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Table 1a
Labour productivity, business sector, Canada and United States, annual percentage change, 1997 to 2004
 
Daily
release
 Canada United States BLS1
release
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
After the revisions round in 1997 (annual)
1999-03-23
2.9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1.7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
November 1998
After the revisions round in 1998 (annual)
2000-01-18
2.8
0.6
...
...
...
...
...
...
2.2
2.8
...
...
...
...
...
...
November 1999
First estimates published for 1999 (annual)
2000-05-01
2.4
0.5
1.4
...
...
...
...
...
2.1
2.7
3.1
...
...
...
...
...
November 2000
First estimates published for 2000 (4th quarter)
2001-03-29
2.3
1.3
1.7
1.4
...
...
...
...
2.3
2.8
2.8
4.2
...
...
...
...
2001-06-05
After the revisions round of 2000 (1st quarter)
2001-06-25
2.62
2.22
2.42
1.62
...
...
...
...
2.32
2.72
2.52
3.12
...
...
...
...
2001-08-07
First estimates published for 2001 (4th quarter)
2002-03-14
2.6
2.12
2.42
1.52
1.22
...
...
...
2.3
2.72
2.52
3.42
2.02
...
...
...
2002-05-31
After the revisions round in 2001 (1st quarter)
2002-06-14
2.6
1.72
2.92
2.12
0.82
...
...
...
2.3
2.62
2.62
3.02
1.12
...
...
...
2002-08-09
First estimates published for 2002 (4th quarter)
2003-03-14
2.6
1.7
2.92
2.12
0.82
2.22
...
...
2.3
2.6
2.62
3.02
1.12
4.82
...
...
2003-06-04
After the revisions round in 2002 (1st quarter)
2003-06-12
2.6
1.7
2.92
3.12
1.22
1.82
...
...
2.2
2.6
2.52
3.12
2.02
5.32
...
...
2003-08-07
First estimates published for 2003 (4th quarter)
2004-03-12
2.6
1.4
3.3
3.82
1.02
1.92
0.12
...
1.9
2.6
2.9
2.92
2.22
4.92
4.52
...
2004-03-04
After the revisions round in 2003 (1st quarter)
2004-06-11
2.6
1.4
3.3
3.92
1.42
2.32
0.42
...
1.8
2.7
2.9
2.92
2.52
4.32
4.52
...
2004-08-10
First estimates published for 2004 (4th quarter)
2005-03-10
2.6
1.5
3.3
3.6
1.72
2.52
0.22
0.02
1.8
2.7
2.9
2.9
2.5
4.32
4.52
4.02
2005-03-03
After the revisions round in 2004 (1st quarter)
2005-06-09
2.7
2.1
2.8
3.4
1.52
2.12
0.22
0.02
1.9
2.8
2.9
2.8
2.5
4.02
3.92
3.42
2005-08-09
Difference short-term revision round
 
-0.2
1.5
1.4
2.0
0.3
-0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
-0.2
-1.4
0.5
-0.8
-0.6
-0.6
 
1. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2. The shaded areas cover the four-year period of annual revisions that arise from the gross domestic product revision cycle. In Canada, the System of National Accounts revisions are usually made available with the release of the first quarter, while in the United States it is published with the preliminary estimates of the second quarter.
Sources: Canadian data: Statistics Canada; United States data: Bureau of Labor Statistics.