Gross Domestic Product: September 2009 quarter

• Economic activity was up 0.2 percent in the September 2009 quarter, following a 0.2 percent increase in the June 2009 quarter.
• Activity in the primary industries increased 3.9 percent, while activity in the goods-producing industries contracted 2.5 percent.
• Gross domestic product contracted 2.2 percent in the year ended September 2009 compared with the year ended September 2008.

On the expenditure measure of GDP:

• The expenditure-measure of GDP was up 0.2 percent in the September 2009 quarter.
• Household consumption expenditure was up 0.8 percent.
• Gross fixed capital formation, which measures investment in fixed assets, was down 1.8 percent.
• Inventories were run down $748 million this quarter.