Index of Services, May 2015

28 Jul 2015 03:49 PM

Main points

• The Index of Services is estimated to have increased by 2.7% in May 2015 compared with May 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 0.3% between April 2015 and May 2015, following an increase of 0.2% between March 2015 and April 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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