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Growth in labour productivity of Canadian businesses slows in the fourth quarter

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quarterly % change -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 III 2012 IV I II 2013 III IV I II 2014 III IV I II 2015 III IV I II 2016 III IV Real gross domestic productReal gross domestic product Labour productivityLabour productivity Hours workedHours worked
Source(s):
CANSIM table 383-0008.

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Growth in labour productivity of Canadian businesses slows in the fourth quarter, quarterly % change
  Real gross domestic product Labour productivity Hours worked
Third quarter 2012 0.1 -0.1 0.3
Fourth quarter 2012 0.0 -0.2 0.2
First quarter 2013 1.2 0.8 0.4
Second quarter 2013 0.8 0.8 0.1
Third quarter 2013 1.0 0.8 0.2
Fourth quarter 2013 1.2 0.9 0.2
First quarter 2014 -0.1 -0.3 0.3
Second quarter 2014 1.3 1.8 -0.5
Third quarter 2014 0.5 0.3 0.2
Fourth quarter 2014 0.7 0.4 0.3
First quarter 2015 -0.6 -0.6 0.1
Second quarter 2015 -0.3 -1.1 0.8
Third quarter 2015 0.7 0.0 0.7
Fourth quarter 2015 0.0 0.2 -0.2
First quarter 2016 0.7 0.4 0.3
Second quarter 2016 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3
Third quarter 2016 1.1 1.2 -0.1
Fourth quarter 2016 0.7 0.4 0.4
Source(s):
CANSIM table 383-0008.
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