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Revisions in these statistics

The data of the statistics have become revised according to the table below. For more information about data revisions, see Section 3 of the quality description (in Finnish).

Revisions to data on annual changes in the labour cost index ¹⁾

Labour cost index	Quarter	Year-on-year change, %		Revision, %-points
		Latest release 9.9.2013	1st release, %
Private sector, original series	04/2011	4,0	3,7	0,3
	01/2012	2,9	2,0	0,9
	02/2012	5,8	5,3	0,5
	03/2012	4,7	4,2	0,5
	04/2012	4,7	4,3	0,4
	01/2013	4,2	4,1	0,1
State sector, original series	04/2011	2,1	1,1	1,0
	01/2012	4,7	4,7	0,0
	02/2012	5,7	5,8	-0,1
	03/2012	4,7	4,7	0,0
	04/2012	6,1	6,1	0,0
	01/2013	3,7	3,7	0,0
Local government sector, original series	04/2011	2,0	2,2	-0,2
	01/2012	4,3	4,4	-0,1
	02/2012	4,4	4,0	0,4
	03/2012	0,3	0,8	-0,5
	04/2012	3,5	4,1	-0,6
	01/2013	2,9	2,6	0,3

1) 1st release refers to the point of time when data for the reference period were first published. Revision describes the difference on annual change percentages between the first and the latest release. The labour cost index for the central government sector has been published since June 2012, and the index for the local government sector since September 2012. The revisions are calculated from rounded numbers.

Revisions to data on annual changes in the seasonally adjusted labour cost index ¹⁾

Labour cost index	Quarter	Year-on-year change, %		Revision, %-points
		Latest release 9.9.2013	1st release, %
Private sector, seasonally adjusted series	04/2011	3,1	3,2	-0,1
	01/2012	4,4	3,8	0,6
	02/2012	5,2	4,8	0,4
	03/2012	4,0	3,3	0,7
	04/2012	4,1	2,6	1,5
	01/2013	3,6	3,8	-0,2

1) The seasonal adjusted labour cost index has been published since September 2012.

Source: Wages, Salaries and Labour Costs, Statistics Finland

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Updated 13.11.2013