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Latest revision as of 18:31, 14 April 2019

The ratio of a firm's capital assets to its spending on labour.


Capital-to-labour rates stagnate
"Firms have hired workers to produce more to meet the rising demand rather than investing in new capacities.
As a result capital-to-labour ratios and rates of productivity growth have stagnated."
The Treasurer magazine, April 2018, p15 - Kallum Pickering, senior UK economist, Berenberg Bank.


See also