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Price increase for management consultancy
The prices for business management and consultancy services increased by 5.1 per cent compared to the 1st quarter of 2013. This is the largest annual price increase since the 3rd quarter of 2010.
Price index | Change in per cent | ||
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1st quarter 2014 | 4th quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 2014 | 1st quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 2014 | |
1The media agencies are not included in the index for NACE 73.1 - Advertising activities. | |||
Legal activities | 114.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
Accounting and auditing activities | 113.5 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
Business and management consultancy activities | 108.4 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
Architectural activities | 114.3 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
Civil engineering activities | 109.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
Technical testing and analysis | 112.1 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
Advertising1 | 110.2 | 2.6 | 5.2 |
Car rental | 93.8 | 2.4 | 5.3 |
Employment activities | 117.6 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
Cleaning activities | 109.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
Compared to the previous quarter, the prices increased by 3.4 per cent.
Price increase within car rental and advertising
From the 1st quarter of 2013 to the 1st quarter of 2014, the prices for car rental went up 5.3 per cent, which is the largest annual price increase since the 3rd quarter of 2009. Compared to the previous quarter, prices increased by 2.4 per cent.
Advertising had a price growth of 5.2 per cent in the 1st quarter of 2014, compared to the same quarter in 2013.
Lower price growth within cleaning activities
The prices for cleaning activities increased by 1.7 per cent from the 1st quarter of 2013 to the 1st quarter of 2014. This is the first time since the survey started (in 2005) that prices have increased less than 2 per cent on an annual basis for this activity. Compared to the 1st quarter of 2013, prices went up by 0.3 per cent.
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