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
  Fourth quarter 2013 First quarter 2014 Second quarter 2014 Third quarter 2014 Fourth quarter 2014 First quarter 2015 Second quarter 2015 Third quarter 2015 Fourth quarter 2015
  % change from the previous quarter% change from the previous quarter% change from the previous quarter% change from the previous quarter% change from the previous quarter% change from the previous quarter% change from the previous quarter% change from the previous quarter% change from the previous quarter
Canada                  
Labour productivity 0.9 -0.1 1.8 0.2 0.5 -0.6 -0.9 0.4 0.1
Real gross domestic product (GDP) 1.1 0.1 1.1 0.6 0.9 -0.4 -0.3 0.8 0.1
Hours worked 0.3 0.2 -0.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.0
Hourly compensation 1.0 0.4 1.9 0.8 0.0 0.7 -0.4 -0.1 0.9
Unit labour cost 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.6 -0.5 1.3 0.5 -0.5 0.8
Exchange rate2 -1.0 -4.9 1.2 0.1 -4.0 -8.5 0.9 -6.0 -2.0
Unit labour cost in US dollars -0.9 -4.4 1.3 0.7 -4.5 -7.3 1.5 -6.6 -1.2
United States3                  
Labour productivity 0.8 -0.9 0.7 0.6 -0.6 -0.3 0.9 0.6 -0.7
Real GDP 1.3 -0.4 1.4 1.3 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.5 0.2
Hours worked 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.5 0.3 -0.1 0.8
Hourly compensation 0.5 1.4 -0.2 0.6 0.8 0.3 1.4 1.0 0.3
Unit labour cost -0.3 2.4 -0.9 -0.0 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.0
  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 First quarter 2015 Second quarter 2015 Third quarter 2015 Fourth 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 the same quarter of the previous year% change from the same quarter of the previous year% change from the same quarter of the previous year% change from the same quarter of the previous year
Canada                  
Labour productivity 1.8 -0.4 1.3 2.5 -0.2 1.9 -0.9 -0.7 -1.1
Real GDP 3.5 1.7 2.5 2.8 1.0 2.2 0.8 0.9 0.1
Hours worked 1.7 2.2 1.2 0.3 1.2 0.3 1.7 1.6 1.2
Hourly compensation 3.6 2.7 3.0 3.7 1.4 3.4 1.1 0.1 1.0
Unit labour cost 1.7 3.2 1.7 1.1 1.6 1.5 2.0 0.8 2.1
Exchange rate2 4.1 -1.0 -3.0 -6.7 -13.6 -11.0 -11.3 -16.8 -15.0
Unit labour cost in US dollars 6.0 2.1 -1.4 -5.7 -12.1 -9.7 -9.6 -16.1 -13.1
United States3                  
Labour productivity 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5
Real GDP 2.1 2.9 2.0 3.0 2.9 3.6 3.4 2.6 2.1
Hours worked 2.0 2.2 1.6 2.4 2.4 3.2 2.8 2.0 1.5
Hourly compensation 2.2 2.8 1.2 2.6 2.8 1.5 3.2 3.6 3.1
Unit labour cost 2.1 2.0 0.8 2.0 2.3 1.1 2.5 2.9 2.5
Source(s):
CANSIM table 383-0008.
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