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Consumer trends, UK: Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016
Spending on goods and services by UK households including household final consumption expenditure (HHFCE) as a measure of economic growth.
Table of contents
- Main points
- Summary of household expenditure in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016
- Trends in household expenditure
- Household spending by product
- Focus on prices in household expenditure
- Household spending per head
- Household final consumption expenditure revisions Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016
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Main points
- In Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2016, household spending (adjusted for inflation) grew by 0.7% (£2.0 billion) compared with Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2016.
- The main contribution to growth can be seen in “Housing”, this has increased by 1.3% compared with Quarter 3 2016.
- Household spending in volume terms increased to £277.1 billion in Quarter 4 2007 before falling to £260.1 billion in Quarter 2 2009; following falls in 2010 and 2011, it increased to £294.8 billion in Quarter 4 2016, the highest volume spending since the start of the series, in each quarter since Quarter 3 2014, volume spending has exceeded the previous high in Quarter 4 2007.
- Household spending when compared with the same quarter a year ago has been showing positive growth each quarter since Quarter 4 2011; it was 2.9% higher in Quarter 4 2016, when compared with Quarter 4 2015.
- The current price value of household spending, which includes inflation, shows how much UK households spent; in Quarter 4 2016, current price spending increased by 1.4% compared with Quarter 3 2016.
- The household expenditure implied deflator increased by 0.7% in Quarter 4 2016 compared with the previous quarter.
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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.1.0.