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UPDATE 1-Canada labor productivity drops for second consecutive quarter

Published 2017-12-06, 08:37 a/m
Updated 2017-12-06, 08:40 a/m
© Reuters.  UPDATE 1-Canada labor productivity drops for second consecutive quarter

© Reuters. UPDATE 1-Canada labor productivity drops for second consecutive quarter

OTTAWA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The labor productivity of Canadian businesses fell by 0.6 percent in the third quarter, the second consecutive decline, as the number of hours worked grew faster than business output, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday.

The drop was the largest since the 1.2-percent decline in the second quarter of 2015, which also marked the last time that productivity fell for two quarters in a row.

Real gross domestic product of businesses rose by 0.3 percent in the third quarter, sharply down from 1.2 percent in the second quarter.

The number of hours worked on production in the business sector grew by 0.9 percent after rising by 1.3 percent in the second quarter.

Overall labor costs per unit of production grew by 1.2 percent as the average pay per hour worked edged up by 0.6 percent on strength in both the goods- and service-producing industries.

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