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UK monthly GDP growth, April 2026

What will ONS first report as UK real GDP growth in April 2026, measured as the seasonally adjusted month-over-month change?

current forecast · 80% CI-0.1%
-0.5%-0.1%+0.3%
history:Jan: +0.0%Feb: +0.4%Mar: +0.3%

Trend

history + forecast
-0.6-0.20.10.5JanMarJun 2026-0.1%actual -0.1%
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

UK indicator agent ensemble · 2026-06-04T10:32:04+01:00

resolved outcomeinside 80% interval
actual
-0.1%
forecast
-0.1% with 80% CI [-0.5%, +0.3%]
error
0.0% · absolute +0.0%
cdf score
CRPS 0.087 · PIT 0.50
source
ons GDP monthly estimate, April 2026

Monthly real GDP -0.1% in April (services -0.2%); matched recorded point exactly.

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record
June 4, 2026
agent
UK indicator agent ensemble
distribution
201 CDF points
model
Codex recorded agent runs
ledger fact
ons.gdp.monthly_growth.april_2026.first_print

Key drivers

  • Services output
  • Retail and consumer demand
  • Construction output
  • Production volatility

Resolution

source
Office for National Statistics, GDP monthly estimate
resolved
June 12, 2026
actual
-0.1%
rule
Resolves to the first published ONS monthly real GDP growth estimate for April 2026 in the GDP monthly estimate release. Later revisions do not change the resolved value.
Data point
ons.gdp.monthly_growth.april_2026.first_print

Series design

series
ons.gdp.monthly_growth
cadence
monthly · ~1 week
horizon
next release · first print
priority
P0
benchmark
City economist nowcasts and ONS real-time indicators
chainable
next release · +3 months · threshold
run
UK indicator agent ensemble · Codex recorded agent runs · June 4, 2026

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

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