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Report production time: 01-Sep-2008, 16:29:41
| BANK OF ISRAEL - RESEARCH DEPARTMENT |
| MAIN ISRAELI ECONOMIC DATA |
| EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES |
| G-3: LABOR INPUT (thousand hours per week, seasonally adjusted, based on Labor Force Surveys) |
| Quarterly averages2 |
| 2005 |
101,773.9 |
78,627.3 |
91,040.6 |
22,800.4 |
68,253.9 |
16,402.7 |
5,230.2 |
15,847.9 |
| 2006 |
103,742.2 |
80,607.9 |
93,405.8 |
23,019.2 |
70,333.5 |
16,726.0 |
5,604.8 |
16,584.0 |
| 2007 |
109,422.7 |
85,083.8 |
98,136.7 |
24,061.0 |
74,096.1 |
17,599.8 |
6,310.1 |
17,822.7 |
| 2008 |
113,899.7 |
89,477.2 |
103,619.5 |
25,745.3 |
77,844.1 |
18,656.1 |
6,301.6 |
18,731.3 |
| Quarterly data |
| 2007:2 |
108,334.1 |
84,147.1 |
97,566.6 |
23,734.9 |
73,506.0 |
17,455.4 |
5,313.9 |
17,922.8 |
| 2007:3 |
110,156.7 |
85,149.5 |
98,962.7 |
23,498.6 |
74,082.1 |
17,313.5 |
5,722.5 |
17,792.2 |
| 2007:4 |
111,272.7 |
86,303.3 |
99,750.1 |
24,779.5 |
74,907.2 |
17,939.4 |
5,463.5 |
18,169.8 |
| 2008:1 |
113,048.3 |
88,821.2 |
100,920.8 |
24,485.6 |
76,820.2 |
18,076.8 |
5,297.6 |
18,520.0 |
| 2008:2 |
114,751.0 |
90,133.1 |
102,804.1 |
25,086.2 |
78,312.7 |
18,823.3 |
5,316.5 |
18,504.9 |
| Annual rate of change (year - on - year) |
| 2004 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
-1.7 |
3.3 |
2.2 |
-2.8 |
3.8 |
| 2005 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
3.3 |
1.4 |
-2.0 |
4.3 |
| 2006 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
7.2 |
4.6 |
| 2007 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
4.5 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
12.6 |
7.5 |
| Over equivalent period in preceding year3 |
| 2008:1 |
5.1 |
5.8 |
4.4 |
2.7 |
4.9 |
2.3 |
5.1 |
8.0 |
| 2008:2 |
5.5 |
6.0 |
4.9 |
3.4 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.3 |
4.4 |
| Quarter-on-quarter4 |
| 2007:3 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
-1.0 |
0.8 |
-0.8 |
7.7 |
-0.7 |
| 2007:4 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
5.5 |
1.1 |
3.6 |
-4.5 |
2.1 |
| 2008:1 |
1.6 |
2.9 |
1.2 |
-1.2 |
2.6 |
0.8 |
-3.0 |
1.9 |
| 2008:2 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
4.1 |
0.4 |
-0.1 |
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