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Growth in the productivity of Canadian businesses slows in the third quarter

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quarterly % change -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 II 2014 III IV I II 2015 III IV I II 2016 III IV I II 2017 III IV I II 2018 III Real gross domestic productReal gross domestic product Labour productivityLabour productivity Hours workedHours worked
Source(s):
Table 36-10-0206-01.

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Growth in the productivity of Canadian businesses slows in the third quarter, quarterly % change
  Real gross domestic product Labour productivity Hours worked
Second quarter 2014 1.2 1.7 -0.5
Third quarter 2014 1.1 0.9 0.2
Fourth quarter 2014 0.8 0.5 0.3
First quarter 2015 -0.9 -1.0 0.1
Second quarter 2015 -0.6 -1.2 0.6
Third quarter 2015 0.4 -0.1 0.5
Fourth quarter 2015 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
First quarter 2016 0.5 0.3 0.3
Second quarter 2016 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5
Third quarter 2016 1.4 1.5 -0.1
Fourth quarter 2016 0.7 0.0 0.7
First quarter 2017 1.2 1.4 -0.2
Second quarter 2017 1.3 0.1 1.1
Third quarter 2017 0.1 -0.7 0.9
Fourth quarter 2017 0.4 0.2 0.2
First quarter 2018 0.4 -0.2 0.5
Second quarter 2018 0.7 0.7 0.0
Third quarter 2018 0.5 0.3 0.2
Source(s):
Table 36-10-0206-01.
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