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, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

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)