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Published: 19 April 2010

Producer prices for services went up 0.8 per cent in January-March

According to Statistics Finland, producer prices for services went up by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2010 from the corresponding quarter of the year before.

Producer price index for services 2005=100 (TOL 2008), 1st quarter 2010

Industry Point figure Quarterly change,% Yearly change,%
Total index (TOL 2008) 113.7 0.4 0.8
H Transportation and storage 115.9 1.0 0.8
I Accommodation and food service activities 104.5 -0.2 -3.6
J Information and communication 101.9 -1.0 -1.3
L Real estate activities 112.8 0.0 5.8
M Professional, scientific and technical activities 122.1 0.9 0.6
N Administrative and support service activities 114.7 0.7 0.3
S Other service activities 102.1 1.9 -0.3

The rise in producer prices for services was mostly due to increases in the rents of office and business premises. The rise in prices was curbed by, among other things, decreases in the prices of telecommunications and rents of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment.

From fourth to first quarter, producer prices for services went up by 0.4 percent. This was mainly due to higher prices of goods transport by road.

Producer price indices for services describe the price development in business services provided by enterprises to other enterprises and the public sector. The total index currently covers about half of the market services.


Source: Producer Price Index for Services 2010, 1st quarter. Statistics Finland

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Producer price indices for services [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-3940. 1st quarter 2010. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/pthi/2010/01/pthi_2010_01_2010-04-19_tie_001_en.html