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Table 4. Durable manufacturing sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, and unit labor costs,
seasonally adjusted
                                                                              Real
                 Output                                        Compen-        compen-
 Year            per hour                      Hours           sation         sation         Unit
 and             of all                        of all          per hour       per hour       labor
 quarter         persons        Output         persons           (1)            (2)          costs
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                      Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2013 I             3.7            6.5            2.7            3.0            1.4           -0.6  

2012 ANNUAL        4.1 r          7.1 r          2.9 r          2.7 r          0.6           -1.3 r

2012 IV            3.3 r          3.8 r          0.5 r          0.2 r         -2.0 r         -3.0 r
     III           0.3 r          0.0 r         -0.3            0.3           -1.7            0.0 r
     II            3.7 r          5.0 r          1.3           12.4           11.3            8.4 r
     I             8.5 r         13.0 r          4.2            8.8            6.3 r          0.3 r

2011 ANNUAL        2.9 r          6.8 r          3.8            3.0           -0.1            0.1 r

2011 IV            1.8 r          9.7 r          7.8           -8.3           -9.5 r         -9.9 r
     III           8.4 r          7.8 r         -0.6            1.1           -1.8 r         -6.8 r
     II           -4.4 r          0.3 r          5.0           -3.9           -8.2 r          0.5 r
     I             2.5 r          7.5 r          4.9           15.4           10.5 r         12.6 r
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                    Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2013 I             2.7            3.8            1.0            3.9            2.1            1.1  

2012 ANNUAL        4.1 r          7.1 r          2.9 r          2.7 r          0.6           -1.3 r

2012 IV            3.9 r          5.4 r          1.4 r          5.3 r          3.4 r          1.4 r
     III           3.5 r          6.8 r          3.2            3.0            1.3 r         -0.5 r
     II            5.5 r          8.8 r          3.1            3.2            1.3           -2.2 r
     I             3.4 r          7.6 r          4.1           -0.8           -3.5 r         -4.1 r

2011 ANNUAL        2.9 r          6.8 r          3.8            3.0           -0.1            0.1 r

2011 IV            2.0 r          6.3 r          4.2            0.7           -2.6           -1.3 r
     III           2.3 r          5.0 r          2.6            3.2           -0.5            0.9 r
     II            1.1 r          5.7 r          4.5            2.6           -0.7            1.5 r
     I             6.3 r         10.5 r          3.9            5.6            3.4           -0.7 r
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                                         Indexes 2005=100

2013 I           120.4          103.9           86.3          124.7          104.9          103.6  

2012 ANNUAL      118.2 r        101.3 r         85.6 r        122.8 r        104.4 r        103.9 r

2012 IV          119.3 r        102.3 r         85.7 r        123.8 r        104.5 r        103.8 r
     III         118.3 r        101.3 r         85.6          123.7          105.0 r        104.6 r
     II          118.2 r        101.3 r         85.7          123.6          105.5 r        104.6 r
     I           117.2 r        100.1 r         85.4          120.1          102.7 r        102.5 r

2011 ANNUAL      113.6 r         94.5 r         83.2          119.6          103.8          105.3 r

2011 IV          114.8 r         97.1 r         84.6          117.6          101.1 r        102.4 r
     III         114.3 r         94.9 r         83.0          120.1          103.7 r        105.1 r
     II          112.0 r         93.1 r         83.1          119.8          104.2 r        107.0 r
     I           113.3 r         93.0 r         82.1          121.0          106.4 r        106.8 r
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                                        May 2, 2013
r=revised                                                        Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics