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Service Producer Price Index, 4th quarter 2016

Service prices rose during fourth quarter

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-02-10 9.30

The Service Producer Price Index increased by 0.5 percent from the third to the fourth quarter of 2016. The corresponding change in the previous quarter was a decrease of 0.1 percent. Since the fourth quarter of 2015, the Service Producer Price Index has increased by 0.9 percent. The corresponding annual rate in the previous quarter was an upturn of 0.3 percent.

Higher prices for Computer programming, consultancy and related services was the main contributor to the quarterly upturn of 0.3 percentage points. Higher prices for Sea and coastal freight water transport services, Other transportation support services, Architectural and engineering services and related technical consulting services and Rental and leasing services of machinery each contributed 0.1 percentage points to an upturn. Lower prices for Real estate services and Other software publishing services counteracted the upturn by 0.1 percentage points each.

Service Producer Price Indices by sectionsWeight 2016IndexQuarterly change, percentAnnual change, percentEffect*
  Q4 2016, 2005=100Q3 2016 - Q4 2016Q4 2015 - Q4 2016Q3 2016 - Q4 2016
SPPI
100.00 115.9 0.5 0.9 0.5
Transport and storage services (49-53)
22.00 116.5 1.0 0.6 0.2
Hotel and restaurant services (55-56)
6.80 132.9 0.3 2.1 0.0
Information and communication services (58+61-63)
20.00 97.8 1.0 0.0 0.2
Real estate services (68)
16.10 122.9 ‑0.4 0.4 ‑0.1
Professional, scentific, technical and financial services (64+69-71+73)
21.70 118.3 0.2 1.1 0.0
Administrative and support services (77+78+80+81)
10.70 126.4 0.7 2.3 0.1
Other services (93+95-96)
2.70 125.6 0.1 1.0 0.0

*Contribution to quarterly change in percentage points to total SPPI

Next publishing will be

The Service Producer Price Index for the first quarter of 2017 will be published on 2017-05-12 at 9:30.

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