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Personal Consumption Expenditure increased by 0.5% in Q3

Table 3.1 Expenditure Components of GDP1, Q3 20212
 Amount €mQuarterly % change
Personal Consumption of Goods and Services27,1040.5
Net Expenditure by Central and Local Government on Current Goods and Services10,4430.8
Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation18,733-3.8
Net Exports51,771 
     Exports of Goods and Services148,6391.3
     Less Imports of Goods and Services-96,8684.5
Gross Domestic Product110,2580.9
1Series not additive, Value of Physical Changes in Stocks not shown on table (see Table 3.5 for full detail).
2Constant Market Prices, chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019 and seasonally adjusted.

On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.5), Capital Investment, showed a decrease of €0.3 billion in Q3 compared with the previous quarter and accounted for 35.2% of total domestic demand in Q3 2021.

Personal Consumption Expenditure increased by 0.5% in Q3 compared to Q2, while Government expenditure showed an increase of 0.8% over the same period. Combining this with the decline in net exports, there was an overall increase in real GDP of 0.9% in Q3 compared to Q2.

Personal Consumption ExpenditureGovernment ExpenditureGross Fixed Capital FormationValue of Physical Changes in StocksNet ExportsGDP
Q1 201927.8749985198.901527046418.6960561883.03149790629.95348819987.544986844
Q2 201928.0161707778.947942062662.308104732-0.361265585-10.1368338489.488306094
Q3 201927.597337249.078996046321.2263608741.31147322728.33834615989.115891843
Q4 201927.4371998178.963950459288.753231695-0.056312293-35.8346863390.185522931
Q1 202026.5236750779.07118034581.4065928592.206933134-25.7924105693.496266499
Q2 202022.57664476910.17811029720.8743116381.87189658236.62144449990.394390733
Q3 202025.30475613510.084023519.6654853690.56933471245.76612081798.953591723
Q4 202024.95973693210.46845191325.0152678340.28070077732.0078994994.321645944
Q1 202123.56384930710.30359383718.5912684471.52370893352.085993372103.78058112
Q2 202126.97862920910.35982716819.4762012471.16312170754.007053352109.22495746
Q3 202127.10381904210.44331644418.7331793371.65511677751.771004582110.25782161

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Building & ConstructionMachinery & EquipmentIntangiblesMachinery & Equipment + IntangiblesGross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation
Q1 20196.14350790836.33176049336.2207877869018.696056188
Q2 20196.32080983646.255129485949.732165409062.308104732
Q3 20196.66322926456.4222964158.1408351947021.226360874
Q4 20196.54141835925.966433035776.2453803088.753231695
Q1 20206.52107332420074.885519534881.406592859
Q2 20204.61179743583.685370812812.577143389020.874311638
Q3 20206.16641015365.11991902588.3791561894019.665485369
Q4 20206.88622905440018.129038779625.015267834
Q1 20214.79211953535.82495206317.9741968486018.591268447
Q2 20215.70611113585.69672854638.0733615646019.476201247
Q3 20215.82129755894.89337490758.0185068705018.733179337

Get the data: NQQ49

Comparisons with Q3 2020
On the expenditure side of the accounts (Table 3.3) Capital Investment grew by €0.2 billion. Personal Consumption showed an increase of 7.7% while Government expenditure increased by 3.4% over the same period.

Table 3.2 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Current Market Prices

Table 3.3 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)1

Table 3.4 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Current Market Prices - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.5 Expenditure on Gross National Product at Constant Market Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)1 - Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.6 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Current Market Prices - Non-Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.7 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Constant Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)1 - Non-Seasonally Adjusted

Table 3.8 Components of Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation at Current Market Prices & Constant Prices (Chain linked annually and referenced to year 2019)1 - Seasonally Adjusted

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