Real-time analysis on Japan's labor productivity

► SNA has been substantially revised even after the second comprehensive revisions. ► Revisions to annual labor productivity growth are 0.4 percentage points on average. ► Upward revisions to labor productivity reflect an underestimation of recent Census. ► Revisions to source data help to predict revisions to labor productivity growth. ► Labor productivity during the 2000s will experience substantial revisions.