Trading places: UK goods trade with EU partners

28 March 2017
By Philip Leake

The future of UK manufacturing will be in focus when post-Brexit trade negotiations begin. The Prime Minister is due to trigger Article 50 tomorrow, starting the formal process of our exit from the EU.

GDP and me

20 March 2017
By ONS Digital

Explore everyday situations to see what feeds into GDP and the effect variations can have. Other Visual.ONS articles: Commonwealth trade in focus as the UK prepares for Brexit Trends in births and deaths over the last century Test your knowledge on the gender pay gap For more information on GDP data, please contact: gdp@ons.gov.uk

Hipsters, gin and the Basket of Goods

14 March 2017
By ONS Digital

Members of the hipster sub-culture may arch an eyebrow in recognition at some of the additions to ONS’s latest Basket of Goods and Services. Some items associated with hipsters have been added to the inflation basket, in reflection of their rising popularity. Click on the image below to find out more: To find out what […]

Commonwealth trade in focus as UK prepares for Brexit

9 March 2017
By Rob Fry

Commonwealth trade ministers gather today for the first-ever meeting of its kind, looking at ways of boosting trade relations among the 52 member nations.

Dashboard: Understanding the UK economy

22 February 2017
By Rob Fry

Get the latest data on the economy of post-referendum UK.

Five facts about GDP

17 February 2017
By ONS Digital

Gross Domestic Product is the standard measure of the size and health of a country’s economy. We have five facts which will tell you more about it:

Visual 2016: That was the year that was

30 December 2016
By ONS Digital

We’re always looking for new ways to bring statistics to light and so we’ve assembled a list of highlights from the past year

The challenges of measuring GDP in the digital, borderless world

22 November 2016
By

The digital economy has transformed the way we do business. However it presents many challenges when it comes to measuring its performance and any change in the behaviour of consumers. How do we measure the success of the economy in a rapidly changing world?

What is GDP?

21 November 2016
By ONS Digital

Imagine £1.8 trillion in bundles of £50 notes, double stacked on pallets – it would cover an area almost the size of four football pitches. This mind-bogglingly large amount of money is the current estimated value of the UK’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Tracking the impact of the EU referendum

23 September 2016
By Darren Waters

ONS produces a wide range of economic statistics, which will increasingly contain data periods which fall after the UK vote on EU membership that was held on 23 June.

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