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Main points

• The Index of Services is estimated to have increased by 2.7% in September 2015 compared with September 2014. All of the 4 main components of the services industries increased in the most recent month compared with the same month a year ago.
• The largest contributions came from: business services and finance, which contributed 1.2 percentage points to total growth; and distribution, hotels and restaurants, which contributed 0.8 percentage points to total growth.
• The latest Index of Services estimates show that output increased by 0.4% between August 2015 and September 2015, following flat growth between July 2015 and August 2015.
• The Index of Services increased by 0.7% in Quarter 3 (July to Sep) 2015 compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015. This figure was unrevised from the estimate used in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Preliminary Estimate, published on 27 October 2015. This figure is consistent with the Second Estimate of GDP, published on 27 November 2015.
• The figures within this release are estimates and are on a seasonally adjusted basis. The earliest period open for revision in this release is July 2015.

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