Table 2 : Time Series of Quarterly Business Receipts Indices

(Quarterly average of 1996 = 100)

2002
Q3 Q4
Service Industry
Wholesale / Retail 71.9 71.5
(-5.5%) (-3.3%)
breakdown : Wholesale 59.4 59.4
(-8.9%) (-6.2%)
Retail 77.4 76.8
(-4.3%) (-2.4%)
Import / Export trade 80.5 75.9
(+1.8%) (+5.3%)
Restaurants 96.7 95.4
(-4.5%) (-5.9%)
Hotels 60.1 79.7
(-2.5%) (+12.5%)
Transport 121.9 126.3
(+6.1%) (+10.6%)
within which : Air transport 156.1 177.3
(+19.4%) (+22.7%)
Land transport 104.2 104.6
(-3.9%) (-2.2%)
Maritime transport 134.6 128.7
(+2.2%) (+5.9%)
Storage 51.7 52.1
(-20.4%) (-6.8%)
Communications 90.4 93.2
(-1.4%) (+0.5%)
within which : Telecommunications 84.1 85.6
(-4.2%) (-2.5%)
Banking 101.7 119.8
(-4.2%) (+7.4%)
Financing (except banking) (1) 89.6 89.9
(-6.9%) (-11.1%)
within which : Financial markets and fund management services 89.9 83.0
(-8.8%) (-14.5%)
Insurance 165.9 201.5
(+9.8%) (+15.0%)
Real estate (2) 56.8 58.4
(-8.4%) (-5.2%)
Business services 78.8 81.3
(-5.0%) (-3.5%)
within which : Professional services 85.0 84.8
(-6.3%) (-3.3%)
Film entertainment 108.1 116.0
(-18.9%) (-1.8%)
Service Domain (3)
Tourism, convention and exhibition services (4) 67.5 82.6
(+10.8%) (+25.2%)
Computer and information services 135.8 138.7
(+6.9%) (+13.0%)

(Quarterly average of 1996 = 100)

2003
Q1 Q2 * Q3 #
Service Industry
Wholesale / Retail 71.8 65.5 70.8
(-2.8%) (-11.6%) (-1.5%)
breakdown : Wholesale 54.6 51.1 56.4
(-3.5%) (-13.7%) (-5.1%)
Retail 79.2 71.6 77.0*
(-2.6%) (-11.0%) (-0.4%)
Import / Export trade 65.7 74.3 86.0
(+2.4%) (+4.3%) (+6.8%)
Restaurants 90.7 76.3 89.4
(-8.6%) (-19.2%) (-7.5%)
Hotels 61.8 24.0 54.5
(-2.7%) (-64.3%) (-9.4%)
Transport 107.0 99.3 122.6
(+5.6%) (-10.9%) (+0.5%)
within which : Air transport 138.3 114.3 153.9
(+8.0%) (-21.8%) (-1.4%)
Land transport 98.0 89.3 101.1
(-2.3%) (-13.2%) (-3.0%)
Maritime transport 113.2 129.1 144.0
(+13.9%) (+13.6%) (+6.9%)
Storage 47.0 45.5 49.8
(-7.8%) (-8.3%) (-3.7%)
Communications 89.9 86.9 87.7
(+1.6%) (-4.9%) (-3.1%)
within which : Telecommunications 84.7 79.6 80.5
(+0.5%) (-6.8%) (-4.4%)
Banking 97.4 109.0 107.6
(-1.3%) (+2.3%) (+5.8%)
Financing (except banking) (1) 87.6 97.2 117.2
(-5.7%) (-5.5%) (+30.8%)
within which : Financial markets and fund management services 85.0 98.3 127.2
(-6.2%) (-3.5%) (+41.5%)
Insurance 181.7 195.7 207.8
(+22.4%) (+14.4%) (+25.3%)
Real estate (2) 56.9 57.5 67.0
(-4.3%) (-12.1%) (+17.9%)
Business services 78.1 78.6 79.4
(+0.2%) (-3.7%) (+0.8%)
within which : Professional services 86.1 87.7 88.1
(+1.8%) (+0.6%) (+3.7%)
Film entertainment 111.2 102.2 119.9
(-1.0%) (-5.6%) (+10.9%)
Service Domain (3)
Tourism, convention and exhibition services (4) 65.7# 22.8# 64.6
(+4.5%) (-68.6%) (-4.2%)
Computer and information services 123.8 136.9 144.2
(-1.2%) (+5.6%) (+6.2%)
Notes : ( ) Percentage change compared with same quarter in the preceding year.
See also footnotes in Table 1.

Last Updated : 19 December 2003