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Productivity of Canadian businesses increases in the second quarter

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quarterly % change -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 I II 2015 III IV I II 2016 III IV I II 2017 III IV I II 2018 III IV I II 2019 Real gross domestic productReal gross domestic product Labour productivityLabour productivity Hours workedHours worked
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Table 36-10-0206-01.

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Productivity of Canadian businesses increases in the second quarter, quarterly % change
  Real gross domestic product Labour productivity Hours worked
First quarter 2015 -0.9 -1.0 0.1
Second quarter 2015 -0.5 -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 0.2
Second quarter 2016 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5
Third quarter 2016 1.4 1.5 -0.1
Fourth quarter 2016 0.7 0.1 0.6
First quarter 2017 1.2 1.4 -0.2
Second quarter 2017 1.3 0.1 1.2
Third quarter 2017 0.1 -0.7 0.9
Fourth quarter 2017 0.4 0.3 0.2
First quarter 2018 0.3 -0.3 0.6
Second quarter 2018 0.6 0.3 0.2
Third quarter 2018 0.5 0.1 0.4
Fourth quarter 2018 -0.1 -0.4 0.3
First quarter 2019 0.0 0.4 -0.4
Second quarter 2019 1.0 0.2 0.8
Source(s):
Table 36-10-0206-01.
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