Gross Domestic Product: December 2009 quarter

• Economic activity was up 0.8 percent in the December 2009 quarter, following a 0.3 percent increase in the September 2009 quarter.
• Manufacturing activity was up 4.5 percent, after seven quarters of decline.
• Gross domestic product contracted 1.6 percent in the year ended December 2009 compared with the year ended December 2008.

On the expenditure measure of GDP:

• The expenditure measure of GDP was up 0.8 percent in the December 2009 quarter.
• Household consumption expenditure was up 0.9 percent.
• Inventories were built up by $172 million this quarter, following three quarters of run downs.