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Growth in hours worked again exceeds that of business output in the first quarter

quarterly % change -2.0 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 II 2021 III IV I II 2022 III IV I 2023 Real gross domestic productReal gross domestic product Labour productivityLabour productivity Hours workedHours worked
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Growth in hours worked again exceeds that of business output in the first quarter, quarterly % change
  Real gross domestic product Labour productivity Hours worked
Second quarter 2021 -1.1 -1.5 0.5
Third quarter 2021 1.5 -1.2 2.7
Fourth quarter 2021 2.1 -0.5 2.6
First quarter 2022 0.8 0.1 0.7
Second quarter 2022 0.9 -0.3 1.2
Third quarter 2022 0.5 -0.4 0.9
Fourth quarter 2022 -0.4 -0.5 0.1
First quarter 2023 0.8 -0.6 1.4
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