GDP grew by 5.5% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021, revised up from the previous estimate of 4.8%.

Today’s data include various improvements to sources and methods and are consistent with our annual Blue Book, published next month ow.ly/RUiu50Gj9cD Chart showing real GDP in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021 is no
We’ve published a new blog post from Head of National Accounts Craig McLaren, looking at the changes to GDP introduced today ow.ly/89m050Gj9dH
Commenting on the new GDP figures, @jathers_ONS said: (1/3) “Today we’ve published new, revised estimates of GDP, wh
.@jathers_ONS continued: (2/3) “The economy grew more in the second quarter than previous
Commenting on household saving, @jathers_ONS said: (3/3) “The revised figures also show households have been saving
The underlying current account deficit widened to £10.2 billion (1.8% of GDP) in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021 ow.ly/OuJ350Gj9l7 Chart showing the UK’s current account balance widened sub

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30 Sep
.@transportgovuk figures show motor vehicle traffic volumes on Mon 27 Sept 2021 decreased by 6 percentage points from the previous week.

This was the lowest traffic volume on a non-Bank Holiday Monday since mid July 2021 ow.ly/sny850GjcHv
The week-on-week decrease in motor vehicle traffic was partially driven by a 6 percentage point fall in car and light commercial vehicle traffic.

Meanwhile heavy goods vehicle traffic fell by 3 percentage points ow.ly/QRqs50GjcKb
The 'transport, logistics and warehousing' category continues to see the highest volume of online job adverts relative to its Feb 2020, pre-pandemic level and is at 367% of this level in the latest week ow.ly/ovji50GjcMZ
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28 Sep
Among tourist hotspots (the local authorities with the most travel and tourism businesses per resident population)

▪️Eden
▪️Powys
▪️and Derbyshire Dales

have all posted price rises of 10% or more in every month of 2021 so far (Jan to July) ➡️ow.ly/B1cH50GhG9k
Growth of tenant demand appears to be exceeding supply. Some landlords could be flipping second homes to holiday lets, leaving fewer lets for tenants.

This is a particular issue in tourist areas, where rates of second home ownership tend to be highest ow.ly/UVbt50GhGcK Screenshot of interactive c...
Those working in tourist hotspots earn less on average than people who live there.

With hospitality being the largest employer, tourist hotspots were among the areas with the highest average furlough rates between June 2020 and July 2021 ow.ly/NlP950GhGh4 Chart title: Furlough rates...
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28 Sep
In the week ending 17 September 2021 (Week 37), 11,009 deaths were registered in England and Wales.

This was

▪ 26 fewer than the previous week
▪️ 1,703 more than the five-year average for this week

➡️ ow.ly/T8KZ50GhFKY Chart showing the number of...
7.7% of all deaths registered in the week ending 17 September mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate in England and Wales (851 deaths).

This is down from 7.8% the previous week (857 deaths) ow.ly/JgOX50GhFNU Chart showing total deaths ...
In England, deaths involving #COVID19 decreased to 783 in the week ending 17 September (down from 786 the previous week).

In Wales, deaths involving #COVID19 rose to 66 (up from 65) ow.ly/xoFJ50GhFRm
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15 Sep
UK average house prices grew 8.0% in the year to July 2021, down from 13.1% in June.

The slowdown was due to changes in the stamp duty holiday conditions ow.ly/WDWr50Gadlb Chart title: July 2021 saw UK house price growth slow to 8.0
The average UK house price was £256,000 in July, up £19,000 on a year ago but down £9,000 on last month ow.ly/3XPO50Gadnb Chart title: Average UK house prices fell to £256,000 in Ju
Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose 1.3% in the 12 months to August, unchanged since July.

The East Midlands (+2.7%) was the nation or region with the highest annual growth while London saw the biggest fall (-0.4%) ow.ly/vppE50GadsD Chart title: The weakest annual rental price growth is in Lo
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15 Sep
The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs grew 3% in the year to August 2021, up from 2.1% in July.

Driven by falls last August due to the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, the rise will likely be temporary ow.ly/U5Dc50Ga9LU Largest ever contributions from restaurants and hotels in Au
Commenting on today’s inflation figures for August, @jathers_ONS said: (1/2) "August saw the largest rise in annual inflation month
.@jathers_ONS continued: (2/2) “Food and non-alcoholic drink prices rose by more than las
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14 Sep
There were 8,797 deaths in England and Wales registered in the week ending 3 Sept 2021 (Week 35).

Affected by the Summer Bank Holiday, this was 1,471 fewer deaths than the previous week and 6.7% above the five-year average ow.ly/e14t50G9t5D The number of deaths registered in Week 35 was above the fiv
Of the deaths registered in the week ending 3 Sept 2021 in England & Wales, 659 mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate (7.5% of all deaths).

This is a decrease compared with the previous week (668 deaths) ow.ly/9ZJK50G9t7K Total deaths from all causes were above the five-year averag
The number of deaths involving #COVID19 in England decreased to 632 in the week ending 3 Sept 2021 (Week 35), compared with 649 in the previous week.

For Wales, deaths involving COVID-19 increased to 25 in Week 35 compared with 16 in the previous week ow.ly/E3od50G9t9m
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