Index of Services, June 2015

28 Aug 2015 02:49 PM

Main points

• The Index of Services is estimated to have increased by 3.0% in June 2015 compared with June 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 1.4 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 0.5% between May 2015 and June 2015, following an increase of 0.2% between April 2015 and May 2015.
• The Index of Services increased by 0.7% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015 compared with Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015. This figure was unrevised from the estimate used in the Gross Domestic Product Preliminary Estimate (GDP), published on 28 July 2015. This figure is consistent with the Second Estimate of GDP, published on 28 August 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 April 2015.

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