Table F.1 Business sector - Labour productivity and related variables for Canada and the United States

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Table F.1
Business sector - Labour productivity and related variables for Canada and the United States

Table summary
This table displays the results of Business sector - Labour productivity and related variables for Canada and the United States. This information is grouped by item appearing as a row header, and grouped by first quarter 2010 to fourth quarter 2011 appearing as column headers, calculated using seasonally adjusted: Percent change from previous quarter and Percent change from previous quarter at annualized rate as a unit of measure.
Item First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2010 First quarter 2011 Second quarter 2011 Third quarter 2011 Fourth quarter 2011
seasonally adjusted
Notes:

Source: U.S. data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Productivity and costs, published in NEWS.

Calculations of growth rates are based on index numbers rounded to three decimal places.

1. The exchange rate corresponds to the Canadian dollar expressed in U.S. dollars.

2. The change at annualized rates corresponds to the annual growth rate that would have been observed if the growth over the quarter had been the same for the whole year.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-X.
Empty cell Percent change from previous quarter
Canada
Labour productivity 0.8 -0.7 0.8 0.1 0.7 -0.9 0.6 0.7
Real GDP 1.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 -0.4 1.2 0.5
Hours worked 0.9 1.2 -0.2 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.7 -0.2
Hourly compensation 0.7 0.1 1.4 0.7 1.2 0.1 -0.1 1.5
Unit labour cost -0.1 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.0 -0.6 0.8
Exchange rate1 1.5 1.2 -1.1 2.6 2.7 1.9 -1.3 -4.2
Unit labour cost in US$ 1.4 2.1 -0.5 3.3 3.2 2.9 -1.9 -3.4
United States
Labour productivity 1.0 0.3 0.6 0.3 -0.4 -0.0 0.4 0.2
Real GDP 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.9
Hours worked 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7
Hourly compensation 0.3 0.6 0.5 -0.0 1.2 -0.0 1.3 0.9
Unit labour cost -0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 1.7 0.0 0.9 0.7
Empty cell Percent change from same quarter of previous year
Canada
Labour productivity 1.9 1.2 1.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.4 1.1
Real GDP 1.9 4.0 4.2 3.6 3.1 2.1 2.8 2.4
Hours worked 0.0 2.7 2.2 2.7 2.1 1.4 2.3 1.3
Hourly compensation 1.7 1.5 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.4 2.0 2.8
Unit labour cost -0.2 0.3 1.0 1.9 2.5 2.7 1.5 1.7
Exchange rate1 19.7 13.5 5.6 4.2 5.5 6.2 6.0 -1.0
Unit labour cost in US$ 19.4 13.9 6.7 6.3 8.2 9.1 7.6 0.6
United States
Labour productivity 6.1 4.3 3.2 2.2 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1
Real GDP 2.7 4.1 4.6 4.2 3.0 2.2 2.0 2.1
Hours worked -3.3 -0.2 1.4 1.9 2.2 1.8 1.8 2.0
Hourly compensation 2.9 1.8 1.6 1.3 2.3 1.6 2.5 3.5
Unit labour cost -3.1 -2.4 -1.5 -0.9 1.5 1.2 2.3 3.3
Empty cell Percent change from previous quarter at annualized rate2
Canada
Labour productivity 3.1 -2.7 3.3 0.2 3.0 -3.5 2.2 2.9
Real GDP 6.7 2.2 2.4 3.2 4.5 -1.5 5.1 1.9
Hours worked 3.5 5.1 -0.9 3.0 1.5 2.1 2.8 -1.0
Hourly compensation 2.9 0.3 5.6 2.9 4.9 0.3 -0.3 6.2
Unit labour cost -0.2 3.1 2.3 2.7 1.9 4.0 -2.4 3.2
Unit labour cost in US$ 5.8 8.5 -2.1 13.7 13.5 12.1 -7.4 -13.0
United States
Labour productivity 4.2 1.2 2.3 1.3 -1.8 -0.1 1.5 1.0
Real GDP 5.1 4.7 3.7 3.2 0.3 1.7 2.7 3.7
Hours worked 0.9 3.5 1.4 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.2 2.8
Hourly compensation 1.1 2.5 1.9 -0.1 4.9 -0.1 5.3 3.8
Unit labour cost -2.9 1.3 -0.4 -1.3 6.8 0.1 3.8 2.8
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