Published: 30 April 2021
Preliminary data: Turnover in services fell in March
According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the working day adjusted turnover in service industries fell by 3.7 per cent in March 2021 compared with March 2020. Services are here examined exclusive of trade.
Annual change in working day adjusted turnover of service industries, %
Turnover contracted compared with the previous month
According to the preliminary data the seasonally adjusted turnover in service industries contracted in March 2021 by 1.0 per cent compared to February. In February, seasonally adjusted turnover grew by 0.3 per cent, while in January, turnover was 1.5 per cent higher than in the month before.
Change in seasonally adjusted turnover from the previous month of service industries, %
The data for the latest month are preliminary and are released at a delay of around four weeks. The data may become significantly revised in coming months.
The factors caused by the variation in the number of weekdays are taken into account in adjustment for working days. This means taking into consideration the lengths of months, different weekdays and holidays. In addition, seasonal variation is eliminated from seasonally adjusted series, on account of which it makes sense to compare observations of two successive months as well.
Source: Turnover of service industries, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Aki Niskanen 029 551 2657, Katja Liukkonen 029 551 3515, palvelut.suhdanne@stat.fi
Head of Department in charge: Katri Kaaja
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Updated 30.4.2021
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Turnover of service industries [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0998. March 2021. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 16.11.2024].
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