- Will UK GDP growth in Q3 2026 be negative?3¢
- Will UK GDP growth in Q3 2026 be between 0% and 0.1%?2¢
- Will UK GDP growth in Q3 2026 be between 0.2% and 0.3%?5¢
- Will UK GDP growth in Q3 2026 be between 0.4% and 0.5%?25¢
- Will UK GDP growth in Q3 2026 be between 0.6% and 0.7%?47¢
- Will UK GDP growth in Q3 2026 be between 0.8% and 0.9%?11¢
- Will UK GDP growth in Q3 2026 be at least 1.0%?6¢
Recent UK monthly GDP data have reinforced expectations for solid Q3 2026 expansion, with output rising 0.1% month-on-month in August after 0.4% gains in both June and July, lifting the three-month rolling growth rate to 0.7%. This momentum, driven by production gains and AI-related activity in computer programming and professional services, has prompted forecasters to track Q3 quarter-on-quarter growth near 0.6-0.7% assuming modest or flat September figures. The IMF’s mid-October upgrade of full-year 2026 GDP growth to 1.3% highlights the economy’s resilience amid elevated energy prices from Middle East tensions, though persistent inflation pressures have also lifted Bank of England rate-hike odds for November. These developments have concentrated trader-implied probabilities on the 0.6-0.7% and 0.4-0.5% bands ahead of the Office for National Statistics’ first quarterly estimate.
Rules
This market will resolve according to the UK real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate (% change) for Q3 of 2026 compared with the most recent quarter (quarter-on-previous-quarter) in the "GDP first quarterly estimate, UK" release for Q3 of 2026, scheduled for November 12, 2026. The GDP release will be made available here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/gdpfirstquarterlyestimateuk/previousreleases If no data for the specified quarter is released by the date the next quarter's data is scheduled to be released, this market will resolve based on data from the last available quarter. Note: data from the initial release of the referenced GDP report is what will be used to resolve this market. Data may be revised during the following quarter or as a part of the next estimate's publication, however any revisions to GDP report data made after the initial release will not be considered for this market's resolution. Note: the resolution source for this market reports GDP growth rates to only one decimal point (e.g. 1.8%). Thus, this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving the market.