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June 2005

Preliminary estimates of multifactor productivity growth

Peter B. Meyer, Michael Harper

Final multifactor productivity measures take more than a year to complete; using a simplified methodology and preliminary data, it is estimated that private business multifactor productivity grew 3.1 percent in 2003 and 3.3 percent in 2004.

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