Monthly Digest of Statistics (MDS) provides the latest monthly and quarterly statistics for UK businesses, economy and society. An important reference work, it is an indispensable source of statistics containing twenty chapters of tables updated each month. This is an essential point of reference for all Government departments, public finance and accounting departments and non-governmental organisations, academic libraries (particularly those specializing in economics, econometrics and quantative economics) and public libraries.

Did you know…?

• In 2007 the average hourly earning (excluding overtime) for men was £14.98 but for women it was £12.40.
• February 2008 was the sunniest since 1929 for England, Wales and the UK as a whole. But in NW Scotland some weather stations recorded over 200 per cent average rainfall.
• Wind farms supplied 3.79 terawatt hours of electricity in 2007, the equivalent of 0.33 million tonnes of oil.
• The most popular destination of air passengers departing from the UK between April and June 2008 was Spain at over 8 million, followed by the USA at almost 5 million.
• Almost half of adult internet users in the UK use internet banking (49 per cent), although the most popular use for the internet is for sending and receiving e-mails (97 per cent).

Topics covered:
National accounts, including Gross Domestic Product (GDP); Population and vital statistics; Labour market; Social Services; Law Enforcement; Agriculture, Food, Drinks and Tobacco; Production, Output and Costs; Energy; Communications (New in September 08); Metals, Engineering and Vehicles; Textiles and other Manufactures; Construction; Transport; Retailing; External Trade in Goods; UK Balance of Payments; Government Finance; Prices and Wages; Leisure; Weather.