OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: May 2008

For most major OECD economies, except Canada and the United Kingdom, unit labour cost growth in industry remained negative in the fourth quarter of 2007. Germany has now had negative industry unit labour cost growth since the second quarter of 2003 while Japan last saw positive unit labour cost growth for industry in the fourth quarter of 2001.

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