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), 3rd quarter 2024
Quarter	Percent change from previous quarter (annual rate)	Percent change from same quarter a year ago
Q3 2014	-0.9%	-0.1%
Q4 2014	-4.6%	-1.6%
Q1 2015	-2.9%	-2.0%
Q2 2015	0.8%	-1.9%
Q3 2015	-0.7%	-1.9%
Q4 2015	-2.2%	-1.3%
Q1 2016	2.4%	0.1%
Q2 2016	-1.7%	-0.6%
Q3 2016	0.0%	-0.4%
Q4 2016	1.6%	0.6%
Q1 2017	-2.0%	-0.5%
Q2 2017	1.7%	0.3%
Q3 2017	-6.3%	-1.3%
Q4 2017	1.9%	-1.3%
Q1 2018	1.3%	-0.4%
Q2 2018	3.1%	-0.1%
Q3 2018	-1.2%	1.2%
Q4 2018	-2.3%	0.2%
Q1 2019	-3.5%	-1.0%
Q2 2019	-4.0%	-2.7%
Q3 2019	-2.3%	-3.0%
Q4 2019	-0.5%	-2.6%
Q1 2020	-0.1%	-1.7%
Q2 2020	-6.9%	-2.5%
Q3 2020	16.9%	2.0%
Q4 2020	-0.9%	1.9%
Q1 2021	-1.0%	1.6%
Q2 2021	5.1%	4.8%
Q3 2021	-1.8%	0.3%
Q4 2021	-1.3%	0.2%
Q1 2022	-2.8%	-0.3%
Q2 2022	0.6%	-1.3%
Q3 2022	-3.3%	-1.7%
Q4 2022	-2.2%	-1.9%
Q1 2023	-0.3%	-1.3%
Q2 2023	2.7%	-0.8%
Q3 2023	-1.0%	-0.2%
Q4 2023	2.0%	0.9%
Q1 2024	-0.7%	0.7%
Q2 2024	0.2%	0.1%
Q3 2024	0.9%	0.6%