Recovery quickens as productivity rebounds

The run of positive economic news has continued, with quarterly GDP growth in Q2 revised up to 0.7% and August’s CIPS/Markit PMIs pointing to even stronger growth in Q3. The divergence between output and employment growth evident in the surveys suggests that firms are meeting higher demand by raising productivity, rather than by hiring.

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