The productivity statistics for the second quarter of 2009 were released by the ONS on Wednesday. They show that whole economy output per worker decreased by 3.9% in the second quarter of 2009 from a fall of 4.4% in the previous quarter. Quarter-on quarter output per worker increased by 0.3% in Q2 after a fall of 2% in the previous quarter. Unit wage costs in Q2 for the whole economy increased 5.7% compared with Q2 2008. They increased by 1.6% on the first quarter and 1.5% on the previous quarter.
Using output per hour worked, an alternative measure of productivity, Q2 2009 saw a decrease of 3.4% for the same quarter a year ago and total hours worked fell by 2.4%.
Manufacturing output/hour decreased by 2.7% and services by 3.3% in Q2 2009. Services output/job decreased by 3.6%. The increase in the contraction rate of services productivity is partly due to an increase in the contraction rate of output partly offset by an increase in the contraction rate of services jobs.
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