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Richard Boxshall

Richard is a senior consultant and economist at PwC. His role includes preparing the firm’s macroeconomic outlook reports and advising FS clients on scenario and stress testing. Richard was previously an economist at HM Treasury for over seven years.

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Blogs review: the UK’s output, employment and productivity puzzle

What’s at stake:While the decline in output in the UK over the last few years has been the longest and nearly deepest since the Great Depression, employment has remained surprisingly stable, even recently increasing at an impressive fast pace despite the double-dip recession. Contrary to the US, which has experienced recent increases in productivity, many European countries have seen persistently weak productivity. But the UK’s loss of labour productivity stands out, as it is now 10% below its pre-crisis trend. Whether the nature of this decline is temporary or permanent has become a central issue for policymakers in the UK.

By: Jérémie Cohen-Setton and Richard Boxshall Topic: Global economy and trade Date: October 1, 2012