"Figure 5: There have been lower revisions to GDP growth in recent periods, likely because of reduced economic volatility and improvements in recording GDP estimates","" "Mean square revision and variance of quarterly gross domestic product growth, UK, 1961 to 2015","" "","" "Notes","1. The MSR refers to the revision between the vintages T and T+36, while the variance refers to the vintage T+36. 2. 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)." "Unit","Percentage points" "","" "","Mean square revision (LHS)","Variance (RHS)" "1961 Q2 -
1969 Q4","0.95","0.02" "1970 Q1 -
1979 Q4","1.73","0.03" "1980 Q1 -
1989 Q4","0.87","0.01" "1990 Q1 -
1999 Q4","0.07","0.00" "2000 Q1 -
2009 Q4","0.15","0.01" "2010 Q1 -
2015 Q1","0.06","0.00"