HC Deb 31 July 1978 vol 955 c93W
Mr. Hayhoe

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the

1975 1976 1977 1978
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
United States … … 8.0 8.5 8.4 8.3 7.4 7.3 7.6 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.1
Japan* … … 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2
Germany* … … 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6
France* … … 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.6 5.2 5.1
United Kingdom* … … n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.7 7.6 6.8 6.6
Canada … … 6.7 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.8 8.0 8.2 8.3 8.3
Italy* … … n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 6.5 6.3 6.7 6.8 7.6 7.5 7.5
Australia … … n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 5.0 4.5 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.5 6.8
Finland … … n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 4.3 4.3 4.8 5.9 6.6 7.1 7.1
Norway … … n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.2 1.3 1.9
Spain … … 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.9 6.3 7.1
Sweden … … 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.1
Source:OECD Economic Outlook.
* Figures adjusted to international definitions by OECD.

In some instances, there are slight inconsistencies between the figures for the second quarter of 1976 onwards and those for earlier periods, owing to revisions which have not been published by OECD. Where the discontinuities are greater than 0.1 figures are shown as "not available" (n.a.).