Thursday, March 29, 2001 For release at 8:30 a.m.
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MAJOR RELEASES
- Industrial product and raw materials price indexes, February 2001
The annual rates of growth for both industrial and raw material prices continued to slow in February. This marks the third consecutive month of decelerating growth for the Industrial Product Price Index and the fourth for the Raw Materials Price Index.
- Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost, fourth quarter 2000
Labour productivity growth in the business sector was 0.7% in the fourth quarter compared with the last quarter of 1999. This was lower than rates of growth in the first three quarters. The moderate rise occurred in the context of lower growth rates in domestic demand and hours worked. In contrast, unit labour costs grew 3.1% in the fourth quarter compared with the same quarter of 1999.
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