May 10, 2010

First quarter 2010 over-the-year productivity growth

Change in nonfarm business productivity, seasonally adjusted, first quarter 1960�first quarter 2010
Quarter	Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
Quarter	Hours	Output	Output per hour
1960 I	2.3	5.7	3.4
1960 II	0.5	1.1	0.6
1960 III	0.2	1.1	0.9
1960 IV	-0.7	-0.9	-0.2
1961 I	-1.9	-3.1	-1.3
1961 II	-2.3	0.7	3.0
1961 III	-1.1	3.0	4.2
1961 IV	1.1	7.7	6.5
1962 I	2.0	9.2	7.0
1962 II	3.5	7.5	3.9
1962 III	2.6	6.6	3.8
1962 IV	0.7	4.2	3.5
1963 I	0.9	3.4	2.4
1963 II	0.4	3.9	3.5
1963 III	0.9	5.2	4.3
1963 IV	2.3	6.1	3.7
1965 I	3.6	7.9	4.1
1964 II	3.4	7.3	3.8
1964 III	3.8	6.3	2.5
1964 IV	4.0	5.4	1.4
1965 I	3.7	5.6	1.9
1965 II	4.2	6.1	1.8
1965 III	3.8	6.8	2.8
1965 IV	3.8	9.8	5.8
1966 I	3.7	9.6	5.7
1966 II	3.7	8.2	4.4
1966 III	3.9	6.7	2.7
1966 IV	2.6	4.2	1.5
1967 I	1.1	2.0	0.9
1967 II	-0.5	1.4	2.0
1967 III	-0.7	1.5	2.2
1967 IV	0.1	1.9	1.8
1968 I	0.3	3.7	3.3
1968 II	1.9	5.9	3.9
1968 III	2.3	5.9	3.5
1968 IV	2.5	5.5	3.0
1969 I	3.3	4.8	1.5
1969 II	3.2	2.9	-0.3
1969 III	3.0	2.9	-0.1
1969 IV	2.0	1.7	-0.4
1970 I	0.7	-0.2	-0.9
1970 II	-1.5	-0.1	1.5
1970 III	-2.5	0.4	2.9
1970 IV	-3.0	-0.5	2.5
1971 I	-2.1	3.0	5.3
1971 II	-0.5	3.5	4.0
1971 III	0.0	3.4	3.3
1971 IV	1.9	5.3	3.4
1972 I	2.6	4.4	1.7
1972 II	3.0	6.6	3.5
1972 III	3.6	6.9	3.2
1972 IV	3.6	8.6	4.9
1973 I	3.9	10.0	5.9
1973 II	4.2	8.2	3.8
1973 III	4.3	6.7	2.2
1973 IV	3.8	4.6	0.8
1974 I	1.8	0.1	-1.7
1974 II	1.0	-1.0	-2.0
1974 III	0.0	-2.2	-2.1
1974 IV	-2.2	-2.7	-0.6
1975 I	-4.8	-4.4	0.4
1975 II	-5.9	-3.8	2.3
1975 III	-4.8	-0.4	4.6
1975 IV	-1.5	2.1	3.7
1976 I	3.4	7.9	4.4
1976 II	4.4	8.2	3.6
1976 III	3.8	6.5	2.6
1976 IV	2.6	5.5	2.8
1977 I	2.0	3.9	1.9
1977 II	4.0	5.4	1.4
1977 III	4.7	7.1	2.3
1977 IV	5.1	5.8	0.7
1978 I	4.5	4.7	0.2
1978 II	5.5	7.3	1.7
1978 III	5.3	6.0	0.7
1978 IV	5.5	8.3	2.6
1979 I	5.8	7.4	1.6
1979 II	3.2	2.5	-0.7
1979 III	3.2	2.4	-0.8
1979 IV	2.2	0.6	-1.5
1980 I	1.2	1.0	-0.2
1980 II	-1.0	-2.0	-1.0
1980 III	-2.2	-2.8	-0.5
1980 IV	-1.2	-0.6	0.7
1981 I	-0.4	1.4	1.9
1981 II	1.4	3.1	1.7
1981 III	1.8	4.1	2.2
1981 IV	0.2	0.0	-0.2
1982 I	-2.0	-4.3	-2.4
1982 II	-1.6	-2.5	-0.8
1982 III	-2.3	-3.8	-1.6
1982 IV	-2.8	-2.3	0.6
1983 I	-0.6	1.8	2.5
1983 II	0.1	4.7	4.6
1983 III	2.8	8.3	5.4
1983 IV	5.6	10.9	5.0
1984 I	7.1	11.0	3.6
1984 II	7.3	9.3	1.9
1984 III	5.7	7.2	1.5
1984 IV	4.4	5.6	1.1
1985 I	3.3	4.7	1.4
1985 II	2.6	3.6	1.0
1985 III	2.4	4.4	1.9
1985 IV	2.2	4.5	2.2
1986 I	1.3	4.7	3.4
1986 II	0.4	4.2	3.9
1986 III	0.6	3.6	2.9
1986 IV	0.9	3.1	2.2
1987 I	2.2	2.5	0.3
1987 II	3.1	3.3	0.2
1987 III	3.3	3.0	-0.3
1987 IV	3.5	4.5	0.9
1988 I	2.4	4.3	1.9
1988 II	3.3	4.9	1.5
1988 III	2.8	4.7	1.8
1988 IV	2.9	4.4	1.4
1989 I	3.8	4.6	0.7
1989 II	2.8	3.5	0.7
1989 III	2.7	3.8	1.1
1989 IV	1.6	2.2	0.6
1990 I	0.9	2.7	1.8
1990 II	0.0	2.2	2.3
1990 III	-0.9	1.2	2.1
1990 IV	-1.4	-0.3	1.1
1991 I	-2.7	-2.1	0.6
1991 II	-2.8	-1.6	1.3
1991 III	-2.3	-0.8	1.5
1991 IV	-1.9	0.9	2.8
1992 I	-1.3	2.9	4.3
1992 II	-0.3	3.2	3.5
1992 III	0.0	3.9	3.9
1992 IV	0.8	5.0	4.2
1993 I	2.1	3.9	1.8
1993 II	2.9	3.5	0.6
1993 III	3.2	3.2	0.0
1993 IV	3.4	3.3	-0.1
1994 I	2.9	4.1	1.2
1994 II	3.4	5.0	1.6
1994 III	4.2	4.8	0.6
1994 IV	3.9	4.8	0.8
1995 I	4.2	4.1	-0.1
1995 II	2.6	2.7	0.1
1995 III	2.4	3.3	0.9
1995 IV	1.9	2.6	0.7
1996 I	1.0	3.0	1.9
1996 II	1.8	4.8	2.9
1996 III	1.6	4.7	3.1
1996 IV	2.7	5.2	2.4
1997 I	4.0	5.2	1.1
1997 II	3.7	5.0	1.2
1997 III	3.5	5.3	1.7
1997 IV	2.8	4.9	2.1
1998 I	2.2	5.3	3.0
1998 II	2.1	4.6	2.4
1998 III	1.7	4.7	3.0
1998 IV	2.6	6.0	3.4
1999 I	2.0	5.9	3.8
1999 II	2.3	5.6	3.2
1999 III	2.8	5.6	2.7
1999 IV	1.7	5.4	3.6
2000 I	2.1	4.4	2.3
2000 II	1.4	6.0	4.5
2000 III	0.8	4.4	3.6
2000 IV	0.0	2.9	2.9
2001 I	-0.5	2.4	2.9
2001 II	-1.6	0.9	2.5
2001 III	-2.7	0.3	3.1
2001 IV	-3.4	0.0	3.5
2002 I	-4.1	1.7	6.1
2002 II	-2.9	1.3	4.3
2002 III	-2.1	2.5	4.7
2002 IV	-0.8	2.3	3.1
2003 I	-0.6	1.3	1.9
2003 II	-1.1	2.0	3.1
2003 III	-0.6	3.9	4.6
2003 IV	-0.3	4.7	5.0
2004 I	0.7	5.1	4.3
2004 II	1.1	5.0	3.9
2004 III	1.5	3.2	1.7
2004 IV	1.7	3.2	1.5
2005 I	1.4	3.8	2.3
2005 II	2.0	3.2	1.2
2005 III	1.6	3.4	1.7
2005 IV	1.6	3.1	1.5
2006 I	2.4	3.6	1.2
2006 II	2.0	3.4	1.5
2006 III	2.2	2.5	0.2
2006 IV	1.9	2.9	1.0
2007 I	0.9	1.5	0.6
2007 II	1.1	2.1	1.0
2007 III	0.3	3.2	2.9
2007 IV	-0.3	2.6	2.9
2008 I	-0.6	1.9	2.5
2008 II	-1.4	1.3	2.7
2008 III	-2.2	-0.7	1.6
2008 IV	-4.4	-3.0	1.4
2009 I	-6.5	-4.8	1.8
2009 II	-8.1	-5.4	2.9
2009 III	-8.2	-3.9	4.6
2009 IV	-5.6	-0.3	5.6
2010 I	-3.0	3.1	6.3

These data featured in the TED article, First quarter 2010 over-the-year productivity growth.

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