"Figure 7: There have been large increases in private consumption, government consumption, gross capital formation and imports in Quarter 3 2020, though the levels of expenditure remain below their pre-pandemic levels","" "UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2019 to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. Index is referenced to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2019. 3. Private consumption is household final consumption expenditure and non-profit institutions serving households. 4. Gross capital formation includes the alignment adjustment which is applied to the Change in Inventories component in the expenditure approach to measuring GDP." "Unit","Index (2019 Q4 = 100)" "","" "","Private consumption","General government expenditure","Gross capital formation","Exports","Imports" "2019 Q1","99.8","97.9","129.2","95.1","108.6" "2019 Q2","100.2","99.8","106.8","93.4","98.1" "2019 Q3","100.3","99.3","100.8","98.3","99.6" "2019 Q4","100","100","100","100","100" "2020 Q1","97","96.1","104.4","89.3","90.8" "2020 Q2","74","82.1","71.7","79.5","70.1" "2020 Q3","87.2","88.4","96.7","83.6","79.4"