"Figure 1: Real GDP increased by 15.5% in Quarter 3 2020, reflecting the easing of lockdown measures and some recovery from the steep contraction in April","" "UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2020 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. Q1 average refers to the average of the indices from Jan to Mar, Q2 average refers to the average of the indices Apr to June, Q3 average refers to the average of the indices from July to Sept. 3. Quarterly average is based on output gross value added (GVA). There will therefore be discrepancies in the time series with our quarterly estimates of GDP, which include information on the expenditure and income approaches to measuring GDP. " "Unit","Index (January 2020 = 100)" "","" "","MGDP","Q1 Average","Q2 Average","Q3 Average" "2020JAN","100","97.4","","" "2020FEB","99.7","97.4","","" "2020MAR","92.4","97.4","","" "2020APR","74.4","","78.1","" "2020MAY","76.4","","78.1","" "2020JUN","83.4","","78.1","" "2020JUL","88.6","","","90.2" "2020AUG","90.6","","","90.2" "2020SEP","91.4","","","90.2"