Is there a British productivity comeback?
Tyler Cowen

Let us hope:Britain is seeing early signs of a long-awaited turnaround of its productivity woes, according to an alternative measure that suggests output per hour worked has risen at a pace not seen since before the financial crisis.The Resolution Foundation said a “blistering” productivity surge has been masked by problems with official statistics and pointed to encouraging indications of a clearout of “zombie” firms that contribute little to the economy.Productivity growth, when measured using the Office for National Statistics’ troubled Labour Force Survey, was just 1.1% in the year through the third quarter of 2025. But the figures look far better when based on employee payrolls data that are more trusted by economists, the think tank said.“Productivity was essentially flat between the pre-pandemic peak of Q4 2019 and post-pandemic trough of Q1 2024, but it has grown by a blistering 3.4% in the six quarters after that, a rate not seen since before the financial crisis,” the Resolution Foundation said in a report published Monday. Those gains are more than the previous seven years combined, it added.Here is more from Bloomberg.  I will update you on this as I learn more.The post Is there a British productivity comeback? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.MediaMedia Media Media Media Media Media Media CommentsThe problem with productivity is that it is largely decoupled ... by KalebergDead cat bounce. by HHAI. by Lord ActionRelated StoriesGreenland fact of the dayPodcast with Salvador DuarteThose new (old) service sector jobs, chimney sweep edition 

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