"Figure 2: Whole economy unit labour costs","" "Seasonally adjusted, year-on-year changes and contributions, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2000 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2016, UK","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage points" "","" "Quarter","ULC","Output per hour (sign reversed)","Labour costs per hour" "2000 Q1","1.60","-5.20","6.80" "2000 Q2","1.50","-4.60","6.10" "2000 Q3","4.20","-3.30","7.50" "2000 Q4","6.60","-1.30","7.90" "2001 Q1","7.50","-0.40","7.90" "2001 Q2","5.30","-0.80","6.10" "2001 Q3","2.80","-1.70","4.50" "2001 Q4","1.80","-2.70","4.50" "2002 Q1","1.30","-1.70","3.00" "2002 Q2","1.60","-3.00","4.60" "2002 Q3","1.60","-2.20","3.80" "2002 Q4","1.40","-2.40","3.80" "2003 Q1","0.70","-2.90","3.60" "2003 Q2","1.40","-2.40","3.80" "2003 Q3","2.40","-3.10","5.50" "2003 Q4","1.90","-4.00","5.90" "2004 Q1","2.30","-2.50","4.80" "2004 Q2","2.10","-2.50","4.60" "2004 Q3","2.80","-1.50","4.30" "2004 Q4","4.10","0.70","3.40" "2005 Q1","3.30","-0.40","3.70" "2005 Q2","2.60","-1.00","3.60" "2005 Q3","1.10","-1.90","3.00" "2005 Q4","-0.60","-4.30","3.70" "2006 Q1","1.40","-3.50","4.90" "2006 Q2","3.20","-2.10","5.30" "2006 Q3","4.70","-1.50","6.20" "2006 Q4","7.50","-0.10","7.60" "2007 Q1","4.80","-1.10","5.90" "2007 Q2","3.90","-1.20","5.10" "2007 Q3","2.80","-1.70","4.50" "2007 Q4","0.50","-2.30","2.80" "Q1 2008","2.60","-0.50","3.10" "Q2 2008","0.90","-0.80","1.70" "Q3 2008","1.80","1.30","0.50" "Q4 2008","3.80","3.70","0.10" "Q1 2009","3.30","2.90","0.40" "Q2 2009","6.80","3.20","3.60" "Q3 2009","5.30","1.10","4.20" "Q4 2009","5.20","-0.80","6.00" "Q1 2010","3.60","-1.60","5.20" "Q2 2010","0.40","-1.80","2.20" "Q3 2010","0.60","-1.50","2.10" "Q4 2010","-1.60","-1.30","-0.30" "Q1 2011","-0.10","-0.80","0.70" "Q2 2011","0.20","-1.50","1.70" "Q3 2011","-0.60","-0.80","0.20" "Q4 2011","0.90","-0.70","1.60" "Q1 2012","1.50","-0.10","1.60" "Q2 2012","1.50","1.40","0.10" "Q3 2012","2.80","0.80","2.00" "Q4 2012","1.40","1.20","0.20" "Q1 2013","0.60","0.70","-0.10" "Q2 2013","3.10","0.20","2.90" "Q3 2013","1.70","1.00","0.70" "Q4 2013","2.30","0.00","2.30" "Q1 2014","1.70","0.20","1.50" "Q2 2014","-1.90","0.00","-1.90" "Q3 2014","-1.30","-1.30","0.00" "Q4 2014","-1.20","-1.30","0.10" "Q1 2015","-0.50","-1.10","0.60" "Q2 2015","0.80","-1.60","2.40" "Q3 2015","2.10","-1.10","3.20" "Q4 2015","1.30","0.20","1.10" "Q1 2016","0.80","-0.50","1.30" "Q2 2016","1.90","-0.40","2.30"