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Productivity

Productivity is a measure of supply-side efficiency. It can be measured in several ways including output per hour, output per job and output per worker employed.

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1st July 2015
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10th October 2017
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25th September 2017
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20th September 2017
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20th September 2017
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19th September 2017
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9th August 2017
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30th June 2017
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10th June 2015
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