Table 11. Production Workers: Annual percent change in exchange rates
-26- Table 11. Production Workers: Annual percent change in exchange rates (U.S. dollars per national currency unit), 34 countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 1975-2007 Country or Area 1975- 1975- 1980- 1985- 1990- 1995- 2000- 2005 2006 2007 2007 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2007 Americas United States............. - - - - - - - - - - Brazil.................... - - - - - - -.9 20.2 12.0 11.7 Canada.................... -.2 -2.7 -3.1 3.2 -3.2 -1.6 4.8 7.4 6.8 5.6 Mexico.................... -19.1 -11.5 -38.3 -38.0 -15.2 -7.5 -2.0 3.6 -.1 -.2 Asia and Oceania Australia................. -1.4 -2.7 -9.3 2.2 -1.0 -4.7 5.4 3.6 -1.2 11.4 Hong Kong SAR (1)......... -1.4 -.1 -8.6 .0 .1 -.1 .0 .1 .1 -.4 Israel.................... -24.0 -34.1 -66.3 -10.2 -7.7 -5.9 -.2 -.1 .7 7.8 Japan..................... 2.9 5.6 -1.1 10.5 9.1 -2.7 -1.3 -1.8 -5.3 -1.2 Korea, Republic of........ -2.0 -4.4 -6.9 4.2 -1.7 -7.4 2.8 11.9 7.3 2.7 New Zealand............... -1.5 -4.3 -12.6 3.7 1.9 -7.0 7.1 6.1 -7.9 13.4 Philippines............... - - - - - -10.3 -.8 1.7 7.5 9.5 Singapore................. 1.4 2.1 -.5 3.9 5.1 -3.9 2.0 1.6 4.8 5.4 Sri Lanka................. -8.2 -15.7 -9.5 -7.5 -4.8 -7.8 -5.0 .7 -3.3 -6.0 Taiwan.................... .5 1.1 -2.0 8.2 .3 -3.3 -.7 3.9 -1.2 -1.1 Europe Austria................... 1.7 6.1 -9.0 12.8 2.4 -7.5 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Belgium................... .7 4.7 -13.2 12.2 2.5 -7.6 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Czech Republic............ - - - - - -7.2 9.4 7.3 6.0 10.0 Denmark................... .2 .4 -11.9 11.4 2.0 -7.1 5.8 -.1 .9 9.2 Finland................... -.5 -.3 -9.7 10.1 -2.6 -7.4 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 France.................... -.3 .3 -14.0 10.5 1.8 -6.8 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Germany................... - - - - - -7.5 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Greece.................... -6.2 -5.4 -21.0 -2.7 -7.3 -8.7 5.7 .1 .9 9.1 Hungary................... - - - - - -14.9 6.2 1.6 -5.1 13.6 Ireland................... -.8 -1.5 -12.3 9.2 -.7 -6.1 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Italy..................... -2.4 -5.3 -14.8 9.8 -6.0 -4.9 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Luxembourg................ .7 4.7 -13.2 12.2 2.5 -7.6 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Netherlands............... 1.4 4.9 -9.8 12.7 2.6 -7.6 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Norway.................... -.4 1.1 -10.5 6.6 -.3 -6.4 6.0 4.6 .5 9.5 Poland.................... - - - - - - 6.5 13.0 4.3 10.7 Portugal.................. -5.3 -12.7 -21.9 3.8 -1.0 -7.1 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Spain..................... -2.3 -4.3 -15.9 10.8 -3.9 -7.1 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Sweden.................... -1.5 -.4 -13.2 7.8 -3.7 -4.9 4.5 -1.6 1.3 9.1 Switzerland............... 2.4 9.0 -7.4 12.0 3.3 -6.9 5.0 -.2 -.6 4.4 United Kingdom............ -.3 .9 -11.0 6.6 -2.4 -.8 4.1 -.6 1.3 8.5 Trade-Weighted Measures (2,3) All 33 Foreign Economies.. -3.3 -2.0 -12.6 -.4 -2.3 -4.5 2.7 3.0 1.8 4.6 OECD (4).................. -3.1 -1.6 -12.3 -.7 -2.5 -4.6 3.0 3.2 1.9 4.8 Europe.................... .2 2.2 -11.5 10.4 .2 -5.9 5.4 .0 .9 8.8 Euro Area (5)............. .2 2.2 -11.8 11.3 .7 -7.0 5.8 .1 .9 9.1 Eastern Europe (6)........ - - - - - - 7.2 7.9 1.9 11.4 East Asia ex-Japan (7).... -.5 -.9 -4.4 4.8 .5 -4.9 1.1 5.6 3.7 2.3 Rates of change based on compound rate method. Dash means data not available. (1) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (2) For a description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical Notes preceding these tables. (3) The trade-weighted measures for production workers in this table are not directly comparable with those for all employees earlier in this release; the country coverage of the two series differs slightly. (4) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (5) Euro Area refers to European Union member countries in this release that have adopted the Euro as the common currency as of January 1, 2009. (6) Eastern Europe refers to the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. (7) East Asia ex-Japan includes Hong Kong SAR, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.
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