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Table F.2 Business sector - Some related variables for labour markets1,2

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Item Second quarter 2007 Third quarter 2007 Fourth quarter 2007 First quarter 2008 Second quarter 2008 Third quarter 2008
seasonally adjusted

1. Source: U.S. data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Productivity and costs, published in NEWS.

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

3. This is the ratio of labour compensation to GDP at market prices in current dollars.

4. The change at annualized rates corresponds to the annual growth rate that would have been observed if the growth over the quarter had been the same for the whole year.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-X.

Empty cell Percent change from previous quarter

Canada

All jobs

0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 -0.0

Hours worked

1.0 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2

Average hours

0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 0.2

Labour share3

-0.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 -2.0 -0.4

United States

All jobs

0.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.5

Hours worked

0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 -0.8

Average hours

-0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3

Labour share3

-1.2 -0.9 0.6 -0.2 -0.8 -0.5
Empty cell Percent change from same quarter of previous year

Canada

All jobs

2.2 2.4 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.3

Hours worked

2.0 2.2 2.3 2.3 1.5 1.0

Average hours

-0.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.3

Labour share3

0.6 0.3 -0.5 0.7 -0.5 -1.3

United States

All jobs

1.0 0.5 0.3 -0.2 -0.6 -1.0

Hours worked

1.0 0.2 -0.3 -0.6 -1.0 -1.6

Average hours

0.0 -0.3 -0.6 -0.4 -0.4 -0.6

Labour share3

1.1 -0.3 -1.3 -1.7 -1.3 -0.9
Empty cell Percent change from previous quarter at annualized rates4

Canada

All jobs

2.8 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.2 -0.0

Hours worked

4.2 2.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9

Average hours

1.4 0.5 -0.7 -1.2 -0.3 0.9

Labour share3

-3.5 1.9 2.1 2.3 -7.9 -1.6

United States

All jobs

0.7 -0.2 0.3 -1.5 -0.9 -1.9

Hours worked

0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -1.6 -1.0 -3.2

Average hours

0.0 -0.4 -1.0 -0.1 -0.1 -1.3

Labour share3

-4.6 -3.5 2.3 -0.7 -3.2 -1.8