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UK productivity higher than we had thought

UK productivity rose at almost twice the pace previously estimated in the decade after the 2008 global financial crisis, according to new official figures that make Britain look much less of an international outlier. Output per hour worked, the main measure of labour productivity, grew by an average of 1.3 per cent per year between […]

UK productivity higher than we had thought

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UK productivity rose at almost twice the pace previously estimated in the decade after the 2008 global financial crisis, according to new official figures that make Britain look much less of an...

Output per hour worked, the main measure of labour productivity, grew by an average of 1.3 per cent per year between […]

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UK productivity rose at almost twice the pace previously estimated in the decade after the 2008 global financial crisis, according to new official figures that make Britain look much less of an international outlier. Output per hour worked, the main measure of labour productivity, grew by an average of 1.3 per cent per year between […]

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