•UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms was estimated to have increased by 0.3% between Q4 2012 and Q1 2013, unrevised from the previous publication. In current prices GDP was estimated to have increased by 0.9% for the same period. •The households’ saving ratio was estimated to be 4.2% in Q1 2013, the weakest since Q1 2009 when it was 3.4%. •Estimates in this bulletin are consistent with ONS' annual national accounts publication – Blue Book, to be published on 31 July 2013. The last base year and reference year for the chained volume estimates have both moved on from 2009 to 2010. All time periods are open ... (full story)