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InBiz: Productivity Puzzle 04 April 2013

Thu, 4 Apr 13

The UK economy is in a quandry: employment is rising but the productivity of its workforce¹ is not. Behind the numbers, Peter Day tries to explain this puzzle and why it matters.

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n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。