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), 1st quarter 2025
Quarter	Percent change from previous quarter (annual rate)	Percent change from same quarter a year ago
Q1 2015	-2.8%	-2.0%
Q2 2015	0.7%	-1.9%
Q3 2015	-0.9%	-1.9%
Q4 2015	-2.0%	-1.2%
Q1 2016	2.4%	0.1%
Q2 2016	-1.7%	-0.5%
Q3 2016	0.1%	-0.3%
Q4 2016	1.5%	0.6%
Q1 2017	-2.1%	-0.6%
Q2 2017	1.6%	0.3%
Q3 2017	-5.8%	-1.3%
Q4 2017	1.7%	-1.2%
Q1 2018	1.2%	-0.4%
Q2 2018	3.1%	0.0%
Q3 2018	-1.2%	1.2%
Q4 2018	-2.3%	0.2%
Q1 2019	-3.4%	-1.0%
Q2 2019	-3.9%	-2.7%
Q3 2019	-2.3%	-3.0%
Q4 2019	-0.5%	-2.6%
Q1 2020	0.1%	-1.7%
Q2 2020	-6.9%	-2.4%
Q3 2020	16.3%	1.9%
Q4 2020	-1.1%	1.8%
Q1 2021	-0.5%	1.6%
Q2 2021	5.3%	4.8%
Q3 2021	-1.9%	0.4%
Q4 2021	-1.9%	0.2%
Q1 2022	-2.5%	-0.3%
Q2 2022	0.8%	-1.4%
Q3 2022	-2.9%	-1.6%
Q4 2022	-3.4%	-2.0%
Q1 2023	0.2%	-1.3%
Q2 2023	3.8%	-0.6%
Q3 2023	-0.5%	0.0%
Q4 2023	1.6%	1.3%
Q1 2024	-0.2%	1.2%
Q2 2024	0.5%	0.4%
Q3 2024	0.7%	0.7%
Q4 2024	0.3%	0.3%
Q1 2025	4.5%	1.5%