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Small growth in prices for legal and business consultancy activities
From the 2nd quarter of 2014 to the 2nd quarter of 2015 the prices for business consultancy activities increased by 1.9 per cent. Compared to the previous quarter, prices remained unchanged.
Price index | Change in per cent | ||
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2nd quarter 2015 | 1st quarter 2015 - 2nd quarter 2015 | 2nd quarter 2014 - 2nd quarter 2015 | |
1The media agencies are not included in the index for NACE 73.1 - Advertising activities. | |||
2Release of price index for Car rental is postponed. | |||
Legal activities | 118.7 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
Accounting and auditing activities | 116.2 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
Business and management consultancy activities | 110.7 | -0.3 | 1.9 |
Architectural activities | 118.2 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
Civil engineering activities | 112.4 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
Technical testing and analysis | 110.8 | -2.0 | -1.3 |
Advertising1 | 112.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
Car rental2 | .. | .. | .. |
Employment activities | 121.0 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
Cleaning activities | 114.6 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
Prices for legal activities increased by 2.9 per cent from the 2nd quarter of 2014 to the 2nd quarter of 2015. This is the first time since the 4th quarter of 2013 that prices have increased by less than 3 per cent.
High growth for employment activities and cleaning activities
From the 2nd quarter of 2014 to the 2nd quarter of 2015 the prices for employment activities increased by 3.8 per cent. Compared to the previous quarter, prices increased by 2.4 per cent. Within cleaning activities the prices increased by 3.2 per cent compared to the 2nd quarter of 2014. This is the largest increase since the 4th quarter of 2010. Compared to the previous quarter, prices rose by 2.0 per cent.
Legal activities and accounting and auditing activities
Prices for legal activities increased by 2.9 per cent from the 2nd quarter of 2014 to the 2nd quarter of 2015. This is the first time since the 4th quarter of 2013 that prices have increased by less than 3 per cent.
Small growth in prices for architectural activities From the 2nd quarter of 2014 to the 2nd quarter of 2015 the prices for architectural activities increased by 2.3 per cent. Compared to the previous quarter, prices increased by 0.6 per cent.
Decrease for technical testing and analysis
Prices within technical testing and analysis decreased by 1.3 per cent compared to the same quarter last year. Compared to the 1st quarter of 2015, prices decreased by 2 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