"Figure 4: Whole economy unit labour costs increased by 3.1% quarter on year ago","" "Seasonally Adjusted, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2008 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage points" "","" "Date","Output per hour (sign reversed)","Labour costs per hour","ULC" "2008 Q1","-0.9","3","2.1" "2008 Q2","-0.9","1.8","0.9" "2008 Q3","1.1","0.7","1.8" "2008 Q4","3.3","0.4","3.8" "2009 Q1","2.7","0","2.7" "2009 Q2","3","3.1","6.3" "2009 Q3","0.9","3.9","4.8" "2009 Q4","-0.7","5","4.2" "2010 Q1","-1.6","4.8","3.1" "2010 Q2","-1.6","1.5","-0.1" "2010 Q3","-1.1","1.5","0.4" "2010 Q4","-0.8","-0.3","-1.1" "2011 Q1","-0.7","0.9","0.1" "2011 Q2","-1.7","1.9","0.2" "2011 Q3","-0.9","0.2","-0.7" "2011 Q4","-1.2","1.7","0.5" "2012 Q1","-0.6","0.9","0.3" "2012 Q2","1.4","0.2","1.6" "2012 Q3","0.8","2.1","2.9" "2012 Q4","1.4","0.2","1.7" "2013 Q1","1","0.7","1.7" "2013 Q2","0.1","3.5","3.6" "2013 Q3","0.6","1.4","2" "2013 Q4","-0.2","3.3","3.1" "2014 Q1","0","2","2" "2014 Q2","0","-2.1","-2.2" "2014 Q3","-1.1","-0.4","-1.5" "2014 Q4","-1.1","-0.8","-1.9" "2015 Q1","-1.1","-0.1","-1.1" "2015 Q2","-1.8","2.3","0.5" "2015 Q3","-1.5","3.3","1.8" "2015 Q4","0.3","1.6","2" "2016 Q1","-0.4","1.1","0.7" "2016 Q2","0.2","2.7","2.9" "2016 Q3","0.1","2.4","2.4" "2016 Q4","-1.9","3","1" "2017 Q1","-0.9","3.7","2.8" "2017 Q2","-0.4","1.7","1.3" "2017 Q3","-1.5","1.9","0.4" "2017 Q4","-1.2","3.5","2.3" "2018 Q1","-1","3.7","2.7" "2018 Q2","-1.5","3.6","2.1" "2018 Q3","0.2","2.6","2.9" "2018 Q4","0.1","2.9","3.1"