1.   Most of the revision came because the government changed the way it had calculated wages and hours, as well as a new method of measuring output.

2.   Much of the revision came because the government revised its data to reflect historical revisions to wages and hours and a new method of measuring output.

3.   The French government has now asked personal stereo importers to come up with an acceptable method for measuring sound output.

4.   The government starts by measuring output, from which it subtracts inflation to get real growth.

5.   Measuring output per worker may therefore cause an upward bias in productivity indicators.

6.   Traditional-minded employers, however, seem to have trouble accepting the idea of measuring output rather than mere presence of employees, Mimos researcher Asmahani Aswadalai says.