27 February 2012
2012- n° 55Services Producer Price Indices : Slight increases in the fourth quarter 2011 Services producer price indices - 4th quarter 2011
Prices for legal activities and for rental of motor vehicles kept on increasing in the fourth quarter 2011, while prices for rental of construction equipment fell again. However, the overall movement was a slight increase (about +0.2 %)
Prices for legal activities and for rental of motor vehicles kept on increasing in the fourth quarter 2011, while prices for rental of construction equipment fell again. However, the overall movement was a slight increase (about +0.2 %)
Information and communication
Mixed price changes
Prices for telecommunications services increased in the third quarter (+1.8 % in a quarter, but -6 % year-over-year). Prices for news agencies rose by 2.5 %. On the contrary prices for computer facilities management declined (–1.6 %).
Professional, scientific and technical services
Prices for legal services kept on increasing
As in the third quarter, prices for professional, scientific and technical services were almost unchanged, except for prices for legal services, which increased again (+1.4 % in a quarter, +3.4 % year-over-year). However, over a one-year period, all prices increased, most notably in accounting and audits services (+2.1 %), architecture-engineering (+1.6 %), advertising and market research (+1.4 %).
Administrative and support services
Prices for rental of construction equipment fell
Prices for rental recorded the most significant changes :
prices for rental of construction equipment (-1.3 %) and other machinery (-1.7 %) fell, while prices for rental of motor vehicles prices moved up (+1.3 %). Prices for employment services and landscape services increased (+0.5 % this quarter).
tableautableau1 – Services Producer Price Indices : French market
| CPA rev. 2 - Base 2005=100 except opposite indication in footnote | Weights (M €) | Indices Q4* 2011 | Changes in % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q/ Q-1 | Q/ Q-4 | ||||
| 38.1 & 38.2 (1) | Waste collection, treatment and disposal | 21 252 | 100.1 | –0.2 | 0.0 |
| 53.20 | Other postal and courier services | 555 | 100.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Information and communication | |||||
| 58.1 (1) | Publishing of books and periodicals | 15 313 | 100.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 58.29 | Software publishing | 6 336 | 107.7 | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| 61 (2) | Telecommunications | 12 650 | 86.1* | 1.8 | –6.0 |
| 62.01 & 62.02 | Computer programming and consultancy | 39 983 | 104.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 62.03 | Computer facilities management | 5 135 | 92.2 | –1.6 | –2.7 |
| 63.91 (3) | News agencies | 725 | 101.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | |||||
| 69.10 (4) | Legal services | 19 168 | 112.1 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| 69.20 | Accounting, tax consulting | 13 346 | 109.7 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| 70.2 | Management consulting | 22 565 | 103.3 | –0.8 | 0.4 |
| 71.1 (5) | Architectural, engineering | 44 420 | 111.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| 71.20 | Technical testing and analysis | 5 461 | 97.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 73 (4) | Advertising and market research | 19 960 | 96.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| Administrative and support services | |||||
| 77.1 | Rental of motor vehicles | 8 121 | 109.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| 77.32 | Rental of construction equipment | 8 465 | 92.0 | –1.3 | 1.0 |
| 77.39 (6) | Rental of other machinery | 7 023 | 106.2 | –1.7 | 0.0 |
| 78 (6) | Employment services | 28 623 | 104.1 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 80.1 & 80.2 | Security | 6 581 | 112.8 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| 81 (6) | Services to buildings and landscape | 19 826 | 100.8 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| 82.20 (3) | Call centre | 4 864 | 103.8 | -0.2 | 0.6 |
- u : unavailable s : statistical secret
- *: Telecommunications prices are known with one quarter delay.
- Source : INSEE, "Observation des prix de l'industrie et des services aux entreprises" survey
graphiquegraph2_telecom_A – Publishing and telecommunications
graphiquegraph6_pro_A – Professional, scientific and technical services
graphiquegraph3_loc_A – Rental and leasing services
graphiquegraph1_info_A – Computer programming and information
graphiquegraph5_pub_A – Advertising and market studies
graphiquegraph4_emploi_A – Employment services
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Time series : Services producer price indices
