Gross Domestic Product: September 2010 quarter

Gross domestic product (GDP):

• Economic activity was down 0.2 percent in the September 2010 quarter, following a 0.1 percent increase in the June 2010 quarter.
• Manufacturing was down 1.7 percent, and construction down 2.5 percent.
• Gross domestic product increased 1.4 percent in the year ended September 2010 compared with the year ended September 2009.

On the expenditure measure of GDP:

• The expenditure measure of GDP was down 0.4 percent in the September 2010 quarter.
• Household consumption expenditure was up 0.5 percent.
• Gross fixed capital formation was down 1.8 percent.