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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