Quarterly Sector Accounts - 2. quarter of 2018

Household saving rate increased

02.10.2018
Code: 050057-18
 

According to seasonally adjusted data, the total of monetary and non-monetary income of households increased in real terms by 1.4%, quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q). The real consumption per capita increased by 1.1% and the saving rate increased by 0.4 percentage point (p. p.). The investment rate of non-financial corporations increased by 0.4 percentage point, q-o-q.

Non-financial corporations: labour costs continued to grow

The profit rate1 in the Q2 2018 was 46.9%, which is by 1.0 p. p. less, q-o-q, and by 2.5 p. p. less, year-on-year (y-o-y). Total labour costs of non-financial corporations increased by 9.4%, y-o-y. The profit rate of domestic corporations still remained above average, because based on the available data of Eurostat the average profit rate of non-financial corporations for the EU is about 40.0% for a long-term. The investment rate2 increased by 0.4 p. p., q-o-q, and reached 28.9%. In the y-o-y comparison it increased by 0.6 p. p.  


Households: the saving rate increased by 0.4 p. p. after having been decreasing for several quarters

The total of monetary and non-monetary income of households per capita3 increased in real terms by 1.4%, quarter-on-quarter, in the Q2; in the y-o-y comparison it was 2.7% up. Household real consumption per capita4 grew slower, i.e. by 1.1%, q-o-q; in the y-o-y comparison it increased by 2.4%.

Average monthly income of households per capita in nominal terms5 was CZK 26 0656; of that, CZK 4 6196 consisted of individual services and goods7 provided by the general government and non-profit institutions serving households.

Average monthly income from employment8 reached CZK 32 8786 in the Q2 and it increased in real terms by 1.8%, q-o-q; in the y-o-y comparison it was 6.0% up.

Average monthly consumption of households per capita in nominal terms9 reached CZK 24 2136.

Resulting from the faster growth of household income compared to their expenditure was a higher saving rate10 compared to the previous quarter; it increased by 0.4 p. p. to 9.8%. The investment rate in the household sector remained unchanged, q-o-q; it amounts to 9.3%.

 

GDP estimate refinement

Concurrently, the gross domestic product (GDP) estimate has been refined without having influence on total growth rates. The GDP increased by 0.7%, q-o-q; in the y-o-y comparison it grew by 2.4% in the Q2 2018. For the time series of the GDP resources and uses see: https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/hdp_ts.

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Notes:
1.   The profit rate of non-financial corporations is defined as the gross operating surplus divided by the gross value added (B.2g/B.1g). The indicator refers to profitability of production factors from the production process.
2.   The investment rate of non-financial corporations is defined as the gross fixed capital formation divided by the gross value added (P.51g/B.1g). The indicator refers to the investments in non-financial assets (buildings, machinery etc.) divided by the value created during the production process.
3.   The total of real monetary and non-monetary income of households per capita is defined as the adjusted gross disposable income of households, in nominal terms, divided by the mid-year population and deflated by the deflator (price index) of final consumption expenditure of households.
4.   Household real consumption per capita is defined as real final consumption of households, in nominal terms, divided by the mid-year population and deflated by the deflator (price index) of final consumption expenditure of households.
5.   Average monthly income of households per capita, in nominal terms, is defined as the adjusted disposable income of households divided by the mid-year population.
6.   Seasonally non-adjusted piece of data.
7.   Individual services and goods provided to households by the general government and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) refer to the value of products and services provided in the form of health and social care, education, housing, and the like. They include especially benefits in kind related to health insurance (payments for health aids, medical and dental treatment, medical operations, and the like) paid by health insurance companies to providers of such goods and services. Social transfers in kind (D.63) also include benefits in kind provided by municipalities (including reimbursements for approved household expenditure for certain types of products and services) and all the value of non-market services of the general government and non-profit institutions serving households provided for individual consumption. The same value is imputed in the sector of households on the income side (adjusted disposable income) as well as on the expenditure side (real final consumption of households).
8.   Average monthly income from employment is defined as wages and salaries for the national economy (D.11) in average per month divided by the number of employees (full-time equivalent). The wages and salaries indicator includes all income from employment, namely in cash as well as in kind (employee benefits) regardless of whether they have been officially reported or not. The number of employees (full-time equivalent) includes all forms of employment, formal and informal. Various types of agreements are also included. The calculation does not include hours worked by working owners of enterprises, who are according to national accounts definitions included in the category of employees.
9.   Average monthly consumption of households per capita, in nominal terms, is defined as the real final consumption of households divided by the mid-year population.  
10. The household saving rate is defined as gross saving divided by gross disposable income, with the latter including the change in the net equity of households in pension funds reserves (B.8g/(B.6g+D.8)). Gross saving is the part of the gross disposable income that has not been spent as final consumption expenditure.

Contact person: Vladimír Kermiet, Director of the National Accounts Department
phone number (+420) 274 054 247,
e-mail: vladimir.kermiet@czso.cz
Used data sources updated as at: 25 September 2018
Related CZSO website: https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/quarterly-national-accounts-gdp-resources-and-uses-and-gdp-preliminary-estimate
Next Release will be published on: 11 January 2019 (Quarterly Sector Accounts for the third quarter of 2018)

Data of quarterly sector accounts are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise stated.

The news releases of Eurostat on quarterly sector accounts are published later. The latest published information for the first quarter of 2018 is available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-press-releases/-/2-04072018-AP,
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-press-releases/-/2-04072018-BP,
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-press-releases/-/2-27072018-AP.

 Quarterly sector accounts data are published on the CZSO website in the tables of Transactions in Products and Distributive Transactions by Sector:
http://apl.czso.cz/pll/rocenka/rocenkavyber.kvart_qsa?mylang=EN
and Quarterly Non-Financial Sector Accounts (Current and Capital Accounts, not seasonally adjusted): 
http://apl.czso.cz/pll/rocenka/rocenkavyber.kvart_qsa_mat?mylang=EN

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  • Annexes:
  • Table 1 Selected indicators of Quarterly Sector Accounts - (seasonally non-adjusted data)
  • Table 2 Selected indicators of Quarterly Sector Accounts - y-o-y change (seasonally non-adjusted data)
  • Table 3 Selected indicators of Quarterly Sector Accounts (seasonally adjusted data)
  • Table 4 Selected indicators of Quarterly Sector Accounts - q-o-q change (seasonally adjusted data)
  • Chart 1 Average monthly income of households from employment – seasonally adjusted
  • Chart 2 Real income and consumption expenditure of households – seasonally adjusted
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Published: 02.10.2018
The data are valid as of the release date of the publication.


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