Index of Services, November 2013

Part of Index of Services, November 2013 Release

Released: 28 January 2014 – Download PDF

Contents

• Index of Services November 2013
• Key information
• Economic background
• GDP Impact and Components
• Component analysis
• Background notes
• Statistical contacts

Index of Services November 2013

• The Index of Services increased by 2.6% in November 2013 compared with November 2012. All of the four main components of the services industries increased in the most recent month compared with the same month a year ago.
• The largest contributions came from business services & finance, which contributed 1.3 percentage points to total growth, and distribution, hotels & restaurants, which contributed 0.8 percentage points to total growth.
• The latest Index of Services estimates show that output increased by 0.4% between October 2013 and November 2013, following an increase of 0.1% between September 2013 and October 2013.
• The figures within this release are estimates and are on a seasonally adjusted basis. The earliest period open for revision in this release is October 2013.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.1.0.