I've no idea why they publish this data when they haven't actually got the final figures
It's a bit like going "and, with 15 minutes to go, Team A are beating team B by 1 goal to nil, so let's leave it there and update the league tables!"

Arseholes, all of them. In any case it's entirely due to contraction in the construction industry, isn't it?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Jul 2012, 10:48, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Service down 0.1%
Manufacturing down 1.3%
and construction down over 5%

So it's not just construction but that's a big chunk.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Jul 2012, 10:51, Reply)

Leave Bobby out of this!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Jul 2012, 10:57, Reply)

which is down because this time last year it was building a fuckton of olympic stuff, I assume?
recession's just a word. It's not as if these industries are suddenly losing money.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Jul 2012, 10:58, Reply)

Well it's a sign that as a country we're making less money than we were the previous quarter.
It's not just a word, they don't make it up and unfortunatly a recession hits that wonderfully vague thing "confidence" and it will slow investment.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Jul 2012, 11:04, Reply)

Only because - how can I put this - people are fucking idiots.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 25 Jul 2012, 11:30, Reply)