SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 3 may-2021

www.ine.pt page 1/7 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Statistics Portugal makes available the weekly report for monitoring the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report covers the press releases concerning: - Business turnover, employment, wages and hours worked indices in Services – February 2021, published on April 12; - Indices of production, employment, and wages in Construction – February de 2021, published on April 13; - Consumer price index – March 2021, published on April 13; - Tourism activity – February 2021, published on April 14; - Deaths by week – preliminary data, weeks 12 and 13 of 2021, published on April 16. For further details, see the links available throughout this press release. May . 03 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 Services turnover decreased by 20.0% The Services Turnover Index continued to decline even further, registering a year-on-year rate of change of -20.0% in February 2021 (-16.5% in the previous month), the most declining figure since last June. In the last 12 months, the turnover of this sector of activity has suffered an average reduction of 18.8%. In February, the remaining indices of Services presented the following year-on-year rates of change: • Employment: -9.5% (-8.5% in January); • Wages and salaries: -8.3% (-7.6% in January); • Hours worked (adjusted for calendar effects): -25.0% (-16.5% in January).