"Figure 5: Increases in private consumption, government expenditure and investment were offset by falls in net trade in Quarter 4 2022","" "UK, Breakdown of expenditure components quarter on quarter growth, Quarter 3 (July to Sept) to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. Private consumption is household final consumption expenditure and non-profit institutions serving households. 3. The chart for presentation purposes excludes acquisitions less disposable of assets and changes in inventories. " "Unit","%" "","" "","2022 Q3","2022 Q4" "Private consumption","-0.3","0.1" "General government expenditure","0.5","0.8" "Gross fixed capital formation","0.3","1.5" "Exports","9.4","-1" "Imports","-2.9","1.5"