April 4, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Private business multifactor productivity up in 2010
Private nonfarm business sector: indexes of productivity and related measures, 1987–2010
Indexes 2005=100
| Year |
Productivity |
Inputs |
Output per hour
of all persons |
Output per
unit of
capital services |
Multifactor
productivity |
Labor input |
Capital services |
Combined units of labor
input and capital services |
1987 |
66.3 |
111.4 |
82.3 |
75.5 |
48.7 |
65.9 |
1988 |
67.4 |
112.4 |
83.2 |
78.2 |
50.5 |
68.2 |
1989 |
67.9 |
112.0 |
83.2 |
80.8 |
52.5 |
70.6 |
1990 |
69.2 |
110.0 |
83.5 |
80.8 |
54.2 |
71.4 |
1991 |
70.3 |
106.0 |
82.7 |
79.9 |
55.7 |
71.4 |
1992 |
73.1 |
107.6 |
84.6 |
80.7 |
57.0 |
72.5 |
1993 |
73.6 |
108.0 |
84.9 |
83.4 |
58.8 |
74.9 |
1994 |
74.4 |
109.2 |
85.5 |
86.9 |
60.9 |
77.8 |
1995 |
74.7 |
107.9 |
85.5 |
89.2 |
63.6 |
80.3 |
1996 |
76.7 |
107.6 |
86.7 |
91.1 |
66.7 |
82.8 |
1997 |
77.8 |
107.2 |
87.2 |
94.8 |
70.4 |
86.5 |
1998 |
80.1 |
105.9 |
88.5 |
97.1 |
74.9 |
89.6 |
1999 |
82.7 |
104.7 |
89.9 |
99.6 |
80.0 |
93.1 |
2000 |
85.6 |
102.6 |
91.4 |
100.8 |
85.3 |
95.8 |
2001 |
88.3 |
99.0 |
92.1 |
99.2 |
89.3 |
96.0 |
2002 |
92.4 |
97.7 |
94.2 |
97.2 |
92.3 |
95.6 |
2003 |
95.8 |
98.1 |
96.6 |
96.9 |
94.7 |
96.2 |
2004 |
98.4 |
99.6 |
98.9 |
98.1 |
97.1 |
97.7 |
2005 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
2006 |
100.9 |
99.9 |
100.4 |
102.5 |
103.3 |
102.8 |
2007 |
102.6 |
99.1 |
100.7 |
103.8 |
106.4 |
104.7 |
2008 |
103.3 |
95.0 |
99.3 |
102.2 |
109.3 |
104.6 |
2009 |
105.8 |
89.6 |
98.3 |
95.6 |
110.1 |
100.4 |
2010 |
110.2 |
92.8 |
101.7 |
96.1 |
110.6 |
100.9 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Private business multifactor productivity up in 2010.
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