Percent Change
(Dollars in millions)
2019
Actual
Constant
2018
Services Revenues:
Americas
$1,576
-5%
-3%
$1,654
EMEA
1,021
-2%
2%
1,046
Asia Pacific
643
-7%
-4%
695
Total revenues
3,240
-5%
-2%
3,395
Total Expenses (1)
2,703
-1%
2%
2,729
Total Margin
$537
-19%
-18%
$666
Total Margin %
17%
20%
% Revenues by Geography:
Americas
49%
49%
EMEA
31%
31%
Asia Pacific
20%
20%

text: Services Business
text: We offer services to customers and partners to help to maximize the performance of their investments in Oracle applications and infrastructure technologies. Services revenues are generally recognized as the services are performed. The cost of providing our services consists primarily of personnel related expenses, technology infrastructure expenditures, facilities expenses and external contractor expenses.
text: (1) Excludes stock-based compensation and certain expense allocations. Also excludes amortization of intangible assets and certain other GAAP-based expenses, which were not allocated to our operating segment results for purposes of reporting to and review by our CODMs, as further described under “Presentation of Operating Segments and Other Financial Information” above.
text: Excluding the effects of currency rate fluctuations, our total services revenues decreased in fiscal 2019 relative to fiscal 2018 primarily due to revenue declines in our education services and, to a lesser extent, our consulting services. During fiscal 2019, constant currency increases in our EMEA-based services revenues were offset by constant currency services revenue decreases in the Americas and the Asia Pacific regions.
text: In constant currency, total services expenses increased in fiscal 2019 compared to fiscal 2018 primarily due to an increase in employee related expenses and external contractor expenses associated with investments in our consulting services that support our cloud offerings. In constant currency, total margin and total margin as a percentage of total services revenues decreased during fiscal 2019 relative to fiscal 2018 due to decreased revenues and increased expenses for this business.

Questions:
question: By how much less did the company make in services revenues in 2019 compared to 2018?
answer: 155
derivation: 3,395 - 3,240 
scale: million
question: How much less was the total margin in 2019 then in 2018?
answer: 129
derivation: 666-537 
scale: million
question: What was the difference in percentage revenues by geography in the EMEA relative to the Asia Pacific in 2019?
answer: 11
derivation: 31-20 
scale: million
question: How much was the constant percentage change and the actual percentage change in total expenses?
answer: 2%
-1%
scale: percent
question: What make up the company's cost of providing services?
answer: The cost of providing our services consists primarily of personnel related expenses, technology infrastructure expenditures, facilities expenses and external contractor expenses.
question: Why did the total services revenue decrease in fiscal 2019 relative to fiscal 2018?
answer: Excluding the effects of currency rate fluctuations, our total services revenues decreased in fiscal 2019 relative to fiscal 2018 primarily due to revenue declines in our education services and, to a lesser extent, our consulting services.