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Household final consumption expenditure. Seasonally adjusted. Percentage change in volume from the previous period
	2011	2012	4th quarter 2011	1st quarter 2012	2nd quarter 2012	3rd quarter 2012	4th quarter 2012
	Annual change in volume (per cent)		Change in volume from the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted (per cent)	Change in volume from the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted (per cent)	Change in volume from the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted (per cent)	Change in volume from the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted (per cent)	Change in volume from the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted (per cent)
¹Final consumption of goods and sevices includes direct purchases in Norway by non-resident households, but not direct purchases abroad by resident households.
Final consumption expenditure of households	2.5	3.0	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.3
Food and non-alcoholic beverages	3.8	2.9	0.4	0.4	2.1	-1.1	1.4
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco etc.	-3.6	-1.5	0.8	-1.8	-0.3	-1.0	1.5
Clothing and footwear	3.8	4.9	-0.9	3.7	0.5	2.0	-1.5
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	-0.6	2.6	-0.4	0.0	2.4	0.8	1.1
Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	2.7	2.6	1.7	0.3	1.7	-0.9	-1.4
Health	1.6	0.8	1.1	-0.9	0.7	0.4	-0.3
Transport	3.2	0.6	1.7	0.2	-0.4	0.5	-0.3
Communication	1.0	5.3	-0.3	4.4	0.9	0.7	0.7
Recreation and culture	3.8	3.4	1.4	1.0	0.9	1.5	-1.1
Education	2.2	0.8	-0.9	0.0	2.2	-2.9	-0.8
Restaurants and hotels	3.7	2.3	1.5	1.0	-1.1	0.8	1.5
Miscellaneous goods and services	0.1	3.7	0.5	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.4
Direct purchases abroad by resident households	12.0	9.7	3.7	3.0	0.2	3.5	2.3
Direct purchases in Norway by non-res. households	0.4	2.5	-2.6	2.6	0.7	-3.5	4.2

Goods¹	1.3	2.1	0.5	0.5	1.5	-0.1	-0.1
Services¹	2.4	3.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.1	0.6
¬ Dwelling services	2.0	2.1	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5
¬ Other services	2.6	3.5	0.9	1.1	0.6	1.3	0.7