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Text table 3.4
Labour productivity, Canada and US business sector, index Q4 2007 = 100

Labour productivity, Canada and US business sector, index Q4 2007 = 100
  Canada US
Employment Average hours worked Total hours worked Output Labour productivity Employment Average hours worked Total hours worked Output Labour productivity
  index Q4 2007 = 100
2007-IV 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2008-I 100.7 99.7 100.5 99.5 99.0 99.7 99.9 99.6 99.7 100.0
2008-II 100.7 99.6 100.5 99.4 99.0 99.2 99.9 99.2 99.9 100.8
2008-III 100.5 99.7 100.2 99.3 99.1 98.6 99.5 98.2 99.0 100.9
2008-IV 99.7 99.0 98.9 97.8 99.0 97.0 99.1 96.1 97.2 101.1
2009-I 98.2 98.5 96.8 95.7 98.9 95.3 98.6 93.9 95.0 101.1
2009-II 97.5 98.0 95.6 94.6 99.0 93.9 98.1 92.1 94.7 102.8
2009-III 97.6 98.1 95.8 94.6 98.8 93.1 97.7 91.0 95.4 104.9