Business Investment, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2015 Provisional Results

27 Nov 2015 04:11 PM

Main points

• These estimates are short-term indicators of investment in assets, such as dwellings, transport equipment, machinery, buildings and intangible assets. This release covers asset breakdowns of total gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), of which business investment is one component.
• All investment data referred to are estimates of seasonally adjusted chained volume measures.
• In Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2015, GFCF was estimated to have increased by £1.0 billion (1.3%), compared with the previous quarter, to £77.3 billion. This is the highest level since Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2007.
• In Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2015, business investment was estimated to have increased by £0.9 billion (2.2%), compared with the previous quarter, to £44.4 billion.
• In Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2015, GFCF was estimated to have increased by 3.4% compared with Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2014.
• In Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2015, business investment increased by 6.6% compared with Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2014.
• There are no revisions to previous quarters in this release.

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