Chart 4. Recovery in labor productivity, output, and hours worked after the Great Recession
Quarter Labor productivity index Output index Hours worked index

Q4 2007

100.0 100.0 100.0

Q1 2008

99.4 99.1 99.7

Q2 2008

100.4 99.6 99.1

Q3 2008

100.7 98.7 98.0

Q4 2008

100.4 95.7 95.3

Q1 2009

101.4 94.1 92.9

Q2 2009

103.6 94.0 90.7

Q3 2009

105.1 94.3 89.7

Q4 2009

106.6 95.5 89.6

Q1 2010

106.9 96.1 89.9

Q2 2010

107.2 97.1 90.6

Q3 2010

108.0 98.2 91.0

Q4 2010

108.2 99.0 91.4

Q1 2011

107.5 98.4 91.6

Q2 2011

107.4 99.5 92.6

Q3 2011

107.2 99.5 92.9

Q4 2011

107.8 101.0 93.7

Q1 2012

108.2 102.2 94.5

Q2 2012

108.7 102.9 94.6

Q3 2012

108.5 103.2 95.1

Q4 2012

108.1 103.4 95.7

Q1 2013

108.6 104.3 96.1

Q2 2013

108.2 104.4 96.5

Q3 2013

108.8 105.5 97.0

Q4 2013

109.6 106.6 97.2

Q1 2014

108.5 106.0 97.7

Q2 2014

109.4 107.8 98.5

Q3 2014

110.3 109.5 99.2

Q4 2014

109.7 110.1 100.3

Note: Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, Q4 = fourth quarter. Labor productivity, output, and hours worked are indexed to be 100 at Q4 2007. Data are for the nonfarm business sector.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.