Kingdom Economic Accounts - 2012 Quarter 1 and Quarter 2.
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Business Investment - 2012 Quarter 1 and Quarter 2.
Chapter 9 and table 8.4 of the 2012 edition of the Blue Book is currently inconsistent with these publications. Further quality assurance work is ongoing and a correction to the relevant Blue Book tables will be published as soon as possible.
For Business Investment time series data, the error affects quarterly data in 2004, for series:
DSG5, DS39, DS3H, DS3S, DS84, DS8K, DS7U, DS8C, DSG6, DS9R, DS9Z, DSG7. DS3T, DSG8, DS3B, DS3J, DS3Y, DS86, DS8M, DS7W, DS8E, DSG9, DS9T, DSA3, DSH2, DS3Z, DSI2, DS6W, DS7I, DS3U, DS3W, NPEN, DS3N, DSI3, DS6Y, DS7K, DS42, DS43, DS44, NPEL.
The error also affects the quarterly data in 2005 Q2, for series GAN5, GAN6, GAN9, GAO2. All other periods remain unchanged.
ONS apologises for any inconvenience caused (dated 23 November 2012).
Key points
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Business investment in seasonally adjusted terms rose by £0.3 billion to £30.1 billion (0.9 per cent) when compared with the previous quarter.
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Business investment increased by £0.9 billion (3.1 per cent) when compared with the second quarter of 2011.
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Total manufacturing investment rose by £0.2 billion to £3.1 billion (5.9 per cent) when compared with the previous quarter.
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Total non-manufacturing investment rose by £0.1 billion to £27.0 billion (0.3 per cent) when compared with the previous quarter.
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Compared with the second quarter of 2011, total manufacturing investment fell by 1.5 per cent; total non-manufacturing investment rose by £0.9 billion (3.6 per cent).
In this release
Commentary and tables on investment trends by businesses. Contains capital expenditure data for various sectors of the economy at current prices, constant prices and seasonally adjusted.
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