"Figure 3: Growth rates of the services sector and its components, quarter on same quarter a year ago","" "Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2016 to Quarter 1 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Jan to Mar, Q2 refers to Apr to June, Q3 refers to July to Sept, Q4 refers to Oct to Dec. 2. Consumer-facing industries refer to retail trade, food and beverage serving activities, publishing, audio visual and broadcasting activities, and arts, entertainment and recreation (Standard Industrial Classification 2007 codes 45, 47, 56, 58, 59, 60, 90, 91, 92 and 93). " "Unit","% growth" "","" "","Total services output","Consumer facing industries" "2016 Q1","2.5","5.3" "2016 Q2","2.3","4.8" "2016 Q3","2.7","6.6" "2016 Q4","2.5","5.9" "2017 Q1","1.9","3.2" "2017 Q2","1.8","2.7" "2017 Q3","1.3","0.6" "2017 Q4","1.1","0.0" "2018 Q1","1.2","0.5"