Labor productivity, manufacturing, percent change from same quarter a year ago, and from previous quarter

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Labor productivity (output per hour), manufacturing, percent change from same quarter a year ago, and from previous quarter (annual rate), 2nd quarter 2021
Quarter	Percent change from previous quarter (annual rate)	Percent change from same quarter a year ago
Q2 2011	-3.4%	0.0%
Q3 2011	3.4%	1.1%
Q4 2011	-3.0%	-0.3%
Q1 2012	-0.5%	-0.9%
Q2 2012	-2.3%	-0.6%
Q3 2012	-1.5%	-1.8%
Q4 2012	2.0%	-0.6%
Q1 2013	2.7%	0.2%
Q2 2013	3.8%	1.7%
Q3 2013	-1.1%	1.8%
Q4 2013	-1.7%	0.9%
Q1 2014	0.3%	0.3%
Q2 2014	0.8%	-0.4%
Q3 2014	-0.9%	-0.4%
Q4 2014	-4.7%	-1.1%
Q1 2015	-3.0%	-2.0%
Q2 2015	-1.0%	-2.4%
Q3 2015	2.1%	-1.7%
Q4 2015	-3.7%	-1.4%
Q1 2016	2.1%	-0.2%
Q2 2016	-0.5%	0.0%
Q3 2016	-0.8%	-0.7%
Q4 2016	-0.8%	0.0%
Q1 2017	-3.0%	-1.3%
Q2 2017	1.7%	-0.7%
Q3 2017	-5.0%	-1.8%
Q4 2017	2.6%	-1.0%
Q1 2018	-0.4%	-0.3%
Q2 2018	2.3%	-0.2%
Q3 2018	-1.0%	0.8%
Q4 2018	-2.9%	-0.5%
Q1 2019	-1.1%	-0.7%
Q2 2019	-2.0%	-1.7%
Q3 2019	-1.3%	-1.8%
Q4 2019	-1.6%	-1.5%
Q1 2020	1.8%	-0.8%
Q2 2020	-10.3%	-3.0%
Q3 2020	19.4%	1.7%
Q4 2020	3.1%	3.0%
Q1 2021	-0.9%	2.3%
Q2 2021	8.0%	7.2%