Sales of services only slightly down in April
Published: Monday, Jul 1st 2024, 09:30
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The decline in turnover among Swiss service companies slowed somewhat in April. There is a ray of hope in the "transport and storage" sector in particular.
Adjusted for working day effects, turnover in services fell by 2.6% in April compared to the same month last year. In March, the decline amounted to 8.0%, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on Monday. There are thus signs of a slight easing.
Only the "transportation and warehousing" economic sector recorded rising sales. The increase here was 7.2 percent. All other sectors declined.
Meanwhile, there was only a slight decline in trade (-1.0%) and "hotels and restaurants" (-2.8%). In contrast, the decline was particularly pronounced in the "information and communication" (-13.4%) and "real estate and housing" (-11.9%) sectors.
Turnover in the "provision of professional, scientific and technical services" also fell significantly (-7.1%). The economic sector "provision of other business services" recorded a drop of 9.4%. According to the FSO, the sectors "Rental of movable property" (-18.7%) and "Placement and supply of labor" (-14.2%) were the main contributors to the decline.
إحصاءات معدل دوران الخدمات (DLU) الصادرة عن المكتب الإحصائي الاتحادي هي إحصاءات اقتصادية شهرية تصف تطور معدل الدوران في قطاع الخدمات. وقد نُشرت منذ عام 2023.
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