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Appendix table 6. Nonfinancial corporate sector: Revised labor productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, unit profits, and prices, seasonally adjusted



Appendix table 6.
 Nonfinancial corporate sector: Revised labor productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs,
 unit profits, and prices, seasonally adjusted.

                                                      Real
                                            Hourly    hourly            Unit      Total           Implicit
 Year         Labor                         compen-   compen-   Unit    nonlabor  unit    Unit    price
 and          produc-             Hours     sation    sation    labor   costs     costs   profits deflator
 quarter      tivity    Output    worked    (1)       (2)       costs   (6)       (7)     (8)     (4)
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                          Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

 2017 ANNUAL    0.9 r     2.6 r    1.7       3.3       1.1       2.4 r    1.9 r    2.2 r   -1.0 r    1.8 r

 2017 IV       -1.0 r     1.7      2.7       2.7 r    -0.4 r     3.7 r   -0.6 r    2.3 r    2.7 r    2.4  
      III      -2.3 r    -0.9 r    1.5       2.8 r     0.6 r     5.2 r    1.8 r    4.1 r  -11.4 r    2.0 r
      II        1.3 r     4.1 r    2.7       0.7 r     0.3 r    -0.6 r    2.1 r    0.3 r    7.6 r    1.2 r
      I         5.1 r     6.8 r    1.6       7.7 r     4.7 r     2.5 r   -3.3 r    0.6     15.7 r    2.4 r

 2016 ANNUAL   -1.2 r     0.2 r    1.5       1.1      -0.2       2.4 r    1.1      1.9     -6.4 r    0.8  

 2016 IV        0.5 r     1.1 r    0.6       3.1 r     0.6       2.7 r    7.8 r    4.3    -14.0 r    1.8 r
      III       0.4 r     2.3 r    1.9       1.1      -0.8       0.7 r    2.0 r    1.1 r    0.2 r    1.0 r
      II       -5.5 r    -4.6 r    0.9       0.7 r    -2.1 r     6.5 r    8.5 r    7.2 r  -24.5 r    2.3 r
      I         1.8 r     2.5 r    0.7       2.0 r     2.1 r     0.3 r  -14.7 r   -4.9 r   31.1 r   -0.8 r

 2015 ANNUAL    0.8 r     3.0 r    2.2       3.0       2.9 r     2.3 r    0.5 r    1.7 r   -3.8 r    0.9 r

 2015 IV       -3.5 r    -0.8 r    2.8      -0.6      -0.6       3.0 r   16.4 r    7.2 r  -35.8 r    0.1  
      III       0.4 r     2.7 r    2.3       0.7 r    -0.9 r     0.2 r   -1.4 r   -0.3 r   12.9      1.5 r
      II       -1.4 r    -0.5 r    0.9       2.5      -0.3       3.9 r    2.4 r    3.4 r   -5.7 r    2.1 r
      I         2.2 r     3.1 r    0.9       9.1 r    11.9 r     6.8 r   -1.1 r    4.1 r  -23.1 r   -0.4 r
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                        Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

 2017 ANNUAL    0.9 r     2.6 r    1.7       3.3       1.1       2.4 r    1.9 r    2.2 r   -1.0 r    1.8 r

 2017 IV        0.7 r     2.9 r    2.1       3.5 r     1.3 r     2.7 r    0.0 r    1.8 r    3.2 r    2.0 r
      III       1.1 r     2.7 r    1.6       3.6 r     1.5 r     2.4 r    2.0 r    2.3 r   -1.3 r    1.8 r
      II        1.8 r     3.5 r    1.7       3.1 r     1.2       1.3 r    2.1 r    1.6      1.8 r    1.6 r
      I         0.0 r     1.3 r    1.3       3.1 r     0.5 r     3.1 r    3.6 r    3.3 r   -6.8 r    1.9 r

 2016 ANNUAL   -1.2 r     0.2 r    1.5       1.1      -0.2       2.4 r    1.1      1.9     -6.4 r    0.8  

 2016 IV       -0.7 r     0.3 r    1.0       1.7 r    -0.1       2.5 r    0.4 r    1.8 r   -3.9      1.1  
      III      -1.7      -0.2      1.6       0.8      -0.4       2.6      2.4 r    2.5    -10.7 r    0.6 r
      II       -1.7 r    -0.1 r    1.7       0.7      -0.4       2.5 r    1.5 r    2.2 r   -8.0 r    0.8  
      I        -0.7 r     0.9 r    1.7       1.1       0.1 r     1.8 r    0.1 r    1.3 r   -2.7 r    0.7 r

 2015 ANNUAL    0.8 r     3.0 r    2.2       3.0       2.9 r     2.3 r    0.5 r    1.7 r   -3.8 r    0.9 r

 2015 IV       -0.6 r     1.1 r    1.7       2.9 r     2.4 r     3.5 r    3.8 r    3.6 r  -14.9 r    0.8 r
      III       0.5 r     2.5 r    1.9       3.5 r     3.3 r     2.9 r   -0.2 r    1.9 r   -5.3 r    0.8 r
      II        1.4 r     3.5 r    2.1       3.6 r     3.5 r     2.1 r   -0.5 r    1.3 r   -2.1 r    0.8 r
      I         1.7 r     4.8 r    3.1       2.2       2.3       0.5 r   -1.0 r    0.0 r    9.4 r    1.3 r
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                                             Indexes 2012=100

 2017 ANNUAL  101.3 r   112.0 r  110.5 r   112.0 r   104.7 r   110.5 r  106.1 r  109.1 r   93.0 r  106.8 r

 2017 IV      100.9 r   112.5 r  111.5     113.0 r   104.7 r   111.9 r  106.4 r  110.1 r   92.4 r  107.6 r
      III     101.2 r   112.0 r  110.7     112.2 r   104.8 r   110.9 r  106.5 r  109.5 r   91.8 r  106.9 r
      II      101.8 r   112.3 r  110.3 r   111.4 r   104.7 r   109.5 r  106.1 r  108.4 r   94.6 r  106.4 r
      I       101.4 r   111.2 r  109.6     111.3 r   104.6 r   109.7 r  105.5 r  108.3 r   92.9 r  106.1 r

 2016 ANNUAL  100.4 r   109.1 r  108.7     108.4 r   103.5 r   107.9 r  104.1 r  106.7 r   93.8 r  104.8 r

 2016 IV      100.2 r   109.4 r  109.2     109.2 r   103.4 r   109.0 r  106.4 r  108.1 r   89.6 r  105.5 r
      III     100.1 r   109.1 r  109.0     108.4 r   103.2 r   108.3 r  104.4 r  107.0 r   93.0 r  105.0 r
      II      100.0 r   108.4 r  108.5     108.1 r   103.4 r   108.1 r  103.9 r  106.7 r   93.0 r  104.7 r
      I       101.4 r   109.7 r  108.2     107.9 r   104.0 r   106.4 r  101.8 r  104.9 r   99.7 r  104.1 r

 2015 ANNUAL  101.7 r   108.9 r  107.1     107.2 r   103.7 r   105.5 r  103.0 r  104.6 r  100.2 r  104.0 r

 2015 IV      100.9 r   109.1 r  108.0     107.3 r   103.5 r   106.3 r  106.0 r  106.2 r   93.2 r  104.4 r
      III     101.8 r   109.3 r  107.3     107.5 r   103.6 r   105.6 r  102.0 r  104.4 r  104.2 r  104.3 r
      II      101.7 r   108.6 r  106.7     107.3 r   103.8 r   105.5 r  102.4 r  104.4 r  101.1 r  104.0 r
      I       102.1 r   108.7 r  106.5     106.7 r   103.9 r   104.5 r  101.7 r  103.6 r  102.5 r  103.4 r
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 See footnotes following Table 6.                                                          August 14, 2020
 r=revised                                                              Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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