An official website of the United States government
Archived articles from The Economics Daily— Manufacturing
- Nonfarm employment rises 2.0 percent for the year ending September 2015 (10/05/2015)
- Multifactor productivity in computer-related manufacturing, 1987–2013 (10/01/2015)
- Prost! Celebrating Oktoberfest with a look at brewery employment (09/30/2015)
- Manufacturing multifactor productivity, 1987 to 2013 (08/06/2015)
- Largest proportion of workers with a disability work in education and health services in 2014 (06/18/2015)
- Delaware had highest share of employment in financial activities in January 2015 (03/19/2015)
- Arkansas had highest share of employment in nondurable goods manufacturing in December 2014 (02/24/2015)
- Workweek of production employees in manufacturing at or above 42.0 hours for 9 months in 2014 (01/14/2015)
- Nonfarm employment rises by 252,000 in December 2014 (01/12/2015)
- Job openings by industry, October 2014 (12/11/2014)
- Payroll employment up 214,000 in October 2014 (11/13/2014)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity up 0.9 percent over the year, third quarter 2014 (11/07/2014)
- Highest fatal injury rate (22.2 per 100,000) in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, 2013 (09/15/2014)
- Manufacturing sector multifactor productivity, 2012 (09/05/2014)
- Reemployment following worker displacement in 2011–2013 by industry (09/03/2014)
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana had highest employment in manufacturing among areas, July 2014 (08/29/2014)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity up 2.5 percent, Q2 2014 (08/12/2014)
- Payroll employment up 288,000, June 2014 (07/07/2014)
- Workers with a disability more likely to be in production and transportation occupations (06/17/2014)
- Payroll employment highest since January 2008 (06/09/2014)
- Indiana has highest share of total employment in manufacturing, April 2014 (05/21/2014)
- Labor productivity in manufacturing industries, 2012 (04/02/2014)
- Job openings number 3.9 million in September (11/29/2013)
- Workplace injuries trend downward over last decade (11/14/2013)
- Payroll employment up 204,000 in October 2013 (11/12/2013)
- Multifactor productivity for manufacturing industries, 2011 (09/30/2013)
- Payroll employment up 169,000 in August 2013 (09/09/2013)
- Finished goods prices advance 2.1 percent in 12 months ended July 2013 (08/15/2013)
- Employment increases in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services in June (07/08/2013)
- Mass layoffs in April 2013 (05/23/2013)
- Extended mass layoff events and separations, first quarter 2013 (05/14/2013)
- Employment in March 2013 (04/08/2013)
- Labor productivity and unit labor costs among manufacturing industries, 2011 (03/28/2013)
- Mass layoffs in February 2013 (03/27/2013)
- Annual hires and separations, 2012 (03/13/2013)
- Mass layoffs in January 2013 (02/27/2013)
- Extended mass layoffs, fourth quarter 2012 (02/15/2013)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2012 (02/08/2013)
- Payroll employment in January 2013 (02/04/2013)
- Mass layoffs in 2012 (01/28/2013)
- Employment in December 2012 (01/07/2013)
- Mass layoffs in November 2012 (12/28/2012)
- Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and in the United States, 2011 (12/21/2012)
- International manufacturing productivity, 2011 (12/20/2012)
- Third quarter 2012 productivity revised upward (12/06/2012)
- Mass layoffs in October 2012 (11/27/2012)
- Extended mass layoffs, third quarter 2012 (11/20/2012)
- Mass layoffs in September 2012 (10/24/2012)
- Multifactor productivity trends in 2010 (10/01/2012)
- Mass layoffs in August 2012 (09/24/2012)
- Nonfarm business productivity, second quarter 2012 (09/06/2012)
- Mass layoffs in July 2012 (08/24/2012)
- Extended mass layoffs, second quarter 2012 (08/10/2012)
- Productivity, output, and hours in the second quarter of 2012 (08/09/2012)
- Mass layoffs in June 2012 (07/23/2012)
- Sector employment shifts around the world (07/06/2012)
- Multifactor productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (07/05/2012)
- Mass layoffs in May 2012 (06/21/2012)
- First quarter 2012 nonfarm business sector productivity (06/07/2012)
- Mass layoffs in April 2012 (05/23/2012)
- Extended mass layoff events in manufacturing, first quarter 2012 (05/18/2012)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity, first quarter 2012 (05/04/2012)
- Average size of establishments: a look at industries (04/26/2012)
- Mass layoffs in March 2012 (04/25/2012)
- Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (04/03/2012)
- Mass layoffs in February 2012 (03/26/2012)
- Payroll employment increases by 227,000 in February 2012 (03/12/2012)
- Unit labor costs and real hourly compensation, 2011 (03/08/2012)
- Mass layoffs in January 2012 (02/24/2012)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2011 (02/03/2012)
- Payroll employment increases by 200,000 in December 2011 (01/06/2012)
- Mass layoffs in November 2011 (12/28/2011)
- Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and in the United States, 2010 (12/27/2011)
- Payroll employment increases by 120,000 in November 2011 (12/02/2011)
- Mass layoffs and initial claims decrease in October 2011 (11/28/2011)
- Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in 2010 (11/17/2011)
- Extended mass layoff events and separations, third quarter 2011 (11/16/2011)
- Employment trends upward in October (11/04/2011)
- Mass layoffs in September 2011 (10/31/2011)
- Private industry workplace injuries and illnesses decline in 2010 (10/26/2011)
- International manufacturing productivity, 2010 (10/19/2011)
- Displaced workers by industry (10/12/2011)
- Payroll employment edges up in September 2011 (10/07/2011)
- Mass layoffs in August 2011 (09/27/2011)
- Zero over-the-month change in payroll employment (09/07/2011)
- Extended mass layoff events, second quarter 2011 (08/15/2011)
- Payroll employment rises in July 2011 (08/09/2011)
- Mass layoffs in June 2011 (07/25/2011)
- Payroll employment essentially unchanged in June 2011 (07/11/2011)
- Payroll employment little changed in May 2011 (06/07/2011)
- Mass layoffs in April 2011 (05/24/2011)
- Extended mass layoffs, first quarter 2011 (05/16/2011)
- Productivity in the first quarter of 2011 (05/11/2011)
- Employment changes by industry, April 2011 (05/09/2011)
- Gross job gains and losses in the third quarter of 2010 (05/05/2011)
- Mass layoffs in March 2011 (04/26/2011)
- Manufacturing compensation costs in China, 2008 (04/07/2011)
- Employment changes by industry in March 2011 (04/05/2011)
- Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2009 (03/25/2011)
- Mass layoffs in February 2011 (03/24/2011)
- Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and U.S., 2009 (03/10/2011)
- Payroll employment up in February 2011 (03/07/2011)
- Productivity in the fourth quarter of 2010 (03/04/2011)
- Mass layoff initial claims by industry, January 2011 (02/25/2011)
- Producer prices in January 2011 — stage-of-processing indexes (02/22/2011)
- Extended mass layoffs, fourth quarter 2010 (02/15/2011)
- Employment changes by industry in January 2011 (02/08/2011)
- Unit labor costs and productivity in manufacturing, 2010 (02/07/2011)
- Mass layoffs in 2010 (01/31/2011)
- Mass layoff initial claims in manufacturing, November 2010 (12/29/2010)
- International manufacturing productivity, 2009 (12/28/2010)
- Job gains continue in temporary help services and health care in November (12/06/2010)
- Unit labor costs in the third quarter of 2010 (12/03/2010)
- Mass layoff events and initial claims by industry, October 2010 (12/02/2010)
- Producer prices in October 2010 — stage-of-processing indexes (11/22/2010)
- Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work decrease in 2009 (11/18/2010)
- Over-the-year declines in extended mass layoffs (11/16/2010)
- Payroll employment up in October 2010 (11/09/2010)
- Productivity gains in the third quarter of 2010 (11/08/2010)
- Private industry workplace injuries and illnesses decline in 2009 (10/28/2010)
- Employment decreases in government in September (10/12/2010)
- Mass layoffs in August 2010 (09/30/2010)
- Producer prices in August 2010 (09/21/2010)
- Employment changes by industry in August 2010 (09/13/2010)
- Reemployment rates of displaced workers, January 2010 (09/02/2010)
- International comparisons of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, 2008 (09/01/2010)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2010 (08/12/2010)
- Mass layoff initial claimants in manufacturing, June 2010 (07/28/2010)
- Producer prices in June 2010 — stage-of-processing indexes (07/19/2010)
- Mean hourly compensation costs in selected countries, 1975 and 2007 (07/14/2010)
- Manufacturing, mining, and service-providing productivity, 2008 (06/24/2010)
- Producer prices in May 2010 (06/21/2010)
- Employment changes by industry in May 2010 (06/09/2010)
- Mass layoffs in April 2010 (05/26/2010)
- Employment changes by industry in April 2010 (05/11/2010)
- Producer prices in March 2010 (04/23/2010)
- Producer prices in January 2010 — stage-of-processing indexes (02/25/2010)
- Extended mass layoffs in 2009 (02/23/2010)
- Mass layoffs in 2009 (02/02/2010)
- Producer prices in December 2009 (01/25/2010)
- Manufacturing industries and productivity, 2007 (01/07/2010)
- Employment changes by industry in October 2009 (11/09/2009)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity up 9.5 percent in third quarter 2009 (11/06/2009)
- International manufacturing productivity, 2008 (10/27/2009)
- PPI in September 2009 (10/22/2009)
- PPI in August 2009 (09/16/2009)
- High-tech employment in Silicon Valley, 2001 and 2008 (09/08/2009)
- Producer prices in July 2009 (08/20/2009)
- Extended mass layoffs in the second quarter of 2009 (08/13/2009)
- Productivity gains in the second quarter of 2009 (08/12/2009)
- Employment changes by industry in July 2009 (08/11/2009)
- Producer prices in June 2009 (07/15/2009)
- PPI in May 2009 (06/17/2009)
- PPI in April 2009 (05/15/2009)
- Producer prices in March 2009 (04/15/2009)
- Manufacturing compensation costs in foreign countries and U.S., 2007 (03/30/2009)
- PPI in February 2009 (03/18/2009)
- Korea and Taiwan had largest manufacturing productivity gains in 2007 (03/04/2009)
- Producer price index up in January 2009 (02/20/2009)
- Mass layoffs in 2008 (01/29/2009)
- PPI falls again in December 2008 (01/16/2009)
- Producer prices fell in November 2008 (12/15/2008)
- PPI in October 2008 (11/19/2008)
- Producer Price Index down again in September 2008 (10/16/2008)
- Changes in payroll employment by industry, September 2008 (10/06/2008)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs fell in 2007 in Taiwan, Japan, U.S. (10/02/2008)
- International factory productivity gains, and losses, in 2007 (09/30/2008)
- PPI down in August 2008 (09/15/2008)
- Manufacturing productivity in second quarter of 2008 (09/05/2008)
- Multifactor productivity in detailed manufacturing industries, 1987-2006 (09/02/2008)
- Producer Price Index in July (08/20/2008)
- PPI in May 2008 (06/18/2008)
- Producer prices in April 2008 (05/21/2008)
- Manufacturing multifactor productivity in 2006 (05/02/2008)
- PPI in March 2008 (04/16/2008)
- Manufacturing industries and productivity, 2006 (03/21/2008)
- Producer prices in February 2008 (03/19/2008)
- Korea had largest manufacturing productivity gain in 2006 (02/29/2008)
- PPI in January 2008 (02/27/2008)
- Manufacturing compensation costs in U.S. and abroad, 2006 (02/12/2008)
- Mass layoffs in 2007 (01/25/2008)
- Producer prices in December 2007 (01/16/2008)
- PPI in November 2007 (12/14/2007)
- Auto parts industry employment trends in the Midwest, 1992-2006 (11/28/2007)
- PPI in October 2007 (11/15/2007)
- Producer prices in September 2007 (10/15/2007)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing dropped most in 2006 in Japan (10/02/2007)
- International factory productivity gains in 2006 (09/28/2007)
- PPI in August 2007 (09/19/2007)
- Multifactor productivity in detailed manufacturing industries (08/22/2007)
- PPI in July 2007 (08/15/2007)
- Producer prices in June 2007 (07/18/2007)
- PPI in May 2007 (06/15/2007)
- Manufacturing multifactor productivity in 2005 (06/08/2007)
- Producer prices in April 2007 (05/14/2007)
- PPI in March 2007 (04/16/2007)
- Producer prices in February 2007 (03/16/2007)
- Korea, Taiwan had biggest factory productivity gains in 2005 (02/27/2007)
- PPI in January 2007 (02/20/2007)
- Producer prices in December 2006 (01/18/2007)
- Labor costs in China’s manufacturing sector (01/05/2007)
- PPI in November 2006 (12/20/2006)
- Manufacturing multifactor productivity in 2002, 2003, and 2004 (12/07/2006)
- Hourly compensation of production workers in the U.S. and selected countries, 2005 (12/01/2006)
- Employment trends in residential and nonresidential construction (11/30/2006)
- Mass layoffs in October 2006 (11/27/2006)
- Producer prices in October 2006 (11/15/2006)
- PPI in September 2006 (10/18/2006)
- International factory productivity gains in 2005 (09/27/2006)
- Producer prices in August 2006 (09/20/2006)
- Displaced and reemployed workers by industry, January 2006 (08/22/2006)
- PPI in July 2006 (08/16/2006)
- Hires and separations rates in June 2006 (08/10/2006)
- Producer prices in June 2006 (07/19/2006)
- Producer prices in May 2006 (06/14/2006)
- PPI in April 2006 (05/17/2006)
- Productivity in largest manufacturing industries (05/03/2006)
- PPI in March 2006 (04/19/2006)
- PPI in February 2006 (03/22/2006)
- Korea and Sweden record largest manufacturing productivity increases in 2004 (02/22/2006)
- PPI in January 2006 (02/21/2006)
- Mass layoffs in 2005 (01/26/2006)
- PPI in December (01/17/2006)
- Hires rate in November 2005 (01/11/2006)
- Producer prices in November (12/21/2005)
- Factory productivity in the third quarter of 2005 (12/07/2005)
- Hourly compensation in U.S. and foreign factories, 2004 (11/23/2005)
- PPI in October 2005 (11/16/2005)
- International factory productivity gains in 2004 (10/28/2005)
- PPI in September 2005 (10/19/2005)
- Producer prices in August 2005 (09/14/2005)
- Factory productivity, second quarter of 2005 (09/08/2005)
- Producer prices in July 2005 (08/18/2005)
- No change in June PPI (07/18/2005)
- PPI drops in May 2005 (06/15/2005)
- Factory productivity growth in first quarter 2005 (06/03/2005)
- PPI up in April 2005 (05/18/2005)
- PPI up in March 2005 (04/20/2005)
- Producer prices in February 2005 (03/23/2005)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing dropped in 2003 in Japan, Taiwan, U.S. (03/09/2005)
- Factory productivity growth in 2004 (03/04/2005)
- Japan had largest manufacturing productivity increase in 2003 (03/01/2005)
- PPI in January 2005 (02/22/2005)
- Mass layoffs down again in 2004 (01/27/2005)
- PPI down in December 2004 (01/18/2005)
- PPI increases in November 2004 (12/13/2004)
- Hourly compensation in U.S. and foreign factories, 2003 (11/23/2004)
- PPI up sharply in October 2004 (11/17/2004)
- Mass layoffs in September (10/22/2004)
- Producer prices in September 2004 (10/18/2004)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs lower in 2003 in Taiwan (10/05/2004)
- Korea had largest factory productivity gain in 2003 (10/01/2004)
- PPI in August 2004 (09/13/2004)
- PPI in July (08/16/2004)
- Manufacturing employment in July (08/09/2004)
- PPI dips in June (07/16/2004)
- PPI in May (06/18/2004)
- Factory productivity in the first quarter (06/09/2004)
- Manufacturing employment up in May (06/07/2004)
- Gross job gains and losses in the third quarter of 2003 (05/24/2004)
- Producer prices advance in April (05/14/2004)
- PPI in March (04/23/2004)
- Manufacturing employment in March (04/06/2004)
- PPI in February (04/02/2004)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs fell in 2002 in U.S., Canada, Taiwan (04/01/2004)
- U.S. had largest manufacturing productivity increase in 2002 (03/29/2004)
- PPI rises in January (03/19/2004)
- A dip in manufacturing multifactor productivity (02/11/2004)
- PPI rises in December (01/15/2004)
- Most cases of repeated-trauma disorder are in manufacturing (12/18/2003)
- PPI down in November (12/15/2003)
- Manufacturing employment in November (12/08/2003)
- Beef, vehicle prices contribute to October PPI gain (11/17/2003)
- Producer prices advance in September (10/14/2003)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs lower in 2002 in U.S., Japan, Taiwan (09/16/2003)
- Producer prices rise again in August (09/15/2003)
- Sweden, Korea had largest factory productivity gains last year (09/11/2003)
- Manufacturing productivity in the second quarter (08/19/2003)
- Producer prices edged up in July (08/15/2003)
- Producer prices up in June (07/14/2003)
- Producer prices decline again in May (06/16/2003)
- Producer prices down sharply in April (05/16/2003)
- Producer prices up again in March (04/14/2003)
- Producer prices rise again in February (03/17/2003)
- Productivity declines in Canadian, Japanese, and U.S. factories in 2001 (02/27/2003)
- Producer prices increase in January (02/21/2003)
- Producer prices unchanged in December (01/16/2003)
- Producer prices decline in November (12/16/2002)
- Decline of manufacturing unit labor costs continues (12/06/2002)
- Producer prices jump in October (11/18/2002)
- Producer prices up slightly in September (11/15/2002)
- Compensation costs in foreign factories two-thirds of U.S. costs (10/02/2002)
- U.S. factory productivity gain in 2001 was fourth highest (09/30/2002)
- U.S. and foreign compensation costs in manufacturing (09/23/2002)
- Producer prices unchanged in August (09/16/2002)
- Factory productivity in the G-7 countries: 1950-2000 (09/11/2002)
- Another increase in manufacturing multifactor productivity (08/30/2002)
- Factory workers have highest risk of displacement (08/26/2002)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs fall again in second quarter (08/13/2002)
- Producer prices decline in July (08/09/2002)
- Producer prices edge upward in June (07/12/2002)
- Job losses moderating in manufacturing (07/09/2002)
- Producer prices down again in May (06/14/2002)
- Sharp decline in manufacturing labor costs in first quarter (06/06/2002)
- High-tech productivity gains in 1990s (05/14/2002)
- Producer prices down slightly in April (05/13/2002)
- Productivity by industry between 1990 and 2000 (05/02/2002)
- Korea had largest productivity gains in manufacturing in 2000 (04/22/2002)
- Producer prices up in March (04/15/2002)
- Fewer job losses in manufacturing (04/08/2002)
- Steepest job losses in manufacturing-related fields in 2001 (03/27/2002)
- Producer prices rose in February (03/18/2002)
- Producer prices in January (02/19/2002)
- Jump in factory labor costs in 2001 (02/08/2002)
- Producer prices decline three months in a row (01/14/2002)
- Producer prices decrease again in November (12/14/2001)
- Most manufacturing employees work in larger establishments (11/27/2001)
- Decline in producer prices in October (11/13/2001)
- Producer prices rise again (10/17/2001)
- Mexico has biggest increase in hourly compensation in 2000 (10/03/2001)
- Drop in foreign factory wage costs (09/27/2001)
- Producer prices up in August (09/17/2001)
- U.S. led in factory productivity gains in 2000 (09/04/2001)
- Extended mass layoffs most common in manufacturing industries (08/14/2001)
- Producer prices fall again (08/13/2001)
- Manufacturing productivity falls for second quarter in a row (08/08/2001)
- Payroll employment down in July (08/06/2001)
- Cost shares vary among manufacturing industries (07/26/2001)
- Manufacturing employment by region, 1999 (07/25/2001)
- Producer prices fall in June (07/16/2001)
- Mixed multifactor productivity progress in biggest manufacturing industries (07/12/2001)
- Another large job loss in manufacturing (07/09/2001)
- Producer prices edge up in May (06/15/2001)
- Jump in unit labor costs in manufacturing (06/11/2001)
- Unit labor costs drop in 50 manufacturing industries (05/22/2001)
- Productivity higher in over two-thirds of manufacturing industries (05/16/2001)
- Rise in producer prices in April (05/14/2001)
- Fourth-quarter productivity growth in factories revised upward (05/08/2001)
- Two-thirds of temporary workers employed in services or manufacturing (05/02/2001)
- Producer prices edge down in March (04/13/2001)
- The U.S.-Canada manufacturing productivity gap (04/10/2001)
- U.S. had largest productivity gains in manufacturing in 1999 (04/06/2001)
- Producer prices up slightly in February (03/19/2001)
- Job losses continue in manufacturing (03/12/2001)
- Fastest productivity growth ever in durable goods manufacturing last year (03/09/2001)
- Producer prices hold steady in December (01/16/2001)
- Multifactor productivity increases modestly in many manufacturing industries (12/29/2000)
- Producer prices edge up in November (12/15/2000)
- Highest productivity growth in computer industry (12/05/2000)
- Declines in labor costs among manufacturing industries (11/24/2000)
- Productivity rises in most manufacturing industries (11/16/2000)
- Producer prices up again in October (11/13/2000)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing increased the most in Japan and Korea in 1999 (10/23/2000)
- Import prices in September (10/13/2000)
- Computer prices dip again (10/02/2000)
- Singapore has biggest fall in hourly compensation in 1999 (09/28/2000)
- Producer prices show no change in July (08/14/2000)
- Risk of displacement remains highest in manufacturing (08/10/2000)
- Producer prices up in June due to energy price increase (07/17/2000)
- No change in producer prices in May (06/12/2000)
- Factory productivity increases at 7.3-percent annual rate in first quarter (06/07/2000)
- Productivity rose fastest in computer factories (06/02/2000)
- Producer prices down in April (05/15/2000)
- Producer prices up 1.0 percent again in March (04/14/2000)
- Growth and overtime higher in durables factories (04/11/2000)
- Producer prices rise 1.0 percent in February (03/17/2000)
- Unit labor costs fall in fourth quarter (03/15/2000)
- Manufacturing productivity surges in fourth quarter (03/10/2000)
- Hourly compensation still higher in Europe than U.S. (01/19/2000)
- Hourly compensation drops the most in Korea in 1998 (01/12/2000)
- Manufacturing employment in October (11/08/1999)
- Working in manufacturing safer over the past two decades (10/18/1999)
- Manufacturing employment most prevalent in Midwest (08/06/1999)
- Workdays lost to injury in manufacturing (07/27/1999)
- Benefits nearly a third of compensation in manufacturing (06/29/1999)
- Manufacturing leads industries in nonfatal injuries and illnesses (04/16/1999)
- Manufacturing, mining report employment declines during 1998 (03/31/1999)
- France leads 11 countries in manufacturing productivity growth during 1997 (03/17/1999)
- Finance and manufacturing industries report highest weekly wages in 1997 (02/04/1999)