How to read it
100 means productivity was unchanged on the same period a year earlier; 101.7 means growth of about 1.7 per cent. It shows how much output each unit of labour produces, and is read beside real wages: wage growth persistently ahead of productivity is what separates a tight labour market from an overheating one.
What this series does not give you: it is quarterly and cumulative while the labour market state is computed monthly, so the two cannot be lined up period for period. The comparison is left to the reader.
How it is measured
Rosstat's operational labour productivity indicator, the whole-economy line. Cumulative from the start of the year: the first-half figure covers six months and is compared with the same six months a year earlier, not with the previous quarter. Published quarterly.