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Higher prices for legal activities
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Producer price indices for services, Q1 2013

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Higher prices for legal activities

The prices for legal activities rose by 3.7 per cent from the 1st quarter of 2012 to the 1st quarter of 2013. From the 4th quarter of 2012, the growth was 2.4 per cent.

Business activities, price indices. 2010=100Published 24 May 2013
Price indexChange in per cent
1st quarter 20134th quarter 2012 - 1st quarter 20131st quarter 2012 - 1st quarter 2013
1The media agencies are not included in the index for NACE 73.1 - Advertising activities.
Legal activities110.52.43.7
Accounting and auditing activities109.51.63.2
Business and management consultancy activities103.11.10.5
Architectural activities110.40.63.8
Civil engineering activities106.5-0.11.4
Technical testing and analysis108.92.14.2
Advertising1104.8-0.20.5
Car rental89.1-2.5-5.7
Employment activities112.93.05.9
Cleaning activities107.40.73.2

Source: Statistics Norway

A price increase was also experienced for the other industries within the division of legal, accounting and auditing activities from the 1st quarter of 2012 to the 1st quarter of 2013. Accounting and auditing activities had an increase of 3.2 per cent. As in the last few quarters, the sub-index for accounting activities accounted for the highest growth.

The prices for business consultancy activities also went up from the 1st quarter of 2012 to the 1st quarter of 2013, but only by 0.5 per cent. Compared to the 4th quarter of 2012, the prices in the 1st quarter of 2013 were 1.1 per cent higher.

Lower price increase for civil engineering

For civil engineering activities, the prices grew by 1.4 per cent from the 1st quarter of 2012 to the 1st quarter of 2013. This is a weaker growth than this industry has seen in recent quarters. The prices were almost unchanged from the 4th quarter of 2012 to the 1st quarter of 2013.

Prices also rose within the other industries in the division of architectural and engineering activities. For architectural activities, the prices were 3.8 per cent higher in the 1st quarter of 2013 than in the 1st quarter of 2012, while increasing 4.2 per cent for technical testing and analysis in the same period.

Cheaper car rental

Compared to the 1st quarter of 2012, consumers paid 5.7 per cent less for their cars in the 1st quarter of 2013. Even though the biggest decrease occurred among foreign tourists, a lower price was also experienced among private households and private and public enterprises.

Prices were almost unchanged in the advertising industry from the 1st quarter of 2012 to the 1st quarter of 2013.

Big price increase for employment activities

Price growth for employment activities is at its highest since the 3rd quarter of 2011. From the 1st quarter of 2012 to the 1st quarter of 2013, the prices increased by 5.9 per cent. Prices from the 4th quarter of 2012 to the 1st quarter of 2013 also saw quite a large increase, of 3 per cent.

Cleaning activities experienced a stable increase in prices. In the 1st quarter of 2013, the increase is once again close to 3 per cent, compared to the 1st quarter of 2012.