Last week, IFM Investors chief economist, Alex Joiner, published the below chart showing the striking divergence in productivity growth between Australia and the United States:
![Labour productivity growth](https://api.macrobusiness.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Labour-productivity.png)
Source: Alex Joiner (IMF Investors)
As you can see, Australia’s labour productivity has recorded near-zero growth since 2015, whereas labour productivity in the United States has risen by 13% over the same period.