Tuesday, 29 October 2019

UK Productivity Falls

Labour productivity in the UK, as measured by output per hour, fell by 0.5% in the second quarter of 2019 ended June 2019 when compared with the same quarter of the previous year, according to new data released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). This follows two previous quarters of zero growth.

The data from ONS reports labour productivity estimates for the second quarter of 2019 for the whole economy and a range of industries, together with estimates of unit labour costs. Both services and manufacturing saw a fall in labour productivity growth of -0.8% and -1.9% respectively, compared with the same quarter in the previous year.

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