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Latest publication: Producer price indices for services 2013, 1st quarter
Published: 24 January 2013
Producer prices for services went up by 2.2 per cent in October-December
According to Statistics Finland, producer prices for services went up by 2.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012 from the corresponding quarter of the year before.
Producer price index for services 2010=100 (TOL 2008), Q1/2010–Q4/2012
Producer prices for services were pushed up in particular by an increase in the prices of freight transport by road and software and related services during the year. The price increase was also affected by higher leasing prices of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment and higher rents for office and business premises. The rise was curbed by fallen prices of telecommunications .
Compared to the third quarter, producer prices for services rose by 0.5 per cent.
Producer price index for services 2010=100 (TOL 2008), 4th quarter 2012
| Industry | Point figure | Quarterly change,% | Yearly change,% |
| Total index (TOL 2008) | 105.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| H Transportation and storage | 107.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| I Accommodation and food service activities | 108.3 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| J Information and communication | 102.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| L Real estate activities | 108.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| M Professional, scientific and technical activities | 102.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 109.1 | 0.1 | 4.6 |
| P Education | 106.2 | 2.4 | 4.1 |
| Q Human health and social work activities | 107.5 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| R Arts, entertainment and recreation | 108.0 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| S Other service activities | 105.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
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 57 per cent of the market services.
Source: Producer Price Index for Services 2012, 4th quarter. Statistics Finland
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