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Increasing advertising prices
The prices for advertising activities were 5.1 per cent higher in the 2nd quarter of 2011 than in the same period last year. This is the strongest growth recorded since Statistics Norway started collecting prices for this industry.
The prices for business consulting are increasing in a regular manner. This industry has seen a rise in prices of 3.7 per cent compared to the 2nd quarter of 2010. However, at this point, it looks like the price growth in 2011 will be lower than the growth in 2010.
Employment activities still rising
In the 2nd quarter of 2011 the prices for employment activities rose by 4.5 per cent compared to the 2nd quarter of 2010. The prices were 1.9 per cent higher than the previous quarter; the 1st quarter of 2011.
Stable growth in the prices for lawyers and accountants
The prices within legal and accounting activities were 2.3 and 3.4 per cent higher respectively in the 2nd quarter of 2011 than they were in the same period last year. On the other hand, compared to the previous quarter, the prices for legal activities have decreased by 0.7 per cent. The prices for accounting and auditing activities are nearly unchanged in the same period.
Moderate increase in prices for both cleaning and architectural activities
The increase in prices for cleaning activities is on a standard level. From the 2nd quarter of 2010 to the 2nd quarter of 2011 the prices rose by 3 per cent. Compared to the 1st quarter of 2011, the increase was 1.8 per cent.
Prices for architectural activities also experienced an increase similar to previous quarters, with a price growth of 3.7 per cent from the 2nd quarter of 2010 to the 2nd quarter of 2011.
The sub-index for advertising services is published for the first time this quarter. For more information about this and the other sub-indices, please check out “ About the statistics ” in the left margin. |
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Price index
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Legal activities | 122.9 | -0.7 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accounting and auditing activities | 126.1 | 0.2 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business and other management consultancy activities | 120.2 | 0.7 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural activities | 123.7 | 0.6 | 3.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Civil engineering1 | . | . | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advertising activities2 | 121.4 | 1.5 | 5.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Car rental | 100.2 | -3.4 | -2.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employment activities | 128.7 | 1.9 | 4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleaning activities | 123.8 | 1.8 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Figures for 2nd quarter 2011are not available before the publishing of figures for 3rd quarter 2011 medio November. |
2 | The media agencies are not included in the index for NACE 73.1 - Advertising activities. |
Additional information
From the 1st quarter of 2012, the base period is set at 2010=100. This will only result in a change of the index level and will not affect any other data.
Contact
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Håvard Georg Jensen
E-mail: havard.jensen@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 90 26 86
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Trym Langballe
E-mail: trym.langballe@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 97 79 57 13
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Mats Halvorsen
E-mail: mats.halvorsen@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 90 24 33
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Morten Madshus
E-mail: morten.madshus@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 90 26 94