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Business sector: Labour productivity and related variables for Canada and the United StatesNote 1 – Seasonally adjusted

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Business sector: Labour productivity and related variables for Canada and the United States – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of business sector: labour productivity and related variables for canada and the united states – seasonally adjusted third quarter 2009, fourth quarter 2009, first quarter 2010, second quarter 2010, third quarter 2010, fourth quarter 2010, first quarter 2011, second quarter 2011 and third quarter 2011, calculated using % change from previous quarter, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, fourth quarter  2010, first quarter 2011, second quarter 2011, third quarter 2011, % change from the previous year and % change from same quarter of previous year units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2010 First quarter 2011 Second quarter 2011 Third quarter 2011
  % change from previous quarter
Canada                  
Labour productivity 0.0 1.0 0.8 -0.7 0.8 0.1 0.3 -1.0 0.4
Real gross domestic product 0.3 1.4 1.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 -0.4 1.0
Hours worked 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.2 -0.2 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7
Hourly compensation -0.1 0.8 0.7 0.1 1.4 0.7 1.0 0.0 -0.1
Unit labour cost -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 1.0 -0.5
Exchange rateNote 2 6.3 4.0 1.5 1.2 -1.1 2.6 2.7 1.9 -1.3
Unit labour cost in US dollars 6.2 3.7 1.4 2.1 -0.5 3.3 3.4 3.0 -1.7
United StatesNote 3                  
Labour productivity 1.7 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.6 0.4 -0.3 0.0 0.5
Real gross domestic product 0.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.7
Hours worked -1.2 -0.1 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Hourly compensation 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.1 1.3 0.0 -0.1
Unit labour cost -1.0 -1.0 -0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 1.7 0.0 -0.6
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Fourth quarter  2010 First quarter 2011 Second quarter 2011 Third quarter 2011
  % change from the previous year % change from same quarter of previous year
Canada                  
Labour productivity 1.3 -0.3 -0.8 0.0 1.5 0.9 0.5 0.2 -0.2
Real gross domestic product 2.7 1.9 -0.3 -4.5 3.4 3.6 3.0 2.1 2.5
Hours worked 1.4 2.1 0.5 -4.5 1.9 2.7 2.5 1.9 2.8
Hourly compensation 5.1 3.5 3.1 2.0 2.3 2.9 3.2 3.1 1.6
Unit labour cost 3.8 3.8 3.9 1.9 0.8 1.9 2.6 2.9 1.9
Exchange rateNote 2 6.8 6.0 0.9 -6.7 10.3 4.2 5.5 6.2 6.0
Unit labour cost in US dollars 10.8 10.1 4.7 -4.9 11.3 6.3 8.3 9.3 8.0
United StatesNote 3                  
Labour productivity 0.9 1.5 0.7 2.4 4.1 2.4 1.0 0.7 0.6
Real gross domestic product 3.0 2.0 -1.3 -4.9 3.9 4.2 3.0 2.2 2.0
Hours worked 2.1 0.5 -2.0 -7.1 -0.1 1.8 2.0 1.5 1.5
Hourly compensation 3.8 4.1 3.3 1.6 2.0 1.5 2.6 2.0 1.3
Unit labour cost 2.8 2.6 2.6 -0.8 -2.0 -0.8 1.6 1.3 0.7
Note 1.

Calculations of growth rates are based on index numbers rounded to three decimal places.

Note 2.

The exchange rate corresponds to the Canadian dollar value expressed in US dollars.

Note 3.

US data are from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Productivity and costs: Third quarter 2011 published in NEWS, November 30.