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Gross Domestic Product: chained volume measures: Seasonally adjusted £m
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
£ 504,742 m
2020 Q4
- Release date:
- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021

GDP quarterly national accounts, UK: July to September 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have increased by a record 16.0% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2020, revised from the first estimate of 15.5% growth.
- Though this reflects some recovery of activity following the record contraction in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2020, the level of GDP in the UK is still 8.6% below where it was at the end of 2019, revised from an initial estimate of 9.7%.
- Compared with the same quarter a year ago, the UK economy fell by a revised 8.6%.

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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)
£ 504,742 m 2020 Q4- Release date:
- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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Gross Domestic Product: Quarter on Quarter growth: CVM SA %
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
1.3 % 2020 Q4- Release date:
- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth rate CVM SA %
Chained Volume Measures (CVM)
-7.3 % 2020 Q4- Release date:
- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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Gross Domestic Product at market prices: Current price: Seasonally adjusted £m
Current Prices (CP)
£ 543,763 m 2020 Q4- Release date:
- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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Gross Domestic Product: quarter on quarter growth rate: CP SA %
Current Prices (CP)
0.8 % 2020 Q4- Release date:
- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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Gross Domestic Product: q-on-q4 growth quarter growth: CP SA %
Current Prices (CP)
-2.8 % 2020 Q4- Release date:
- 31 March 2021
- Next release:
- 30 June 2021
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.
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Statistical bulletins
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GDP monthly estimate, UK: January 2021
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 first quarterly estimate, UK: October to December 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 2020 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, UK regions and countries: April to June 2020
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).
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