"Figure 4: Despite volatility in the production and manufacturing sectors in 2019, both have shown longer term signs of weakening","" "Rolling three-month on three-month a year ago growth, November 2017 to January 2018 until October to December 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Rolling three-month estimates are calculated by comparing GDP in a three-month period with GDP in the previous three-month period. For example, GDP in October to December compared with the previous June to September." "Unit","Growth (%)" "","" " ","Production","Manufacturing" "Nov 2017 - Jan 2018","1.1","2.3" "Dec 2017 - Feb 2018","0.9","1.8" "Jan - Mar 2018","1.5","2.1" "Feb - Apr 2018","1.8","1.9" "Mar - May 2018","1.6","1.8" "Apr - June 2018","1.4","1.8" "May - July 2018","1.5","1.9" "June - Aug 2018","1.7","1.8" "July - Sep 2018","1.1","1" "Aug - Oct 2018","0.3","0" "Sep - Nov 2018","-0.5","-0.7" "Oct - Dec 2018","-0.9","-1.4" "Nov 2018 - Jan 2019","-0.7","-1.2" "Dec 2018 - Feb 2019","-0.5","-0.7" "Jan - Mar 2019","0.2","0.7" "Feb - Apr 2019","-0.4","0.2" "Mar - May 2019","-0.6","-0.5" "Apr - June 2019","-1.4","-1.9" "May - July 2019","-1.4","-1.8" "June - Aug 2019","-2","-2.1" "July - Sep 2019","-2.1","-2.2" "Aug - Oct 2019","-1.9","-2.2" "Sep - Nov 2019","-1.9","-2.5" "Oct - Dec 2019","-2.0","-2.5"