UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds

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Productivity measures the economic output produced by each worker, and is a crucial determinant of growth. Photograph: Matt Crossick/Alamy View image in fullscreen Productivity measures the economic output produced by each worker, and is a crucial determinant of growth. Photograph: Matt Crossick/Alamy Productivity UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisis

Prefer the Guardian on Google Productivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation .

The thinktank suggests the chancellor, John Healey , may have inherited an economy finally starting to emerge from the long shadow of the 2008 global financial crisis.

Productivity measures the economic output produced by each worker, and is a crucial determinant of growth.

The Resolution Foundation reconsiders the UK’s recent productivity record, using what it argues is a more accurate snapshot of the workforce than the widely criticised labour force survey .