Index of Production and Construction, Quarter 2 2010

The Index of Production and the Index of Construction for Wales show the short term movements in the output of industries in the production and construction sectors within Wales including new data for the three months to June relating to the second quarter of 2010.

Statistics on the Index of Production and the Index of Construction include data for Wales and the UK for the period up to Quarter 2 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 29 July 2010.

The key messages from the release are:

• The longer term trend for the Index of Production for Wales shows a fall of 3.7 per cent when comparing the latest four quarters to the previous four quarters.  The UK output shows a similar pattern. The short term quarterly movements show a fall of 0.5 per cent for Wales and a rise of 1.0 per cent for the UK.
• The longer term trend for the Index of Construction for Wales shows a fall of 5.9 per cent when comparing the latest four quarters to the previous four quarters. The UK figures show a fall of 2.7 per cent over the same period. The short term quarterly movements in the construction industry indicate a rise for both Wales and the UK of 15.2 per cent and 8.5 per cent respectively.

Stats Wales tables will be published in due course.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5208
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

January 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)