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Table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits, and prices, seasonally adjusted



Table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
              Output                      Hourly    Real                Unit     Total    Unit   Implicit
    Year      per all-                    compen-   hourly     Unit     non-     unit     pro-   price
    and       employee          Employee  sation    compen-    labor    labor    costs    fits   deflator
    quarter   hour      Output  hours      (1)      sation(2)  costs    costs(6) (7)      (8)      (4)
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                                             Indexes 1992=100

2005       I   r141.0   r165.4    r117.3   r158.0    r117.7    r112.1   r111.0   r111.8   r151.2   r115.3
          II   r141.9   r167.7    r118.2   r158.5    r117.2    r111.7   r111.0   r111.5   r160.8   r115.9
         III   r141.3   r167.9    r118.8   r160.8    r117.1    r113.8   r114.4   r113.9   r146.6   r116.9
          IV   r142.1   r170.0    r119.7   r161.8    r116.7    r113.9   r112.3   r113.5   r158.8   r117.5

      ANNUAL   r141.6   r167.7    r118.5   r159.8    r117.2    r112.9   r112.2   r112.7   r154.4   r116.4

2006       I   r142.8   r171.9     120.4    163.8    r117.6    r114.8   r112.3   r114.1   r164.0   r118.5
          II   r141.9   r171.5    r120.9   r163.9    r116.7    r115.5   r114.2   r115.2   r164.8   r119.6
         III   r142.7   r173.4    r121.5   r164.6    r116.0    r115.3   r114.0   r114.9   r172.8   r120.1
          IV   r143.0   r174.2    r121.8   r169.3    r119.8    r118.4   r114.7   r117.4   r150.4   r120.3

      ANNUAL   r142.6   r172.8    r121.1   r165.4    r117.5    r116.0   r113.8   r115.4   r162.9   r119.7

2007       I   r143.5   r174.6    r121.7   r171.4    r120.2    r119.5   r114.9   r118.2   r154.7   r121.5
          II   r144.2   r175.9    r121.9   r172.4    r119.5    r119.5   r115.0   r118.3   r158.5   r121.9
         III   r145.3   r177.5    r122.2   r173.6    r119.5    r119.5   r114.7   r118.2   r154.3   r121.4
          IV    145.6    177.8     122.2    175.1     119.1     120.3    115.5    119.0    147.3    121.5

      ANNUAL    144.6    176.4     122.0    173.1     119.6     119.7    115.0    118.4    153.7    121.6

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                             Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

2005       I     r0.4     r0.6       0.2      2.6      r0.8      r2.1     r6.5     r3.3     r9.5     r4.0
          II     r2.8     r5.9       3.0     r1.3     r-1.6     r-1.5     r0.0    r-1.1    r27.8     r2.0
         III     -1.6      0.4       2.1     r6.1     r-0.2       7.8    r12.6      9.1    -30.8      3.4
          IV     r2.1     r5.1       3.0     r2.5     r-1.4      r0.5    r-7.2    r-1.7    r37.5     r2.3

      ANNUAL     r1.4     r3.1       1.7      3.8       0.4      r2.4     r2.7     r2.4     r6.6     r2.9

2006       I     r2.0     r4.5      r2.4     r5.1      r3.2      r3.0    r-0.1     r2.2    r13.7     r3.5
          II    r-2.5    r-0.8       1.7      0.2     r-3.3      r2.8     r7.2     r3.9     r1.9     r3.7
         III     r2.4     r4.4       1.9      1.6     r-2.4     r-0.8    r-0.9    r-0.9    r20.9     r1.7
          IV     r0.9     r1.9      r1.1    r12.0     r13.8     r11.1     r2.7     r8.8   r-42.6     r0.8

      ANNUAL     r0.7     r3.0       2.2      3.5       0.2      r2.8     r1.4     r2.4     r5.5     r2.8

2007       I      1.2      0.9      -0.3      5.1      r1.4       3.8      0.5      2.9     11.8      3.9
          II      2.1      2.9       0.8      2.3     r-2.3       0.2      0.5      0.3     10.4      1.4
         III      2.9      3.7       0.7      2.8       0.1      -0.1     -1.2     -0.4    -10.2     -1.6
          IV      0.9      0.9       0.0      3.5      -1.4       2.6      2.9      2.7    -16.9      0.3

      ANNUAL      1.4      2.1       0.7      4.7       1.8       3.2      1.1      2.6     -5.7      1.6

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                          Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

2005       I     r2.5     r3.7       1.1      4.7       1.7      r2.1     r1.4     r1.9    r11.9     r3.0
          II     r2.1     r3.8       1.7      3.7      r0.8      r1.6     r1.6     r1.6    r10.4     r2.6
         III     r0.2     r1.9       1.7      3.8       0.0      r3.6     r5.0     r4.0    r-2.4     r3.2
          IV     r0.9     r3.0       2.1      3.1      -0.6      r2.2     r2.7     r2.3     r7.4     r2.9

      ANNUAL     r1.4     r3.1       1.7      3.8       0.4      r2.4     r2.7     r2.4     r6.6     r2.9

2006       I     r1.3     r4.0       2.6      3.7       0.0      r2.4     r1.1     r2.0     r8.4     r2.8
          II     r0.0     r2.3       2.3      3.4      -0.5      r3.5     r2.9     r3.3     r2.5     r3.2
         III     r1.0     r3.3       2.3      2.3      -1.0      r1.3    r-0.4     r0.9    r17.8     r2.8
          IV     r0.7     r2.5       1.8      4.6       2.6      r3.9     r2.2     r3.4    r-5.3     r2.4

      ANNUAL     r0.7     r3.0       2.2      3.5       0.2      r2.8     r1.4     r2.4     r5.5     r2.8

2007       I     r0.5     r1.6       1.1      4.6      r2.2      r4.1     r2.3     r3.6    r-5.7     r2.5
          II     r1.6     r2.5       0.9      5.2      r2.4      r3.5     r0.7     r2.7    r-3.8     r1.9
         III     r1.8     r2.3       0.6      5.5      r3.1      r3.7     r0.6     r2.8   r-10.7     r1.1
          IV      1.8      2.1       0.3      3.4      -0.6       1.6      0.7      1.4     -2.1      1.0

      ANNUAL      1.4      2.1       0.7      4.7       1.8       3.2      1.1      2.6     -5.7      1.6
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                        May 7, 2008
r=revised                                                               Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics




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