Main results
- The annual variation of the Market Services Sector turnover index was 3.6% in October in the seasonally and calendar adjusted series.
- The monthly rate was 0.6% if seasonal and calendar effects are removed.
The general index of the turnover for the Market Services Sector, after adjusting for seasonal and calendar effects, experienced a variation of 3.6% in October compared to the same month of 2023. This rate was two points lower than that recorded in September.
The original series showed an annual variation of 6.5%, which was 2.7 points above that registered in September.
Annual Rate. Percentage
Excluding seasonal and calendar effects, Commerce increased by 3,9% compared to October 2023 and Other Services by 4,0%.
After adjusting for seasonal and calendar effects, the monthly variation of the general index of turnover for the Market Services Sector between October and September was 0.6%. This rate was 1.8 points lower than that observed in September.
Monthly rate. Percentage
The INE has updated the SSPI data for the last 15 months. In the case of the series adjusted, the series have been reviewed from the beginning, following the INE standard. All results of this operation are available on INEBase.
The Services Sector Production Index (SSPI) is a volume index whose purpose is to measure the evolution of the value added of services sector activities of the market in the short term. It is an indicator similar to those already provided by the INE on a monthly basis for the industrial and retail sectors.
With its implementation, compliance is given to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 establishing technical specifications and modalities pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics, which obliges all EU countries to develop an indicator on the production of the Services Sector since 2021, with indices based on 2021.
It is a derived statistic that is compiled by deflating the Service Sector Activity Indicators (SSAI), for which prices indices from various official statistics are used, depending on the scope of each activity. The indices used come from the Services Price Index (SPI), the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Industrial Price Index (IPRI) and the Hotel Price Index (HPI).
The result is an indicator that measures the evolution of production over the activity of the services sector.
For more information you can access the methodology and the standardised methodological report.
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