P229 CEEFAX 229 Mon 27 Oct 21:16/24 1/7 OUTPUT/RETAIL SALES All-Industry - Retail Index - Sales - - 110 120 - - - - - - - - 105 115 asondjfmamjja sondjfmamjjas Industrial Output Aug:110.4 (Jul:109.9) (base 1980) Retail Sales Sip:122.8 (Aug:122.6) (bbsj 1980[ MoreP229 CEEFAX 229 Mon 27 Oct 21:21/14 2/7 CU5RENT ACCOUNT BALANCE +3 - - +3 - - +2 - m +2 - - +1 - - +1 - - Zero Zero - - -1 - - -1 £bn 1234 1234 1234 sondjfmamjjas £bn 1982 1983 1984 1985/86 Current Account Sept deficit : £277m Visible Trade Sept deficit : £877m Invisible Trade Monthly surplus : £600m MoreP229 CEEFA( 229 Mon 27 Oct 21:24/20 3/7 PRODUCER PRICES Input Prices Output Prices (unadjusted) (unadjusted) 135 - 150 130 - - 145 125 - - 140 120 - - 135 ondjfmamjjas sondjfmamjjas Materials & Fuel Output Prices Sip: 122.9 Sip: 146.7 up 1.7pc up 0.3pc (Base 1980 = 100) MoreP229 CEEFA( 229 Mon 27 Oct 21:11/52 4/7 RETAIL PRICE INFLATION UPI Inflation Rate - 390 6 - - 380 4 - - 30 2 - - asondjfmamjjas % asondjfmamjjas Retail Price Index September: 387.8, up 0.upc from August (Jan 1974=1OO). Annual Inflation Rate 3.0pc, after 2.4pc in year to August. MoreP229 CJEFAX 229 Mon 27 Oct 21:13/27 5/7 ] AVERAGE EARNINGS Average Underlying - Earnings 12-month 18u Index - Increase - 9 180 - - 8 175 - - 7 asondjfmamjja % asondjfmamjja Earnings Index August: 187.3 (187.9 in July*, a 12-month rise of 8.1pc. (The underlying rise is put at 7.5pc). NB Whole Economy Index (Jan 1980 = 100) (Seasonally adjusted) MoreP229 CEEFAX 229 Mon 27 Oct 21:28/29 6/7 UoEMPLOZMENT Out of Work Vacancies 210 12 - - 190 - - - 170 11 - * sondjfmamjjas 'GOO sondjfmamjjas Unemployment in month to mid-Septem"jr was 11.6pc, after August's 11.7pc. Notified Vacancies rose by 6,700 in the month to mid-September to 208,000. NB Seasonally adj/excl school-leavers MoreP229 CJEFAX 229 Mon 27 Oct 21:11/21 7/7 OIL PRODUCTION INDEX Production Index Change on Year 170 +20 - - 1v0 +10 - - 1u0 0 - - 140 -10 - - 130 -20 asondjfmamjja % asondjfmamjja Royal Bank/Radio Scotland Oil Index (base 1980) Aug: 157.7 (Jul: 159.9) % Change on Year: Aug:+14.5 (Jly:+7.6) More