Business investment in the UK fell 0.5 percent on quarter in the first quarter of 2022, reversing from a 1 percent growth in the fourth quarter 2021, pointing to the first quarterly decline since the first quarter 2021, preliminary estimates showed. Year-on-year, business investment jumped 8.5 percent, accelerating sharply from 1 percent rise in the previous quarter. Business investment is now 9.1% below its pre-coronavirus levels. source: Office for National Statistics

Private Investment in the United Kingdom averaged 0.98 percent from 1967 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 60.70 percent in the second quarter of 2005 and a record low of -33.70 percent in the third quarter of 2005. This page provides - United Kingdom Business Investment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Kingdom Business Investment - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2022.

Private Investment in the United Kingdom is expected to be 1.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Business Investment is projected to trend around 0.70 percent in 2023 and 0.80 percent in 2024, according to our econometric models.

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United Kingdom Business Investment



Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2022-05-12 06:00 AM Business Investment QoQ Prel Q1 -0.5% 1% 0.5%
2022-05-12 06:00 AM Business Investment YoY Prel Q1 8.5% 1% 2.8%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Industrial Production Mom -0.60 -0.20 percent Apr 2022
Industrial Production 0.70 0.70 percent Apr 2022
Manufacturing Production 0.50 1.90 percent Apr 2022
New Orders 12967.00 13326.00 GBP Million Mar 2022
Changes in Inventories 14159.00 1290.00 GBP Million Mar 2022
Corporate Profits 139210.00 128935.00 GBP Million Mar 2022
Leading Economic Index 0.20 0.80 percent Apr 2022
Mining Production 18.80 -1.00 percent Apr 2022
Private Investment -0.50 1.00 percent Mar 2022

United Kingdom Business Investment
In the UK, business investment is net investment by private and public corporations. These include investments in transport, information and communication technology (ICT) equipment, other machinery and equipment, cultivated assets, intellectual property products (IPP, which includes investment in software, research and development, artistic originals and mineral exploration), and buildings and other structures. It does not include investment by central or local government, investment in dwellings, or the costs associated with the transfer of non-produced assets (such as land). .
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-0.50 1.00 60.70 -33.70 1967 - 2022 percent Quarterly
Constant Prices 2013, SA

News Stream
UK Business Investment Falls for 1st Time in a Year
Business investment in the UK fell 0.5 percent on quarter in the first quarter of 2022, reversing from a 1 percent growth in the fourth quarter 2021, pointing to the first quarterly decline since the first quarter 2021, preliminary estimates showed. Year-on-year, business investment jumped 8.5 percent, accelerating sharply from 1 percent rise in the previous quarter. Business investment is now 9.1% below its pre-coronavirus levels.
2022-05-12
UK Business Investment Rises More than Expected
Business investment in the UK increased 1 percent on quarter in the last three months of 2021, following a revised 0.7 percent increase in the third quarter, above estimates of a 0.9 percent gain. Year-on-year, business investment rose 1 percent, compared to earlier estimates of a 0.8 percent decrease and after an upwardly revised 5.1 percent jump in the third quarter. Business investment is now 8.6% below pre-coronavirus levels, up from a first quarterly estimate of being 10.4% below. Considering full 2021, business investment went up 0.8 percent, recovering from an 11.5 percent slump in 2020.
2022-03-31
UK Business Investment Rebounds in Q4
Business investment in the UK increased 0.9 percent on quarter in the last three months of 2021, following a downwardly revised 0.8 percent fall in the second quarter, preliminary estimates showed. Year-on-year, business investment declined 0.8 percent, reversing from an upwardly revised 3.2 percent jump in the third quarter. Business investment is now 10.4% below its pre-coronavirus levels.
2022-02-11