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Index of Production, UK: October 2025
Production output was estimated to have decreased 0.5% during the three months to October 2025, compared with the three months to July 2025; this is the sixth consecutive fall in the three-month-on-three-month growth. The largest negative contributor to the three-monthly fall in October 2025 came from "manufacturing" (down 0.7%), supported by "mining and quarrying" (down 1.9%); this was partially offset by increases in "water supply and sewerage" (up 1.2%) and "electricity and gas" (up 0.3%). 6 of the 13 subsectors in "manufacturing" decreased during the three months to October 2025; this fall mainly came from ... (full story)