P229 CEEFAX 229 Tue 12 Jun 21:10/30 1/6 OUTPUT/RETAIL SALES All-Industry Retail Index - Sales 110 - - 110 - - - - - - 100 - - 105 - - mamjjasondjfm mjjasondjfmam Industrial Output Mar:101.3 (Feb:102.8) (base 1975) Retail Sales May:110.3 (Apr:112.2) Xbasj 1980) MoreP229 CJJFAX 229 Tue 12 Jun 21:44/50 2/6 CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE +3 - - +3 - - +2 - - +2 - - +1 - - +1 - - Zero XX Zjto - - -1 - (X = figures unavailable) - -1 £bn 1234 1234 1234 amjjasondjfma £bn 1981 1982 1983 1983/84 Current Account April deficit: £588m Visible Trade April deficit: £838m Invisible Trade Monthly surplus: £250m MoreP229 CEEFAX 229 Tue 12 Jun 21:24/14 3/6 PRODUCER PRICES Input Prices Output Prices 135 135 - - 130 130 - - 125 125 - - 120 120 mjjasondjfmam mjjasondjfmam Materials & Fuel Output Prices May: 133.8, May: 132.2, up 0.1pc up 0.4pc (Base 1980 = 100) MoreP229 CEEFAX 229 Tue 12 Jun 21:11/12 4/6 RETAIL PRICE INFLATION UPI Inflation Rate 350 8 - - 340 6 - - 330 4 - - amjjasondjfma % amjjasondjfma Retail Price Index April: 349.7, up 1.3pc from March (Jan 1974=1OO). Annual Inflation Rate 5.2pc, after 5.2pc in year to March. MoreP229 CEEFAX 229 Tue 12 Jun 21:15/41 5/6 AVERAGE EARNINGS Average Underlying Earnings 12-month Index Increase 155 9 - - 150 8 - - 145 7 mamjjasondjfm % mamjjasondjfm Earnings Index March: 154.2 (155.5 in Fjdruary*, a 12-month rise of 5.4pc. (The underlying rise is put at 7.75pc). NB Whole Economy Index (Jan 1980 = 100) (Seasonally adjusted) MoreP229 CEEFAX 229 Tue 12 Jun 21:13/21 6/6 UNEMPLOYMENT Out of Work Vacancies 170 14 - - 150 13 - - 130 12 - % mjjasondjfmam 'GOO mjjasondjfmam Unemployment in month to mid-May was 12.7pc, after April's 12.6pc. Notified Vacancies rose by 7,800 in the month to mid-May to 155,700. NB Seasonally adj/excl school-leavjts More