Press release from Statistics Sweden

2012-07-05 9:30 AM Nr 2012:776

Service Production Index, May 2012:

Service Production Index increased by 1.9 percent

Swedish service production increased by 1.9 percent in volume and working day adjusted figures in May 2012, compared to May 2011. Service production for March to May increased by 0.1 percent in seasonally adjusted series compared to the period December to February.

Art, entertainment and recreation increased by 15.5 percent in volume and working day adjusted figures compared to the same period last year. Further, Human health and social work  and Hotel and restaurants increased by 8.6 and 4.9  percent, respectively.

The figures for May are preliminary.

Service Production Index in May 2012

Activity

Current prices

Volume

Volume and working day adjusted

 Weight
 

May

2012 *

May

2012 *

May

2012 *

  
Total service production (45-63; 68-96)
2.0
3.4
0.5
1.9
1.9
1.6
1.0
Total service production excl real estate activities (45-63; 69-96)
 2.0 3.7 0.7 2.5 2.1 2.2 0.81
Wholesale and retail trade (45-47)
 -0.1 1.4 0.0 1.3 2.4 1.2 0.25
Wholesale and retail and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (45)
 -5.8 -3.1 -4.4 -1.6 -1.6 -1.3 0.04
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles (46)
 -0.7 2.1 -0.6 1.7 1.9 1.5 0.13
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles (47)
 3.0 2.1 2.6 2.0 4.3 1.7 0.08
Transportation and storage (49-53)
 0.1 1.5 -4.2 -1.8 -2.6 -2.2 0.11
Hotel and restaurant (55-56)
 4.0 3.9 4.3 3.1 4.9 2.9 0.03
IT, real-estate businesses (58-75)
 1.7 3.9 -0.1 2.2 1.2 1.9 0.43
Information and communication (58-63)
 3.4 4.5 2.6 3.8 3.6 3.3 0.11
Telecommunications (61)
 -0.2 3.1 0.3 3.7 0.7 3.1 0.03
Computer programming etc (62)
 5.6 7.1 5.3 7.0 7.1 6.6 0.05
Real estate activities (68)
 2.4 1.6 -0.1 -0.8 1.8 -0.8 0.19
Professional, scientific and technical activities (69-75)
 -0.2 6.7 -1.6 4.8 -0.8 4.3 0.12
Administrative and support service (77-82)
 2.3 4.3 0.3 2.4 0.9 1.8 0.07
Education (85)
 -8.7 0.1 -8.2 -0.4 -8.2 -0.4 0.02
Human health and social work (86-88)
 10.5 9.5 8.6 8.0 8.6 8.0 0.05
Art, entertainment and recreation (90-96)
 18.3 6.8 14.9 3.7 15.5 3.5 0.03

All figures compared to the same period last year.
*The Period from January to the current month compared to the same period last year.

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2012-08-06 at 09:30.

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