UK Revised Business Investment q/q
What it means
UK Revised Business Investment q/q is an updated estimate of the quarterly change in capital spending by businesses. It focuses on company investment in assets used to produce future output, such as machinery, equipment, intellectual property and buildings; it is not total investment, household spending or GDP. Because this is a revised release, the comparison with the earlier estimate and the source of the revision are central. Investment can be uneven and sensitive to large projects, financing costs, demand expectations and policy uncertainty. Read it with the GDP expenditure breakdown, corporate surveys, credit conditions and productivity data. A meaningful revision can change the assessment of UK growth quality and capacity, but it is backward-looking and does not mechanically set Bank Rate or GBP.
Latest release
- Actual
- 0.9%
- Forecast
- 0.7%
- Previous
- 0.7%
Upcoming release
- Actual
- —
- Forecast
- —
- Previous
- —
Actual vs Forecast
Numeric release values from the past six months.
Release history
Past six months, newest first.
| Date | Time | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |
| 06:00 | -2.5% | -2.7% | -2.7% |