HELSINKI: Profit share of the non-financial corporations sector weakened in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter due to depressed added value in the sector and increased expenditure on wages and salaries.
The investment rate of non-financial corporations was almost the same as in the previous quarter, according to the data derived from Statistics Finland’s quarterly sector accounts. The saving rate of the household sector decreased in the first quarter as consumption expenditure exceeded the disposable income. Adjusted disposable income describing households’ economic well-being grew slightly year-on-year.
In the first quarter of 2015, the profit share of non-financial corporations, or the share of profits in value added, weakened by good two percentage points to 21.2 per cent. The investment rate of non-financial corporations, or the proportion of investments in value added, was only slightly higher than in the previous quarter at 23.5 per cent. Households’ saving rate was -0.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2015. The figure was 0.2 per cent in the previous quarter. The saving rate refers to the proportion of savings in disposable income.
