Services Productivity Falls While Economy Grows

Statistics released by the ONS show that whole economy labour productivity in terms of output per worker increased by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2011 compared with the same quarter a year ago while output per hour also increased by 0.3%. Unit wage costs increased by 0.6%. Output per job in the manufacturing sector increased by 4.4%. while in the service sector it fell by 0.5%.

Productivity Up 1.7%

Output per worker increased by 1.7% for the whole economy compared with the same quarter in 2009 and by 0.1% compared with the previous quarter. Output per hour increased by 1.4% in Q3 2010 compared with Q3 2009 and 0.3% on the last quarter. Unit wage costs increased by 0.5% compared woth 2009.

Manufacturing sector output per job increased by 8% in Q3 2010 compared with Q3 2009 and by 0.8% on the previous quarter. Output per job in the service sector increased by 1% on Q3 2009 and was unchanged on Q2 2010. In agriculture, output per job decreased by 8.2% and output per hour worked decreased by 11.6% in 2009 compared with 2008.