In the fourth quarter last year, working-day adjusted turnover in selected services activities increased by 3.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013. Provisional seasonally adjusted services turnover increased by 0.7 per cent, the National Statistics Office said today.
Turnover increased in real estate activities (26.9 per cent), accommodation and food service activities (12.5 per cent), wholesale trade (7.6 per cent), motor trade (6.1 per cent), retail trade (5.1 per cent) and transportation and storage (2.4 per cent).
Decreases were registered in administrative and support services activities (14.5 per cent), information and communication (13.1 per cent) and professional, scientific and technical activities (0.4 per cent).
Employment, gross wages and salaries and hours worked increased by 1.2, 3.8 and 3.4 per cent respectively over the comparative quarter of 2013.
Seasonally adjusted turnover in the fourth quarter of 2014 increased by 0.7 per cent over the previous quarter. Increases were registered in transportation and storage (6.3 per cent), accommodation and food service activities (3.7 per cent), information and communication (2.1 per cent), retail trade (2.1 per cent) and motor trade (1.5 per cent).
Declines were registered in administrative and support services activities (6.4 per cent), real estate activities (5.6 per cent), professional, scientific and technical activities (1.5 per cent) and wholesale trade (0.6 per cent).
Seasonally adjusted employment, gross wages and salaries and hours worked increased by 1.0, 0.9 and 1.6 per cent respectively over the previous quarter.