Economic Trends No.611 October 2004

This monthly compendium of statistics and articles on the UK economy contains data on UK economic accounts, prices, labour market, output and demand indicators, selected financial statistics, gross domestic product, consumer and wholesale price indices, households' final consumption expenditure, final expenditure prices index, visible and invisible trade balance, earnings, and regional and international economic indicators. Includes articles on national accounting, trade, wider economic issues, research and development statistics and international comparisons.

From October 1998 the national accounts data in Economic Trends is consistent with the European System of Accounts (ESA 95)

This issue includes:

The impact of UK households on the environment: a presentation of a regional breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions directly and indirectly generated by UK households, by Perry Frances

Input-Output Analysis; Creative sector, 1992-2002 - detailed information and statistics covering the UK Creative Sector, based on the Input-Output Annual Supply and Use Tables, by Sanjiv Manhajan