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This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries. The ONS’s first estimate of GDP growth for Q3 of 0.8% was higher than most economists had predicted and maintained the momentum of Q2’s 1.2% increase. Employment in the three months to August 2010 was 178,000 higher than the previous quarter, mainly due to an increase in part-time employment. The unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percentage points to 7.7% during the same period.