Multifactor productivity
decreased by 0.4% in Italy in 2016, ISTAT said on Wednesday.
The drop is a reversal after increases registered in the
2009-2014 period and in 2015, the national statistics agency
said.
Overall labour productivity in the measured sectors fell by
1.0% in 2016, as value added increased by 0.9% and hours worked
increased by 1.9%, ISTAT said.
"The decrease in labour productivity in 2016 was accounted
for by a fall in capital deepening (i.e. a reduction of capital
input relative to labour input) which contributed -0.6
percentage points, with total factor productivity accounting for
-0.4 percentage points," the agency said.
"Over the entire period 1995-2016, the average annual growth
rate in value added was 0.6%".
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