Quarterly unit labour cost 2009

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	Quarterly unit labour cost
	Percentage change over previous period

		2007		2008				2009
		Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2
	Australia	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.7	0.5
	Austria	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.5
	Belgium	0.6	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.4	1.5	1.0	0.7
	Canada	0.9	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.6
	Czech Republic	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.2
	Denmark	1.2	1.4	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.8
	Finland	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.7	2.1	2.5	2.7	2.7
	France	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7
	Germany	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.6	2.0	2.1	2.0
	Greece	1.4	1.9	1.5	0.9	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.2
	Hungary	1.1	0.9	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.1	0.9 e	0.7 e
	Ireland	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
	Italy	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.9
	Japan	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.6	0.3
	Korea	-0.4	-1.3	-1.6	-1.1	-0.6	-0.0	0.2	-0.2
	Luxembourg	0.9	1.2	1.8	2.2	2.1	1.9	1.6	1.2
	Netherlands	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.6	1.7	1.7
	New Zealand	1.0	1.4	1.9	1.9	1.3	0.8	0.7	0.5
	Norway	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.8	1.6	1.2	1.6	1.9
	Poland	1.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.2	0.8	0.5
	Slovak Republic	0.7	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5
	Spain	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9
	Sweden	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.3	1.8	1.2
	Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	United Kingdom	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	1.0	1.0	..
	United States	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6
	OECD-Total	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.8
Last updated: 19 November 2009
e	Estimated value
Source: Labour: Unit labour cost - quarterly indicators, Main Economic Indicators (database)

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