"Figure 8: Business investment in previous UK recessions and recoveries","" "UK, Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 1979, Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 1990 and Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2008 onwards","" "","" "Notes","1. [Estimates of business investment prior to 1997](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/adhocs/009593businessinvestmentheadlinedatapre1997) are indicative only due to the basic method of calculation and other limitations in the methods used for compiling this dataset. " "Unit","Index (pre-recession quarter=100)." "","" "","1979 Q4","1990 Q2","2008 Q1" "0","100","100","100" "1","98.66","98.05","105.1" "2","96.97","96.8","100.33" "3","95.3","94.92","96.12" "4","92.95","90.96","89.51" "5","88.72","86.78","82.66" "6","88.55","89.01","81.33" "7","89.59","89.48","81.51" "8","89.37","87.56","86.08" "9","90.6","87.42","84.99" "10","91.15","83.56","88.59" "11","94.7","85.62","92.02" "12","93.92","82.65","88.29" "13","91.93","82.72","90.01" "14","92.54","84.38","94.16" "15","92.25","86.05","98.39" "16","98.87","85.65","99.61" "17","98.84","88.62","94.66" "18","103.59","91.46","98.01" "19","105.85","89.71","105.33" "20","109.7","92.88","99.4" "21","121.71","97.47","99.65" "22","107.88","99","105.42" "23","110.62","101.98","104.53" "24","111.33","104.95","105.1" "25","111.48","106.05","108.06" "26","106","105.66","108.24" "27","112.33","106.48","108.89" "28","115.81","114.78","112.44" "29","108.02","118.56","112.33" "30","111.64","120.86","109.55" "31","120.97","123.8","112.03" "32","128.75","125.9","110.12" "33","134.32","126.94","111.07" "34","141.11","133.37","112.76" "35","148.73","130.59","111.63" "36","152.94","128.09","111.4" "37","159.09","132.68","112.84" "38","161.36","127.62","113.83" "39","165.51","132.36","114.28" "40","161.31","141.31","113.56" "41","161.75","130.26","113.06" "42","164.52","133.09","112.38" "43","161.31","131.94","111.37"