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Gross Domestic Product: chained volume measures: Seasonally adjusted £m
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
£ 513,273 m
2020 Q1
- Release date:
- 13 May 2020
- Next release:
- 30 June 2020
GDP first quarterly estimate, UK: January to March 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms was estimated to have fallen by 2.0% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2020, the largest fall since Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2008.
- When compared with the same quarter a year ago, UK GDP decreased by 1.6% in Quarter 1 2020; the biggest fall since Quarter 4 2009, when it also fell by 1.6%.
- This release captures the first direct effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the government measures taken to reduce transmission of the virus.
Paddington, Star Wars and the rise of the UK film industry
Paddington 2 is at the top of UK box office charts and Star Wars: The Last Jedi has just hit cinema screens. With two UK-made movies set to dominate the cinemas over Christmas, how much is the industry worth to the UK economy?
Time series related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Gross Domestic Product: chained volume measures: Seasonally adjusted £m
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
£ 513,273 m 2020 Q1- Release date:
- 13 May 2020
- Next release:
- 30 June 2020
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Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
-2 % 2020 Q1- Release date:
- 13 May 2020
- Next release:
- 30 June 2020
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Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth rate CVM SA %
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
-1.6 % 2020 Q1- Release date:
- 13 May 2020
- Next release:
- 30 June 2020
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Gross Domestic Product at market prices: Current price: Seasonally adjusted £m
Current Prices (CP)
£ 549,773 m 2020 Q1- Release date:
- 13 May 2020
- Next release:
- 30 June 2020
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Gross Domestic Product: quarter on quarter growth rate: CP SA %
Current Prices (CP)
-1.4 % 2020 Q1- Release date:
- 13 May 2020
- Next release:
- 30 June 2020
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Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth quarter growth: CP SA %
Current Prices (CP)
0.1 % 2020 Q1- Release date:
- 13 May 2020
- Next release:
- 30 June 2020
Datasets related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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GDP quarterly national accounts time series
Annual and quarterly data for the latest gross domestic product (GDP) estimates in chained volume measures and at current market prices.
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GDP first quarterly estimate time series
A detailed breakdown of the components of GDP.
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Monthly gross domestic product: time series
Monthly estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) containing constant price gross value added (GVA) data for the UK.
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UK National Accounts, The Blue Book time series
Datasets for each of the chapters in The Blue Book 2019 including the national accounts at a glance, financial and non-financial corporations, households and non-profit institutions serving households and summary supply and use tables.
Publications related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Statistical bulletins
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GDP first quarterly estimate, UK: January to March 2020
First quarterly estimate of gross domestic product (GDP). Contains current and constant price data on the value of goods and services to indicate the economic performance of the UK.
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Business investment in the UK: October to December 2019 revised results
Estimates of short-term indicators of investment in non-financial assets, business investment, and asset and sector breakdowns of total gross fixed capital formation.
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GDP monthly estimate, UK: March 2020
Gross domestic product (GDP) measures the value of goods and services produced in the UK. It estimates the size of and growth in the economy.
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GDP, UK regions and countries: July to September 2019
Quarterly economic activity within the countries of the UK (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and the nine English regions (North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, and South West).
Articles
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The 2008 recession 10 years on
A decade after the beginning of the recession, how has the UK economy recovered?
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What is GDP?
Find out more how Gross Domestic Product is used to measure the size and health of a country’s economy.
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GDP and me
What's GDP go to do with you and me? Find out how your spending and work can affect GDP.
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Introducing a new publication model for GDP
Upcoming changes to the GDP publication model. The new model is outlined, as well as the benefits and trade offs and the impact on data content.
Methodology related to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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