Gross Domestic Product: September 2011 quarter

Gross domestic product (GDP):

• Economic activity increased 0.8 percent in the September 2011 quarter.
• Manufacturing (up 2.3 percent) was the largest contributor to this quarters' increase.
• Retail, accommodation, and restaurants (up 2.5 percent) and finance, insurance, and business services (up 0.6 percent) were also up this quarter.
• GDP was up 1.3 percent for the year ended September 2011.

For the expenditure measure of GDP:

• The expenditure measure of GDP was up 1.0 percent in the September 2011 quarter.
• Household consumption expenditure was up 1.5 percent.
• For the year ended September 2011, expenditure on GDP was up 1.4 percent.