Key findings: P9110 - Quarterly financial statistics of municipalities, December 2017

Purchases of water unadjusted increased by 13,8% between the quarters ended September 2017 and December 2017. Sales of water unadjusted increased by 9,2% over the same period.
Purchases of electricity unadjusted decreased by 20,3% between the quarters ended September 2017 and December 2017. A decrease of 15,3% was recorded in the sales of electricity unadjusted over the same period.

Annual growth rate for purchases of water unadjusted shows a positive growth of 15,9% between the quarters ended December 2016 and December 2017 while sales of water shows a positive growth rate of 13,4%.
Annual growth rate for purchases of electricity unadjusted shows a positive growth of 2,3% between the quarters December 2016 and December 2017 while sales of electricity also shows a positive growth rate of 1,6%.

Quarterly growth rate for purchases of water seasonally adjusted shows a positive growth of
0,7% between the quarters September 2017 and December 2017, while sales of water also shows a positive growth rate of 5,0% over the same period.
Quarterly growth rate for purchases of electricity seasonally adjusted shows a positive growth of 1,9% between the quarters September 2017 and December 2017, while sales of electricity also shows a positive growth of 1,3%.

Employee related costs increased by 11,1% between the quarters ended September 2017 and December 2017.