Monthly Statistical Bulletin
3.5 Labour productivity
Quarter	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Labour productivity index (a) (b)
September	97.0	96.5	100.2	99.9	100.3
December	96.5	97.0	99.8	99.9
March	96.8	97.2	100.4	98.4
June	97.0	98.9	99.5	99.7
Annual	96.8	97.4	100.0	99.4
Quarterly change (a) – per cent
September	0.9	-0.5	1.3	0.4	0.6
December	-0.5	0.5	-0.4	0.0
March	0.3	0.2	0.6	-1.5
June	0.2	1.7	-0.9	1.3
Annual change (a) – per cent
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September	3.6	-0.5	3.8	-0.3	0.4
December	0.6	0.5	2.9	0.1
March	-0.1	0.4	3.3	-2.0
June	0.9	2.0	0.6	0.2
Annual	1.3	0.6	2.7	-0.6
(a) Quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted.
(b) Reference year for index is 2009–10 = 100.0.
Source: ABS, Australian national accounts: national income, expenditure and product,
Cat. no. 5206.0
								Update
								7 March 2012