§ Mr. LawsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the gross domestic product deflator, quarter by quarter, starting with the first quarter of 1978.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe latest quarterly estimates of the gross domestic product deflator for 1978 onwards are as follows:
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Implied gross domestic product deflators based on expenditure data At market prices At factor cost 1978 Q1 50.5 52.6 Q2 52.0 53.5 Q3 52.9 54.8 Q4 54.2 55.6 1979 Q1 56.0 57.8 Q2 57.6 59.2 Q3 62.0 62.2 Q4 64.3 64.7 1980 Q1 67.3 68.1 Q2 70.4 70.6 Q3 73.2 73.8 Q4 75.8 76.6
At market prices At factor cost 1981 Q1 77.6 78.5 Q2 79.0 78.3 Q3 80.3 79.7 Q4 82.4 81.7 1982 Q1 84.0 83.0 Q2 85.0 84.4 Q3 86.5 85.7 Q4 88.1 87.5 1983 Q1 89.2 88.7 Q2 89.3 88.5 Q3 90.8 90.4 Q4 92.3 92.1 1984 Q1 92.6 92.6 Q2 94.2 94.5 Q3 95.0 95.1 Q4 96.4 97.1 1985 Q1 97.8 98.5 Q2 99.4 99.4 Q3 100.7 100.4 Q4 102.1 101.7 1986 Q1 102.2 101.8 Q2 103.2 102.2 Q3 103.7 102.6 Q4 105.1 104.0 1987 Q1 106.4 105.8 Q2 107.9 107.0 Q3 109.4 108.4 Q4 111.1 110.4 1988 Q1 112.2 111.4 Q2 114.7 113.5 Q3 117.0 115.9 Q4 120.2 119.7 1989 Q1 121.5 121.0 Q2 123.7 123.3 Q3 124.0 123.7 Q4 127.0 127.2 1990 Q1 128.5 128.4 Q2 130.0 132.1 Q3 132.4 134.5 Q4 135.5 138.4