October 1, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Multifactor productivity trends in 2010
Number of manufacturing industries (out of 86) with increases in multifactor productivity, 2000–2010
Year |
Number of manufacturing industries |
2000 |
44 |
2001 |
22 |
2002 |
61 |
2003 |
63 |
2004 |
73 |
2005 |
46 |
2006 |
54 |
2007 |
44 |
2008 |
32 |
2009 |
17 |
2010 |
73 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Multifactor productivity trends in 2010.
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