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March 4, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Industry sector and measure | Quarterly percent change at annual rate | |
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Previous | Revised | |
Nonfarm business |
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Productivity |
2.6 | 2.6 |
Output |
4.5 | 4.0 |
Hours |
1.8 | 1.4 |
Unit labor costs |
-0.6 | -0.6 |
Manufacturing |
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Productivity |
5.8 | 5.9 |
Output |
3.7 | 4.4 |
Hours |
-2.0 | -1.4 |
Unit labor costs |
-2.9 | -2.7 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Productivity in the fourth quarter of 2010.