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Table 1 
Business sector: Labour productivity and related variables for Canada and the United States1 – Seasonally adjusted

Business sector: Labour productivity and related variables for Canada and the United States – Seasonally adjusted
  First quarter 2013 Second quarter 2013 Third quarter 2013 Fourth quarter 2013 First quarter 2014 Second quarter 2014 Third quarter 2014 Fourth quarter 2014 First quarter 2015
  % change from previous quarter% change from previous quarter% change from previous quarter% change from previous quarter% change from previous quarter% change from previous quarter% change from previous quarter% change from previous quarter% change from previous quarter
Canada                  
Labour productivity 0.7 0.6 0.5 1.1 -0.3 2.0 0.3 0.3 -0.1
Real gross domestic product (GDP) 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.2 1.1 1.0 0.6 -0.3
Hours worked 0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 0.7 0.2 -0.2
Hourly compensation 0.4 0.7 0.6 1.5 0.2 2.0 0.5 0.3 1.1
Unit labour cost -0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.2 -0.1 1.2
Exchange rate2 -1.8 -1.4 -1.4 -1.0 -4.9 1.2 0.1 -4.0 -8.5
Unit labour cost in US dollars -2.0 -1.3 -1.3 -0.7 -4.4 1.2 0.3 -4.2 -7.4
United States3                  
Labour productivity 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.7 -1.3 0.7 0.8 -0.6 -0.8
Real GDP 0.8 0.5 1.4 1.1 -0.8 1.4 1.6 0.7 -0.3
Hours worked 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.5
Hourly compensation -1.5 1.1 0.0 0.4 1.6 -0.3 0.5 0.8 0.8
Unit labour cost -2.0 0.8 -0.8 -0.3 3.0 -1.0 -0.3 1.3 1.6
  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Second quarter 2014 Third quarter 2014 Fourth quarter 2014 First quarter 2015
  % change from the previous year% change from the previous year% change from the previous year% change from the previous year% change from the previous year % change from same quarter of previous year% change from same quarter of previous year% change from same quarter of previous year% change from same quarter of previous year
Canada                  
Labour productivity 1.8 1.4 0.0 1.1 2.7 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.5
Real GDP 3.8 3.3 1.9 2.2 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.4
Hours worked 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.5 -0.1
Hourly compensation 1.5 3.5 3.0 2.4 3.7 4.4 4.3 3.1 3.9
Unit labour cost -0.4 2.1 3.0 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.7 1.4
Exchange rate2 10.3 4.1 -1.0 -3.0 -6.7 -6.1 -4.7 -7.6 -11.0
Unit labour cost in US dollars 10.0 6.3 2.0 -1.7 -5.8 -5.1 -3.5 -6.9 -9.8
United States3                  
Labour productivity 3.3 0.1 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.9 0.9 -0.4 0.2
Real GDP 3.2 2.1 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.3 2.8 3.3
Hours worked -0.1 2.0 2.2 1.5 2.4 2.2 2.3 3.2 3.2
Hourly compensation 1.8 2.2 2.8 1.3 2.4 1.7 2.2 2.6 1.8
Unit labour cost -1.4 2.1 1.9 0.2 1.9 0.8 1.3 3.0 1.6
Source(s):
CANSIM table 383-0008.
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