The implicitpricedeflator of the non-financial business sector (services as well as manufacturing) fell by 0.6% in the year to the second quarter the first fall since the second world war (see chart).
The implicit GDP pricedeflator was up at a 1.4 percent rate in the third quarter, 0.1 percent less than in the advance estimate and above the 0.7 percent increase in the second quarter.