"Figure 2: Services growth strengthened in the latest quarter but continues a slowdown from Quarter 2 2018","" "Quarterly Index of Services growth and sector contributions¹ to growth, seasonally adjusted, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2016 to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Individual contributions may not sum to the total, due to rounding. 2. Percentage change." "Unit","Percentage points" "","" "","Index of Services²","Other services sectors","Professional, scientific and technical activities","Information and Communication ","Wholesale, retail and motor trades" "2016 Q1","0.2","-0.16","-0.01","0.12","0.24" "2016 Q2","0.1","-0.17","0.17","0.03","0.08" "2016 Q3","0.8","0.45","0.05","0.25","0.04" "2016 Q4","0.7","0.18","0.13","0.10","0.27" "2017 Q1","0.2","0.18","0.12","-0.07","-0.01" "2017 Q2","0.4","0.00","0.03","0.26","0.06" "2017 Q3","0.3","-0.02","0.17","0.07","0.07" "2017 Q4","0.4","0.09","0.11","0.12","0.04" "2018 Q1","0.5","0.45","0.08","-0.05","0.04" "2018 Q2","0.8","0.33","0.11","0.15","0.25" "2018 Q3","0.6","0.14","0.14","0.19","0.17" "2018 Q4","0.5","0.23","0.12","0.11","0.06" "2019 Q1","0.4","0.14","-0.10","0.21","0.14" "2019 Q2","0.1","0.01","0.00","0.12","0.01" "2019 Q3","0.4","0.18","0.07","0.08","0.04"