"Figure 7: Gross capital formation weakness in Quarter 4 2019 is largely driven by acquisitions less disposal of valuables","" "UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2018 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2019","" "","" "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. Contributions represent contributions to gross capital formation quarter-on-quarter growth. 3. These figures include the statistical alignment adjustment. 4. As change in inventories and acquisition less disposal of valuables are change series, it is not possible to calculate fully additive contributions to growth. As a result, component contributions may not sum to total GCF." "Unit","% and percentage points" "","" "","Gross Fixed Capital Formation","Changes in Inventories","Acquisitions less disposals of valuables","Gross Capital Formation" "2018 Q1 ","-1.2","0.78","-0.8","-1.2" "2018 Q2 ","-0.24","2.06","0.66","2.5" "2018 Q3 ","0.32","-2.33","-0.02","-2" "2018 Q4 ","-0.12","4.85","-0.48","4.3" "2019 Q1","1.05","6.53","11.31","18.9" "2019 Q2","-0.46","-6.92","-9.39","-16.8" "2019 Q3","0.29","-6.16","-0.93","-6.8" "2019 Q4","-1.76","1.02","-11.64","-12.4"