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

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Labor productivity (output per hour), nonfarm business, 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

 3.4% 1.6%

Q4 2014

 -1.4% 0.3%

Q1 2015

 2.3% 1.7%

Q2 2015

 2.0% 1.6%

Q3 2015

 1.1% 1.0%

Q4 2015

 -2.4% 0.7%

Q1 2016

 1.7% 0.6%

Q2 2016

 0.2% 0.1%

Q3 2016

 1.4% 0.2%

Q4 2016

 2.7% 1.5%

Q1 2017

 0.7% 1.3%

Q2 2017

 0.2% 1.3%

Q3 2017

 3.2% 1.7%

Q4 2017

 3.0% 1.8%

Q1 2018

 1.5% 2.0%

Q2 2018

 0.0% 1.9%

Q3 2018

 1.2% 1.4%

Q4 2018

 -0.7% 0.5%

Q1 2019

 3.4% 1.0%

Q2 2019

 2.4% 1.6%

Q3 2019

 4.6% 2.4%

Q4 2019

 3.8% 3.6%

Q1 2020

 -1.1% 2.4%

Q2 2020

 20.2% 6.6%

Q3 2020

 6.2% 7.0%

Q4 2020

 -3.1% 5.2%

Q1 2021

 3.2% 6.3%

Q2 2021

 0.2% 1.6%

Q3 2021

 -2.5% -0.6%

Q4 2021

 2.8% 0.9%

Q1 2022

 -5.0% -1.2%

Q2 2022

 -3.0% -2.0%

Q3 2022

 -0.2% -1.4%

Q4 2022

 2.9% -1.4%

Q1 2023

 0.3% 0.0%

Q2 2023

 3.7% 1.7%

Q3 2023

 3.8% 2.7%

Q4 2023

 3.1% 2.7%

Q1 2024

 0.7% 2.8%

Q2 2024

 2.1% 2.4%

Q3 2024

 2.2% 2.0%