The largest contribution to the month-on-month growth came from distribution, hotels and restaurants, which contributed 0.20 percentage points of which retail trade contributed 0.17 percentage points.

In the 3 months to April 2017, services output increased by 0.2% compared with the 3 months ending January 2017.

The slowdown in 3-month on 3-month growth since October 2016 is driven mainly by the distribution, hotels and restaurants, and the transport, storage and communication components.