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Fri, 25 Sep, 2015 12:07:22 AM FTimes Report, Sep 25  Key indicators for households and non-financial corporations, seasonally adjusted. Source: Sector accounts, Statistics Finland. Households' saving rate diminished slightly in the second quarter of 2015 as the households sector's disposable income contracted while consumption expenditure remained unchanged.
Adjusted disposable income describing households' economic well-being grew slightly year-on-year, according to the data derived from Statistics Finland’s quarterly sector accounts.
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The profit share of the non-financial corporations sector weakened compared to the previous quarter as the sector's expenditure on wages and salaries grew more than value added.
The investment rate of non-financial corporations was slightly higher than in the previous quarter.
The profit share of non-financial corporations, or the share of the operating surplus describing profits in value added, weakened by one percentage point to 23 per cent.
The investment rate of non-financial corporations, or the proportion of investments in value added, was slightly higher than in the previous quarter at 24.6 per cent, the statistics show.
Households' saving rate was 0.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2015. In the previous quarter, the figure was 0.5 per cent. The investment rate of households accounted for 10.4 per cent of disposable income.
The investment rate of households did not change significantly during the past year. Most of households' investments were investments in dwellings.
Households' adjusted disposable income was almost on level with the corresponding period of last year, growing by 0.3 per cent adjusted for price changes.
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