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Steady household consumption of goods
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2012-09-28T10:00:00.000Z
Wholesale and retail trade and service activities;Income and consumption;National accounts and business cycles
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Index of household consumption of goods, August 2012

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Steady household consumption of goods

Seasonally-adjusted figures show that household consumption of goods was at the same level in August as in July, and only slightly higher than in June.

Index of household consumption of goods, seasonally adjusted. 2005=100

Household consumption of food and beverages rose by 1.5 per cent from July to August, after a decrease in the two previous months. Purchases of vehicles also increased, while purchases of engine fuels were slightly lower than in the previous month.

Consumption of electricity and heating fuels went down 3.7 per cent in August, and pulled consumption of goods down by 0.3 percentage points. There was an across the board decrease of goods within the group ‘other goods’, which includes clothes, leisure equipment and furniture etc.

Without adjusting for seasonal variations, the total household consumption of goods was 1.9 per cent higher in August 2012 than in August 2011.

Index of household consumption of goods, August 2012. Seasonally adjusted and unadjusted volume indices. August 2011-August 2012. 2005=1001
Period Sesonally adjusted Change from
previous month.
Per cent 		Unadjusted Change from
the same month
last year.
Per cent
2012        
August  120.9 0.0  125.3 1.9
July  120.8 0.1  121.0 2.4
June  120.7 -1.3  127.8 4.6
May  122.3 1.0  122.7 2.6
April  121.1 1.2  109.2 -3.5
March  119.7 -0.2  121.7 5.2
February  119.9 0.8  109.1 5.0
January  118.9 0.3  114.7 4.3
         
2011        
December  118.5 0.2  153.4 0.2
November  118.2 -0.5  122.5 -0.9
October  118.8 0.1  116.9 0.6
September  118.7 -0.4  116.4 2.6
August  119.2 1.6  123.1 5.7
1  Please note that the indices have been revised.


Comparability to the index of retail sales

The index of household consumption of goods describes the development in household consumption, while the index of retail sales measures the development in retail sales. The calculation of the index of household consumption of goods is based on information from the index of retail sales, plus purchases of cars (initial registration) and consumption of electricity and heating fuels. This may result in deviations in the development of the two indices. Additionally, it should be borne in mind that the Standard Industrial Classification changed on 1 January 2009, which inter alia means that petrol stations from then onwards are part of retail sales.

Connection to quarterly national accounts

The index of household consumption of goods uses the same definitions and methods of compilation as the quarterly national accounts, and thus serves as an indicator of household consumption in the quarterly national accounts.

Revisions

Since Statistics Norway gives a high priority to timeliness in the release of statistics, the index of household consumption of goods sometimes has to rely on preliminary estimates, which are replaced in subsequent releases.

The national accounts have recently carried out a revision of the time series . The index of household consumption of goods, which uses the same methods and definitions as the consumption calculations in the quarterly national accounts, is affected by this revision.

Seasonally-adjusted figures

As regards the seasonally-adjusted figures, the figures for previous periods may be revised when a new month is added to the series. For further information, see About seasonal adjustments in the left margin.