Quarterly non-financial sector accounts

Data presented in this press release are derived from Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (QSA), that include Quarterly non-financial General government account. QSA are estimated at current prices and expressed in millions of euro. Data for Consumer households and Non-financial corporations are presented in seasonally adjusted form. Data for the General government are not seasonally adjusted.

General government account
In the second quarter of 2017 total expenditures and total revenues for General government grew respectively by 1.6% and 1.3% compared with the second quarter of the previous year. The increase of total expenditures results from an increase both in current (+1.3%) and in capital expenditures (+4.8%). The increase in total revenues is due to the growth of current taxes on income and wealth, taxes on production and imports and social contributions.
The General government deficit (net
borrowing) to GDP ratio was 0.5% in the second quarter of 2017, compared with the 0.4% in the second quarter of 2016. The tax burden ratio was stable (41.8%) compared with the second quarter 2016.

Consumer households
In the second quarter of 2017 gross disposable income of Consumer households increased by 0.2% with respect to the previous quarter and final consumption expenditure by 0.4%. Compared with the second quarter of 2016 gross disposable income of Consumer households raised by 0.9% and final consumption expenditure by 2.7%. Gross disposable income of Consumer households in real terms remained unchanged compared with the previous quarter, and decreased by 0.3% compared with the second quarter of 2016.

The gross saving rate of Consumer households (defined as gross saving divided by gross disposable income, the latter being adjusted for the change in the net equity of households in pension funds reserves) was 7.5%, compared with 7.7% in the previous quarter and 9.0% in
the second quarter of 2016.
The gross investment rate of Consumer households (defined as gross fixed capital formation divided by gross disposable income) was 5.9% in the second quarter of 2017, unchanged with respect to the previous quarter and 0,1 percentage points higher compared with the same quarter of 2016 (5,8%).

Non-financial corporations
The gross profit share of Non-financial corporations (defined as gross operating surplus divided by gross value added) was 41.5% in the second quarter of 2017, compared to 41.6% in the previous quarter and 42.0% in the second quarter of 2016.
Gross investment rate of Non-financial corporations (defined as gross fixed capital formation divided by gross value added) was 20.3% in the second quarter of 2017, compared with 20.1% in the previous quarter and with 19.8% in the second quarter of 2016.