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Appendix table 1. Business sector: Revised labor productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted



Appendix table 1.
 Business sector: Revised labor productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices,
 seasonally adjusted.

                                                           Real
                                                Hourly     hourly                Unit       Implicit
 Year          Labor                            compen-    compen-     Unit      nonlabor   price
 and           produc-               Hours      sation     sation      labor     payments   deflator
 quarter       tivity     Output     worked     (1)        (2)         costs     (3)        (4)
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                       Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

 2017 ANNUAL    1.3 r       2.7 r      1.4        3.6 r      1.4 r      2.3 r      1.1 r      1.7  

 2017 IV        0.6 r       4.6 r      4.0        4.6 r      1.5 r      4.1 r      0.6 r      2.5 r
      III       3.0 r       3.6 r      0.6        5.7 r      3.5 r      2.7 r      0.9 r      1.9 r
      II       -0.2 r       1.9 r      2.1        2.4 r      2.0 r      2.6 r     -1.0 r      1.0 r
      I         0.6 r       2.5 r      1.9        3.3 r      0.4 r      2.7 r      1.1 r      2.0 r

 2016 ANNUAL    0.4 r       1.9 r      1.5        1.1       -0.2        0.7 r      0.9 r      0.8  

 2016 IV        3.0 r       3.2 r      0.2        5.2        2.6        2.1 r      1.3 r      1.7 r
      III       1.6         2.5 r      0.9        2.1 r      0.2        0.5        2.0 r      1.2 r
      II       -0.3 r       1.2 r      1.5        0.8 r     -2.1 r      1.1 r      5.7 r      3.1 r
      I         0.9 r       2.6 r      1.7        0.0 r      0.1 r     -0.8 r     -0.6 r     -0.7 r

 2015 ANNUAL    1.5 r       3.8 r      2.3        2.9        2.8 r      1.4 r     -0.8        0.4 r

 2015 IV       -2.3 r       0.4 r      2.8       -0.4 r     -0.5 r      1.9 r     -3.5 r     -0.5  
      III       1.2 r       1.4 r      0.3        1.7 r      0.1 r      0.5 r      1.7 r      1.0 r
      II        1.7 r       3.3 r      1.5 r      3.5        0.7        1.8 r      2.5 r      2.1  
      I         3.6 r       4.8 r      1.2        5.0 r      7.6        1.3 r     -4.7 r     -1.4 r
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                     Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

 2017 ANNUAL    1.3 r       2.7 r      1.4        3.6 r      1.4 r      2.3 r      1.1 r      1.7  

 2017 IV        1.0 r       3.2 r      2.2        4.0 r      1.9 r      3.0 r      0.4 r      1.9  
      III       1.6 r       2.8 r      1.2        4.2 r      2.1 r      2.5 r      0.6 r      1.7 r
      II        1.3         2.5 r      1.3        3.2 r      1.3        2.0        0.8 r      1.5 r
      I         1.2 r       2.4 r      1.1        2.8 r      0.3 r      1.6 r      2.5 r      2.0 r

 2016 ANNUAL    0.4 r       1.9 r      1.5        1.1       -0.2        0.7 r      0.9 r      0.8  

 2016 IV        1.3         2.4        1.1        2.0        0.2        0.7 r      2.1 r      1.3 r
      III       0.0 r       1.7        1.7        0.6 r     -0.6 r      0.7        0.9 r      0.7  
      II       -0.2         1.4 r      1.6        0.5       -0.6        0.7        0.8 r      0.7  
      I         0.3 r       1.9 r      1.6        1.2 r      0.1 r      0.8 r      0.0 r      0.5  

 2015 ANNUAL    1.5 r       3.8 r      2.3        2.9        2.8 r      1.4 r     -0.8        0.4 r

 2015 IV        1.0 r       2.5 r      1.4        2.4        2.0 r      1.4 r     -1.1        0.3 r
      III       1.1 r       3.1 r      2.0        3.5 r      3.3 r      2.4 r     -2.0 r      0.4 r
      II        1.6 r       4.3 r      2.7        3.6 r      3.5 r      2.0 r     -1.3        0.5 r
      I         2.2 r       5.3 r      3.0        2.2        2.3 r      0.0 r      1.3 r      0.6  
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                                          Indexes 2012=100

 2017 ANNUAL  104.8 r     114.7 r    109.4 r    112.2 r    104.9 r    107.1 r    105.2 r    106.3 r

 2017 IV      105.3 r     116.3 r    110.5 r    114.1 r    105.8 r    108.4 r    105.4 r    107.1 r
      III     105.1 r     115.0 r    109.4 r    112.8 r    105.4 r    107.3 r    105.2 r    106.4 r
      II      104.4 r     114.0 r    109.2 r    111.3 r    104.5 r    106.6 r    105.0 r    105.9 r
      I       104.4 r     113.4 r    108.7 r    110.6 r    104.0 r    105.9 r    105.2 r    105.6 r

 2016 ANNUAL  103.5 r     111.6 r    107.9 r    108.3 r    103.5 r    104.7 r    104.1 r    104.4 r

 2016 IV      104.3 r     112.8 r    108.1 r    109.7 r    103.9 r    105.2 r    105.0 r    105.1 r
      III     103.5 r     111.9 r    108.1 r    108.3 r    103.2 r    104.7 r    104.6 r    104.7 r
      II      103.1 r     111.2 r    107.8 r    107.8 r    103.2 r    104.6 r    104.1 r    104.4 r
      I       103.1 r     110.8 r    107.4 r    107.6 r    103.7 r    104.3 r    102.7 r    103.6 r

 2015 ANNUAL  103.1 r     109.6 r    106.3 r    107.2 r    103.7 r    104.0 r    103.1 r    103.6 r

 2015 IV      102.9 r     110.1 r    107.0 r    107.6 r    103.7 r    104.5 r    102.8 r    103.8 r
      III     103.5 r     110.0 r    106.3 r    107.7 r    103.8 r    104.0 r    103.7 r    103.9 r
      II      103.2 r     109.6 r    106.2 r    107.2 r    103.8 r    103.9 r    103.3 r    103.6 r
      I       102.8 r     108.7 r    105.8 r    106.3 r    103.6 r    103.4 r    102.7 r    103.1 r
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 See footnotes following Table 6.                                                    August 14, 2020
 r=revised                                                        Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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