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Total construction output: year-on-year change (%)
1998 1999 2000
Actual 1.6 – –
Forecasts      
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Material Producers)
(December 1998		 1.5 0.5 1.5
Construction Forecasting and Research)
(January 1999		 1.7 1.3 2.2
Cambridge Econometrics)
(January 1999		 0.9 –1.5 0.5
Regional tender price rises (%)
1Q98-1Q99 1Q99-1Q00
   
Scotland 4.5 5
North 5 4
North-west 6 5
Yorkshire and Humberside 6 4
West Midlands 5 4
East Midlands 5 4
East Anglia 5 4
South-west 5 4
Greater London 6 4
South-east 6 5
Wales 4 4
National average 5.5 4.5
Movement of tender prices and construction costs against general inflation
                                                           
Indices   1994     1995       1996       1997       1998       1999       2000       2001
Tender price index Max
Min		 247 266 256 258 265 266 270 265 262 270 270 275 287 284 287 305 312 318 318 323* 329 323 334 326 337 329 341 331 344 333 349 337 352 339 355 342
Inflation year on year (%) Max
Min		 2.1 14.2 7.1 7.9 7.3 0.0 5.5 2.7 –1.1 1.5 0.0 3.8 9.5 5.2 6.3 10.9 8.7 12.0 10.8 5.9* 5.4 3.5 5.0 2.5 6.0 3.5 5.6 2.5 5.5 2.1 5.8 2.1 5.7 1.8 5.7 1.8
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø cost index   379 385 388 392 397 407 407 407 408 414 414 416 417 423 429 430 431 448 447* 446* 444 468 469 470 472 488 489 490
Inflation year on year (%)   2.2 3.2 3.7 4.3 4.7 5.7 4.9 3.8 2.8 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.6 3.4 3.4 5.9 4.2* 3.7* 3.0 4.5 4.9 5.4 6.3 4.3 4.3 4.3
Mechanical cost index   342 345 350 357 358 360 365 364 361 357 359 361 356 357 363 365 363 368 373* 372* 372 380 385 387 388 395 400 401
Inflation year on year (%)   2.4 2.7 3.6 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.3 2.0 0.8 –0.8 –1.6 –0.8 –1.4 0.0 1.1 1.1 2.0 3.1 2.8* 1.9* 2.5 3.3 3.2 4.0 4.3 3.9 3.9 3.6
Electrical cost index   381 383 389 397 397 398 399 407 404 401 402 411 411 411 411 410 424 422 422* 433* 433 433 435 451 451 452 454 468
Inflation year on year (%)   1.1 1.3 2.9 4.5 4.2 3.9 2.6 2.5 1.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.7 2.5 2.2 –0.2 3.2 2.9 2.7* 2.6* 2.4 2.6 3.1 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.4 3.8
Retail price index   362 363 365 368 375 376 376 378 383 384 386 389 394 397 401 402 409 411 412 411* 418 421 422 422 429 432 433 433
Inflation year on year (%)   2.5 2.5 2.5 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.7 2.1 2.1 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.4 3.9 3.3 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.2* 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6