Index of Production and Construction, Quarter 4 2011

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 December relating to the fourth quarter of 2011.

Statistics on the Index of Production and the Index of Construction include data for Wales and the UK for the period up to Quarter 4 2011. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 17 January 2012.

The key messages from the release are:

• The longer term trend for the Index of Production for Wales shows a fall of 2.0 per cent when comparing the latest four quarters to the previous four quarters.  UK output also fell, down 1.2 per cent. The short term quarterly movements also show falls for both Wales and the UK (down 3.9 per cent and 1.3 per cent respectively).
• The longer term trend for the Index of Construction for Wales shows a rise of 5.8 per cent when comparing the latest four quarters to the previous four quarters. UK output rose by 2.8 per cent.  The short term quarterly movements in the construction industry show falls for both Wales and the UK with the fall in Wales larger than that for the UK (10.5 per cent compared to 0.2 per cent).

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5017
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

24 July 2012