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Informations rapidesOutput in services rose again in August 2021 (+2.1%) Index of services production - August 2021

In August 2021, output in services sped up (+2.1% after + 1.0% in July). It was above the February 2020 level (last month before the start of the first lockdown) for the second straight month.

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In the following paragraphs, percentage changes by subsections are presented in descending order of their contribution to the overall percentage change of the services production index. The contribution of a subsection takes into account its weight and the magnitude of its evolution.

All data are corrected for seasonal and working day effects (SA-WDA).

In August 2021, output in services sped up (+2.1% after + 1.0% in July). It was above the February 2020 level (last month before the start of the first lockdown) for the second straight month.

In August 2021, output went up in a majority of sectors

In August 2021, output sped up in transportation and storage (+4.4% after +0.5%) where all activities were up except postal and courier activities (–2.8% after –7.7%). Output continued to recover in August in arts, entertainment and recreation (+11.8% after +10.4%), as well as in accommodation and food service activities (+5.2% after +9.1%). It increased in administrative and support services activities (+1.4% after +1.9%) and bounced back in professional, scientific and technical activities (+0.9% after –1.4%), and real estate activities (+2.2% after –0.4%). Conversely, it fell back in information-communication (–0.5% as in July), due to a sharp decline in telecommunications (–8.7% after +3.7%).

Output in services was above its February 2020 level (+2.8%) in most major sectors: information-communication (+10.3%), professional, scientific and technical activities (+4.5%), transportation and storage (+3.2% but –31.0% in air transport), and accommodation and food service activities (+1.9%). In the latter sector, output was sharply above its pre-crisis level in the food and beverage service activities sector (+5.2%), while it remained below it in accommodation (–9.8%), which is still deprived of a part of its professional and international customers. There was a sharp decline in arts, entertainment and recreation (–13.3%), and a more moderate drop in administrative and support services activities (–0.9%).

Index of services production

Index of services production
Business support (MN) Transportation and storage (H) Accommodation & food service (I) Information-communication (J) All services (SPI)
2016-01 101.84 100.27 100.82 102.77 101.2
2016-02 102.68 104.34 102.49 104.94 103.34
2016-03 99.79 101.89 102.32 103.85 100.98
2016-04 100.59 100.8 102.06 101.29 100.74
2016-05 102.28 101.38 102.85 103.08 102.18
2016-06 102.75 99.69 102.88 104.01 102.21
2016-07 100.35 100.98 102.83 104.43 101.58
2016-08 104.81 102.67 103.26 105.27 103.97
2016-09 102.57 98.68 103.89 105.25 102.49
2016-10 102.83 101.92 103.22 103.39 102.06
2016-11 104.34 102.28 103.69 105.58 104.21
2016-12 103.31 102.67 104.95 105.37 104.18
2017-01 105.89 103.36 104.95 104.34 104.64
2017-02 105.25 102.54 106.1 107.95 105.29
2017-03 107.17 104.22 107.36 110.66 106.68
2017-04 103.35 102.72 107.1 106.74 104.11
2017-05 109.05 107.03 106.67 110.32 107.46
2017-06 107.94 104.95 106.42 109.02 106.65
2017-07 108.07 106.72 108.53 113.18 108.47
2017-08 107.72 104.27 109.14 110.71 107.11
2017-09 107.63 103.63 108.46 111.62 107.0
2017-10 108.88 105.35 109.91 110.07 108.1
2017-11 108.47 104.03 112.32 111.74 108.56
2017-12 112.26 106.39 109.77 113.13 109.86
2018-01 111.55 108.66 112.28 113.32 111.26
2018-02 110.13 105.89 109.47 114.41 109.47
2018-03 109.89 106.42 110.99 114.14 109.07
2018-04 114.69 107.11 111.9 117.27 112.27
2018-05 112.09 103.78 113.43 116.0 110.99
2018-06 114.02 107.54 111.82 117.18 111.65
2018-07 112.43 106.48 111.31 118.67 111.13
2018-08 115.09 107.95 112.5 116.51 113.11
2018-09 115.61 106.83 114.56 116.7 112.89
2018-10 115.63 108.37 114.94 122.39 114.18
2018-11 115.83 108.06 114.27 119.1 113.57
2018-12 117.45 108.61 115.25 117.17 114.12
2019-01 113.77 107.32 115.39 119.54 112.89
2019-02 117.48 110.27 117.21 119.49 115.59
2019-03 118.25 109.0 117.41 122.15 115.88
2019-04 118.11 110.05 117.59 122.42 115.87
2019-05 118.63 109.18 116.16 123.5 116.43
2019-06 116.98 109.77 119.27 122.48 115.78
2019-07 117.16 108.66 116.3 123.57 115.86
2019-08 118.96 111.49 118.93 126.32 117.03
2019-09 119.49 111.81 119.38 125.62 117.63
2019-10 118.92 111.08 119.64 124.98 116.82
2019-11 119.2 108.8 120.22 124.53 116.66
2019-12 117.57 107.74 119.91 125.73 116.32
2020-01 119.99 106.16 121.44 125.29 116.97
2020-02 118.11 105.0 115.31 123.08 115.11
2020-03 107.54 96.12 59.25 125.78 100.56
2020-04 102.22 79.73 20.94 118.21 87.3
2020-05 100.52 74.64 32.04 114.85 89.12
2020-06 104.2 85.24 76.51 125.81 99.48
2020-07 104.64 96.25 95.27 123.83 103.13
2020-08 106.11 95.06 105.26 124.89 105.92
2020-09 112.75 96.83 99.84 125.93 110.02
2020-10 116.01 97.95 87.76 127.53 108.83
2020-11 115.73 97.81 47.36 127.62 103.1
2020-12 120.24 95.52 55.48 134.17 108.75
2021-01 113.09 96.32 49.99 131.25 103.87
2021-02 115.88 99.83 50.76 129.68 105.33
2021-03 120.13 100.64 51.86 135.86 108.4
2021-04 119.62 98.18 46.18 137.01 106.28
2021-05 116.46 96.63 68.04 129.92 106.3
2021-06 119.55 103.3 102.37 137.25 114.78
2021-07 119.45 103.78 111.67 136.52 115.91
2021-08 120.76 108.31 117.49 135.77 118.35

Index of services production

  • Sources: DGFiP, INSEE

Variation in the services production

2015 based, SA-WDA
Variation in the services production (2015 based, SA-WDA)
Nace classification Weight (1) Aug.2021 Change in %
Aug.2021/July 2021 July 2021/June 2021 Aug.2021/Feb 2020 Q/Q-1(2) Q/ Q-4(3)
Index of services production 10000 118.4 2.1 1.0 2.8 8.7 13.1
H Transportation and storage 1504 108.3 4.4 0.5 3.2 6.8 14.0
49 Land transport… 715 114.9 1.4 2.4 5.6 6.4 12.9
50 Water transport 36 212.9 50.6 -14.2 83.3 16.6 40.7
51 Air transport 115 73.5 5.4 12.3 -31.0 29.5 61.1
52 Warehousing and support for transportation 504 106.5 5.9 -0.4 3.7 5.3 13.0
53 Postal and courier activities 135 82.0 -2.8 -7.7 -8.0 -1.2 -4.1
I Accommodation and food service activities 870 117.5 5.2 9.1 1.9 99.6 19.7
55 Accommodation 205 96.7 9.0 23.1 -9.8 92.3 28.1
56 Food and beverage service activities 664 123.9 4.3 6.3 5.2 101.3 17.9
J Information-communication 1635 135.8 -0.5 -0.5 10.3 1.7 9.3
58 Publishing activities 208 114.2 2.8 -3.4 6.3 1.7 3.0
59 Motion picture, sound recording, music publishing 119 114.1 6.2 5.3 8.3 14.2 29.7
60 Programming and broadcasting activities 71 120.3 12.6 -2.2 17.2 2.9 12.5
61 Telecommunications 415 118.8 -8.7 3.7 9.6 -3.2 4.7
62 Computer programming... 720 151.7 0.9 -1.4 9.9 2.6 9.9
63 Information services 102 172.2 0.5 -6.5 19.3 2.2 15.1
L Real estate activities 964 102.0 2.2 -0.4 1.0 6.4 6.2
M+N Business support 4289 120.8 1.1 -0.1 2.2 1.0 14.2
M Professional, scientific and technical activities 2540 122.0 0.9 -1.4 4.5 0.7 12.7
69 Legal and accounting activities 502 123.2 -3.5 1.8 3.2 1.7 6.9
70 Activities of head offices and management consultancy 739 116.4 -2.4 0.7 3.7 -1.1 14.8
71 Architecture and engineering activities 491 129.5 3.6 2.4 10.6 1.6 13.2
72 Scientific research and development 559 121.3 6.8 -10.6 1.5 0.8 14.9
73 Advertising and market research 146 94.0 1.8 0.7 -7.5 0.0 18.5
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 79 169.0 2.0 -0.1 15.5 4.0 12.0
75 Veterinary activities 26 141.9 0.7 -0.1 16.6 2.8 5.0
N Administrative and support service activities 1748 119.0 1.4 1.9 -0.9 1.4 16.5
77 Rental and leasing activities 526 125.0 0.4 0.8 -4.7 2.7 12.2
78 Employment activities 502 120.4 -0.7 2.3 -0.2 0.1 40.7
79 Travel agency, tour operator 35 61.7 17.1 41.9 -26.0 150.1 61.4
80 Security and investigation 104 116.6 8.3 -5.2 6.8 0.6 0.4
81 Services to building and landscape activities 245 124.4 2.5 -3.3 7.8 -2.7 7.9
82 Other administrative and business support activities 336 110.1 3.0 9.2 -1.8 2.3 4.6
R+S Household services 738 108.6 8.1 6.4 -8.6 39.1 17.2
R Arts, entertainment and recreation 460 109.2 11.8 10.4 -13.3 62.9 23.7
S Other personal services 278 107.4 2.5 0.9 0.4 13.4 8.3
  • (1) Weight (10 000 = H…S excepting K, O, P, Q)
  • (2) last three months / previous three months
  • (3) Year-on-year: last three months / same three months of previous year
  • Note : given the discrepancies that may exist between the use of temporary employment and the invoices used to establish production indices, the evolution of output observed in the last two months in the sector of employment activities does not necessarily reflect well the evolution of activity over this period in the current particular circumstances.
  • Sources : DGFiP, Insee

Over a year, output was up (+13.1%)

Due to a base effect linked to the health situation still uncertain in June-July-August 2020 after the first lockdown, output in the last three months (June to August 2021) was 13.1% higher than in the same period in 2020.

Output was thus up sharply year-on-year in professional, scientific and technical activities (+12.7%), administrative and support services activities (+16.5%), transportation and storage (+14.0%), accommodation and food service activities (+19.7%), information-communication (+9.3%), arts, entertainment and recreation (+23.7%) and real estate activities (+6.2%).

Revisions

The month-on-month percentage change in the index of services output in July 2021 has been revised upwards. Initially published at +0.4%, it is now evaluated at +1.0% after accounting for rounding.

Revision of variations

in percentage points
Revision of variations (in percentage points)
July/June June/May May/Apr. Q2 2021/Q1 2021 2020/ 2019
Services production 0.60 0.13 -0.12 0.11 -0.01
Raw series 0.48 0.04 -0.10 0.03 0.00
SA-WDA parameters 0.12 0.09 -0.02 0.08 -0.01
  • How to read: in the services industries, the SA-WDA percentage change in output between June 2021 and July 2021 is revised by +0.60 points: +0.48 points due to the revisions of raw data and +0.12 points due to the update of SA-WDA parameters
  • Sources : DGFiP, Insee

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