... industry was well above the UK level. Looking further back, Northern Ireland's GDP had the largest increase between 1990 and 1999 of all the UK regions. In real terms, the GDP in Northern Ireland grew 1% per annum faster than the UK during this period. "Over the past five years, the output growth of Northern Ireland's production and manufacturing sectors has outstripped the other UK regions. Output of the production industries in Northern Ireland has increased by 31.3% over the five years compared to an increase of 3.5% in the UK. Similarly manufacturing output increased by 34.5% over the same period while figures for the UK show an increase of only 3.6%."(1. investni.com) Figure 1:Graph showing the Manufacturing Labour Productivity of Northern Ireland compared to the rest of the UK Taking a look at the Quarterly Economic survey, (a survey which is sometimes described as the best method of determining the ...

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