"Figure 2: GDP grew by 15.5% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept), following two consecutive quarterly falls but has not recovered to pre-pandemic levels","" "UK, Monthly index and quarterly average, January to September 2020","" "","" "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 Sep), Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. Q1 average refers to the average of the indices from Jan to Mar, Q2 average refers to the average of the indices Apr to June, Q3 average refers to the average of the indices from July to Sept. 3. Quarterly average is based on output gross value added (GVA). There will therefore be discrepancies in the time series with our quarterly estimates of GDP, which include information on the expenditure and income approaches to measuring GDP. " "Unit","Monthly index, January 2020 = 100" "","" "","MGDP","Q1 average","Q2 average","Q3 average" "Jan 2020","100","97.4","","" "Feb 2020","99.7","97.4","","" "Mar 2020","92.4","97.4","","" "Apr 2020","74.4","","78.1","" "May 2020","76.4","","78.1","" "June 2020 ","83.4","","78.1","" "July 2020","88.6","","","90.2" "Aug 2020","90.6","","","90.2" "Sep 2020","91.4","","","90.2"