Key findings: P9110 - Quarterly financial statistics of municipalities, December 2018

Purchases of water unadjusted increased by 22,4% between the quarters ended September 2018 and December 2018. Sales of water unadjusted increased by 8,4% over the same period.

Purchases of electricity unadjusted decreased by 19,5% between the quarters ended September 2018 and December 2018. A decreased of 11,7% was recorded in the sales of electricity unadjusted over the same period.

Annual growth rate for purchases of water unadjusted show a positive growth of 20,0% between the quarters ended December 2017 and December 2018 while sales of water show a positive growth rate of 16,8%.

Annual growth rate for purchases of electricity unadjusted show a positive growth of 9,0% between the quarters December 2017 and December 2018. Likewise, sales of electricity show a positive growth rate of 6,2%.

Quarterly growth rate for purchases of water seasonally adjusted show a positive growth of 8,3% between the quarters September 2018 and December 2018, while sales of water also show a positive growth rate of 4,9% over the same period.

Quarterly growth rate for purchases of electricity seasonally adjusted show a positive growth of 1,3% between the quarters September 2018 and December 2018, while sales of electricity also show a positive growth rate of 4,5% over the same period.

Employee related costs increased by 11,2% between the quarters ended September 2018 and December 2018.