Similarly, the positive balance for firms reporting rising output, at +29%, was the strongest since January 1995.
The productivity miracle of the last five years takes for granted that people will buy the rising output of goods and services.
NGDP measures the economy's total economic output, but without adjusting for rising prices.
Both countries can thank rising oil output for their good fortune.
So the potential for an insurgency fuelled, among other things, by rising opium output was overlooked.
Inflation would rise and output contract.
New data out for October showed industrial output rising, but few other positive indicators.
Updated at 11.35am GMT 10.15am GMT Eurozone factory output rises Eurozone factory output rose for the first time since August, latest figures show.
As long as the demand for this output rises no faster than productivity, companies can get by without adding workers.
There were some signs of green shoots in the UK economy, with industrial and services output both rising for the first time since the turn of the year.
