P229 CEEFA( 229 Mon 17 Nov 21:17/33 1/7 OjTPUT/RETAIL SALES All-Industry - Retail Index - Sales - - - 110 120 - - - - - - - - 105 115 sondjfmamjjas ondjfmamjjaso Industrial Output Sip:111.3 (Aug:110.4) (base 1980) Rjtajl Sales Oct:123.1 (Sip:123.2) (ebsj 1980) MoreP229 CEEFAX 229 Mon 17 Nov 21:34/14 2/7 CURRENT ACCOUNT BALAoCE +3 - - +3 - - +2 - - +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 CEEFAX 229 Mon 17 Nov 21:35/38 3/7 PRODUCER PRICES Input Prices Output Prices (unadjusted) (unadjusted) 135 - 1u0 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 CEEFAX 229 Mon 17 Nov 21:46/49 4/7 RETAIL PRICE INFLATION UPI Inflation Rate - 390 6 - - 380 4 - - 370 2 ] - sondjfmamjjaso % sondjfmamjjaso Retail Price Index October: 388.4, up 0.2pc jrom September (Jan 1974=1OO). Annual Inflation Rate 3.0pc, after 3.0pc in year to September. MoreP229 CEEFAX 229 Mon Q7 Nov 21:34/22 5/7 AVERAGE EARNINGS Average Undjrlyjng - Earnings 12-month 18u Index - Increase - 9 180 - - 8 175 - - 7 sondjfmamjjas % sondjfmamjjas Earnings Index September: 187.0 (187.2 in August), 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 17 Nov 21:32/27 6/7 UNEMPLOYMENT Out of Work Vacancies 210 12 - - 190 - - - 170 11 - % sondjfmamjjas 'GOO sondjfmamjjas Unemployment in month to mid-September was 11.6pc, after August's 11.7pc. Notified Vacancies rose bz 6,700 in the month to mid-September to 208,000. NB Seasonally adj/excl school-leavers MoreP229 CEEFAX 229 Mon 17 Nov 21:22/18 7/7 ] OIL PRODUCTION INDEX Production Index Change on Year 170 +20 - - 1v0 +10 - - 1u0 0 - - 140 -10 - - 130 -20 sondjfmamjjas % sondjfmamjja Royal Bank/Radio Scotland Oil Index (base 1980) Sip: 15u.u (Aug: 157.7) * Change on Year: Sip:- 3.4 (Aug:+14.5) More