Against a positive economic backdrop in recent quarters, one blot on the UK economy’s copybook has been the continuing dismal performance of productivity. Indeed, both output per worker and output per hour are likely to have fallen in Q4. But rising corporate confidence and a recovery in demand and real earnings leave us optimistic that productivity growth should pick up soon.
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