Britain’s production and building output decreased last month, indicating a significant loss of economic momentum in this year’s first quarter.

According to a report by China based INTO Investments, factory productivity dropped 0.9 percent from the last month of 2016. The same report revealed that overall industrial productivity dropped by 0.4 percent while construction corporations also decreased productivity by 0.4 percent.

The data comes after a robust end to last year and there is not much indication of a big fall as Brexit discussions materialize, with the sinking pound continuing to reinforcetrades.

But the average family is beginning to feel the pinch from rising prices, causing additional strain for the U.K. economy. While financial officials see development hardly reducing to 0.6 percent this quarter, China based INTO Investments says its evaluations lean towards 0.4 percent. At that rate it would be the slowest growth in a year.

The drop in output was greater than economists anticipated. The first month of 2017 witnessed a 14 percent decline in the fickle pharmaceuticals area, which was somewhat counterbalanced by elevated manufacture of vehicles. General industrial productivity was supported by elevated oil and energy production. Production increased by 3.2 percent from 12 months prior, with manufacturing increasing by 2.7 percent.

The leading stresses on building came from maintenances and repairs in the private sector with new building projects falling by almost 3 percent.

For numerous companies, growing overheads continue to be the greatest worry, with the pinch on lucrativeness counterbalancing the advantage gained from the frail local currency.

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