Release: Labour Productivity, Q3 2012
Contact
Mark Franklin
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
Telephone: +44 (0)1633 455981
Categories: Labour Market, People in Work, Productivity, Economy, Prices, Output and Productivity, Productivity Measures, Labour productivity
Frequency of release: Quarterly
Language: English
Geographical coverage: UK
Geographical breakdown: Region
Survey name(s): Labour Force Survey, Monthly Business Survey (Production and Services), Monthly Business Survey - Retail Sales Inquiry, Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey, Short Term Employment Survey (GAPS), Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES)
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On an output per hour basis, UK labour productivity fell by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2012. Market sector productivity fell by 0.6 per cent on this basis, to its lowest level since 2005
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Output per hour in the services sector fell by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter. Output per hour fell by 0.9 per cent in manufacturing and by 1.2 per cent in the broader production sector
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Whole economy unit labour costs fell by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter and were 3.3 per cent higher than a year earlier. Manufacturing unit wage costs increased by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter and were 6.2 per cent higher than a year earlier
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ONS has published proposals for new measures of unit labour costs below the whole economy, including replacing the currently published series for manufacturing unit wage costs. A user group meeting to discuss these proposals will be held in February 2013
In this release
- Statistical bulletin: Labour Productivity, Q3 2012
- Pre-release Access List: Labour Productivity, Q3 2012 (Pdf 34Kb)
- Labour Productivity, Q3 2012 Dataset
- Reference tables (2)
These National Statistics are produced to high professional standards and released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
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