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Published: 23 December 2015

Profits in the non-financial corporations sector fell in the third quarter of 2015

The profit share of the non-financial corporations sector weakened from the previous quarter as expenditure on wages and salaries increased while value added decreased. The investment rate of non-financial corporations remained almost unchanged. The saving rate of the household sector decreased in the third quarter as consumption expenditure grew faster than disposable income. Adjusted disposable income describing households' economic well-being grew year-on-year. These data derive from Statistics Finland’s quarterly sector accounts.

Key indicators for households and non-financial corporations, seasonally adjusted

In the third quarter of 2015, the profit share of non-financial corporations, or the share of profits in value added, weakened by 0.9 percentage points to 22.3 per cent. The investment rate of non-financial corporations, or the proportion of investments in value added, decreased by 0.1 per cent to 24.8 per cent. The key figures were calculated from seasonally adjusted time series.

Households' saving rate was -0.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2015. In the previous quarter, the figure was 0.3 per cent. The saving rate refers to the proportion of savings in disposable income. In the third quarter, the investment rate of households accounted for 10.2 per cent of disposable income. The investment rate of households has not changed significantly over the past year. Most of households' investments were investments in dwellings.

Households' adjusted disposable income grew from the corresponding quarter in 2014 by 1.8 per cent adjusted for price changes. Adjusted income is the indicator recommended by the OECD for evaluating the economic well-being of households. Adjusted disposable income is derived by adding individual services produced by the public sector, such as education, health and social services, to the disposable income of households.

Sector accounts are calculated only at current prices. However, a volume indicator describing the development adjusted for price changes is calculated for households' adjusted disposable income in a separate Appendix table. The profit share, saving rate and investment rate are calculated from net figures, which means that consumption of fixed capital is taken into account. Households do not include non-profit institutions serving households.

Source: Sector accounts, Statistics Finland

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• Appendix table 1. Key indicators from sector accounts (23.12.2015)
• Appendix table 2. Key indicators from sector accounts (seasonally adjusted) (23.12.2015)
• Appendix table 3. Volume development of household adjusted disposable income (23.12.2015)

Figures

• Appendix figure 1. Volume development of households adjusted disposable income (23.12.2015)
• Appendix figure 2. Households saving rate (23.12.2015)
• Appendix figure 3. Households investment rate (23.12.2015)
• Appendix figure 4. Non - financial corporations profit share (23.12.2015)
• Appendix figure 5. Non - financial corporations investment rate (23.12.2015)

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Updated 23.12.2015