§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide, further to the answer to the hon. Member for Oldham, West on 16 May, Official Report, column 183, comparative data on gross domestic product, manufacturing, wages, prices, productivity, investment and wages and prices per unit of output for each of the countries listed for the period 1980 to 1983.
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§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 7 June 1984, c. 218]: The available information is given in the following table:
Annual Average Percentage Increase, 1980–1983 United Kingdom United States of America Federal Republic of Germany France Japan Sweden Gross domestic product at constant market prices + 1.2 + 1.3 — +0.7 +3.4 +0.5 Manufacturing output -1.5 +0.4 -1.2 -1.7 + 1.6 + 1.0 Wages per head: manufacturing *+11.1 †+6.8 ‡4.5 ║+13.6 ¶+4.8 •+8.7 Retail prices +8.3 +6.4 +4.7 +11.6 +3.2 +9.9 Manufacturing productivity +5.1 +3.2 +2.2 + 1.3 + 1.0 n.a. Manufacturing investment at constant prices ■ -17.0 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Wages and salaries per unit of output in manufacturing +5.7 +4.8 *+2.6 n.a. +4.2 n.a. Notes: n a = not available.
*All employees; on a weekly basis.
† Production workers; hourly earnings.
‡ Monthly earnings.
║ Hourly wage rates.
¶ Hourly earning.
• Including mining; hourly earnings.
■Internationa. definition, excluding leased assets, average 1980–82 data not yet available for 1983 on this definition.
*Including mining.
Sources: Derived from OECD Main Economic Indicators, United Kingdom Monthly Digest of Statistics, Employment Gazette and unpublished data.