"Figure 2: Spending on services was more adversely affected during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic","" "Comparison of the compositional changes in goods and services during the global financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic","" "","" "Notes","1. This shows the contributions to the annual percentage change in household final consumption expenditure, comparing the global financial crisis and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This looks at domestic expenditure, which excludes net tourism spending. 2. The ""cumulative"" figures show the contributions to the net change in household final consumption expenditure over the respective two year periods – 2008 and 2009 for the global financial crisis and 2020 and 2021 for the coronavirus pandemic. 3. Total goods are the sum of the expenditures on durables, semi-durables, and non-durable goods. Durable goods are goods that can be repeatedly or continuously used over a period of more than a year. Non-durable goods and services can only be consumed or used once. Non-durable goods are items with shorter shelf-life, such as vegetables. Semi-durable is used to describe those goods that are used continuously or repeatedly over a period of a year but tend to have a shorter lifespan and a significantly lower purchaser price than durable goods." "Unit","%" "","" "Percentage change compared to 2019 Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec)","Durables","Semi-durables","Non-durables","Services" "2008","-0.06","0.23","-0.53","0.24" "2009","-0.27","0.09","-0.91","-1.26" "GFC Cumulative","-0.33","0.31","-1.43","-1.02" "2020","-0.87","-0.27","0.77","-9.56" "2021","0.34","1.02","0.06","4.82" "Covid-19 Cumulative","-0.56","0.65","0.83","-5.21"