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Be alert but not alarmed about post-COVID productivity slump

There is a lot of noise, and various explanations for the short-term decline, but not yet a clear story of emerging structural impediments to growth.

Danielle Wood and Alex Robson

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Another national accounts release, another lacklustre annual productivity statistic – but with a glimmer of hope.

Over the year to September, labour productivity growth fell by 2.1 per cent. While this is a slight improvement on the previous quarter, it represents a slide of about 0.9 per cent since just before the pandemic.

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Danielle Wood is the chairwoman of the Productivity Commission.
Alex Robson is deputy chairman of the Productivity Commission

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