Archived articles from The Economics Daily— Labor Productivity and Costs
- Productivity up 11.1 percent, compensation up 8.0 percent from 2009 (11/18/2019)
- Real hourly compensation rose 2.5 percent over the year; labor productivity increased 1.8 percent (09/09/2019)
- Labor productivity up 1.8 percent from the second quarter of 2018 to the second quarter of 2019 (08/20/2019)
- Labor productivity up in 13 of the 16 trade and food service industries in 2018 (07/30/2019)
- Labor productivity up in 18 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2018 (06/13/2019)
- Productivity up 2.4 percent from first quarter 2018 to first quarter 2019 (06/10/2019)
- Labor productivity increased 2.4 percent from the first quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2019 (05/09/2019)
- Widespread declines in manufacturing labor productivity in 2018 (05/02/2019)
- Productivity up 1.8 percent from fourth quarter 2017 to fourth quarter 2018 (03/11/2019)
- Productivity up 1.3 percent, third quarter of 2017 to third quarter of 2018 (12/10/2018)
- Nonfarm business productivity up 1.3 percent third quarter 2017 to 2018 (11/05/2018)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity up 2.9 percent in second quarter of 2018 (09/10/2018)
- Labor productivity up 1.3 percent, real compensation up 0.5 percent, second quarter 2017 to 2018 (08/17/2018)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity up 0.4 percent during first quarter of 2018 (06/12/2018)
- Labor productivity rose in 20 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2017 (06/01/2018)
- Labor productivity up in 21 of the 23 manufacturing and mining industries over 1987–2017 period (05/14/2018)
- Productivity increased 1.3 percent from first quarter 2017 to first quarter 2018 (05/11/2018)
- Revised nonfarm business sector labor productivity 0 percent during fourth quarter of 2017 (03/09/2018)
- Labor productivity up 1.1 percent from fourth quarter 2016 to fourth quarter 2017 (02/08/2018)
- Revised nonfarm business sector labor productivity still up 3.0 percent during third quarter of 2017 (12/11/2017)
- Labor productivity up 1.5 percent from third quarter 2016 to third quarter 2017 (11/06/2017)
- Productivity up in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places in 2016 (08/14/2017)
- Productivity increased 1.2 percent from Q2 2016 to Q2 2017 (08/11/2017)
- Productivity and compensation, 1987–2015 (07/10/2017)
- Labor productivity rose in 17 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2016 (05/30/2017)
- Textile mills labor productivity up 6.6 percent in 2016 (05/23/2017)
- Nonfarm business unit labor costs increase 2.8 percent from Q1 2016 to Q1 2017 (05/08/2017)
- Labor share of output has declined since 1947 (03/07/2017)
- Labor productivity growth since the Great Recession (02/24/2017)
- Unit labor costs for nonfarm business increase 1.9 percent during 2016 (02/10/2017)
- Nonfarm business sector productivity increased at 3.1 percent annual rate during third quarter 2016 (11/09/2016)
- Productivity up in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places in 2015 (08/26/2016)
- Productivity decreased 0.4 percent from Q2 2015 to Q2 2016 (08/12/2016)
- Labor productivity in elementary and secondary schools down slightly from 1989 to 2012 (07/13/2016)
- Labor productivity rose in 15 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2015 (05/24/2016)
- Productivity up 0.6 percent for the year ending first quarter 2016 (05/13/2016)
- Oil and gas extraction productivity up 11.4 percent in 2015 (04/12/2016)
- Productivity increased 0.3 percent from Q4 2014 to Q4 2015 (02/16/2016)
- Productivity increases at 1.6-percent annual rate in third quarter 2015 (11/12/2015)
- Labor productivity in private community hospitals, 1993–2012 (11/05/2015)
- Nonfarm business productivity increased slightly over the year ending in second quarter 2015 (08/13/2015)
- Labor productivity up 2.6 percent in wholesale trade in 2014 (08/12/2015)
- Radio and television broadcasting and cable see largest productivity increases in 2014 (06/17/2015)
- Productivity falls 1.9 percent (annual rate) in 1st quarter 2015 (05/13/2015)
- Productivity falls 1.8 percent (annual rate) in 4th quarter 2014 (02/11/2015)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity up 0.9 percent over the year, third quarter 2014 (11/07/2014)
- Productivity in retail, wholesale, food services, and mining industries, 2013 (08/13/2014)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity up 2.5 percent, Q2 2014 (08/12/2014)
- Productivity in the information industry, 1987–2012 (05/27/2014)
- Productivity and costs, first quarter 2014 (05/14/2014)
- Labor productivity in manufacturing industries, 2012 (04/02/2014)
- Productivity and costs, fourth quarter 2013 (02/12/2014)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, third quarter 2013 (11/15/2013)
- Productivity decreases in food services, but increases in wholesale and retail trade in 2012 (09/03/2013)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, second quarter 2013 (08/20/2013)
- Multifactor productivity increased 0.9 percent in 2012 (07/02/2013)
- Productivity in selected service-providing and mining industries, 2011 (05/31/2013)
- Labor productivity, first quarter 2013 (05/03/2013)
- Labor productivity and unit labor costs among manufacturing industries, 2011 (03/28/2013)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2012 (02/08/2013)
- Third quarter 2012 productivity revised upward (12/06/2012)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, third quarter of 2012 (11/06/2012)
- Nonfarm business productivity, second quarter 2012 (09/06/2012)
- Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2011 (08/31/2012)
- Productivity, output, and hours in the second quarter of 2012 (08/09/2012)
- First quarter 2012 nonfarm business sector productivity (06/07/2012)
- Productivity in selected service-providing and mining industries, 2010 (06/05/2012)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity, first quarter 2012 (05/04/2012)
- Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (04/03/2012)
- Unit labor costs and real hourly compensation, 2011 (03/08/2012)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2011 (02/03/2012)
- Third quarter 2011 productivity growth revised downward (12/01/2011)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, third quarter 2011 (11/14/2011)
- Second quarter 2011 productivity growth revised downward (09/09/2011)
- Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2010 (08/31/2011)
- Output, hours, and productivity in the second quarter of 2011 (08/11/2011)
- First quarter 2011 productivity revised upward (06/06/2011)
- Productivity in selected service-providing and mining industries, 2009 (05/31/2011)
- Productivity in the first quarter of 2011 (05/11/2011)
- Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2009 (03/25/2011)
- Productivity in the fourth quarter of 2010 (03/04/2011)
- The compensation-productivity gap (02/24/2011)
- Unit labor costs and productivity in manufacturing, 2010 (02/07/2011)
- Unit labor costs in the third quarter of 2010 (12/03/2010)
- Productivity gains in the third quarter of 2010 (11/08/2010)
- Employment changes by industry in August 2010 (09/13/2010)
- Second quarter 2010 productivity growth revised downward (09/10/2010)
- Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services, 2009 (09/07/2010)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2010 (08/12/2010)
- Manufacturing, mining, and service-providing productivity, 2008 (06/24/2010)
- First quarter 2010 productivity growth revised downward (06/08/2010)
- First quarter 2010 over-the-year productivity growth (05/10/2010)
- Unit labor costs in the fourth quarter of 2009 (03/08/2010)
- Productivity increases, output and hours decline in 2009 (02/12/2010)
- Manufacturing industries and productivity, 2007 (01/07/2010)
- Third quarter 2009 productivity revised to 8.1 percent (12/04/2009)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity up 9.5 percent in third quarter 2009 (11/06/2009)
- Second quarter 2009 productivity growth revised (09/03/2009)
- Productivity and costs by selected industries in 2008 (09/01/2009)
- Productivity gains in the second quarter of 2009 (08/12/2009)
- Changes in nonfarm business productivity, 1947-2008 (07/10/2009)
- First quarter 2009 productivity growth revised upward (06/05/2009)
- Productivity growth in selected service-providing industries, 2007 (05/22/2009)
- Decline in mining productivity (05/21/2009)
- Productivity in first quarter 2009 (05/08/2009)
- Productivity growth in fourth quarter 2008 revised downward (03/06/2009)
- Productivity, output, and hours in 2008 (02/06/2009)
- Productivity growth in third quarter 2008 revised upward (12/04/2008)
- Productivity growth in third quarter 2008 (11/07/2008)
- Manufacturing productivity in second quarter of 2008 (09/05/2008)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2008 (08/12/2008)
- Productivity in second quarter 2008 (08/11/2008)
- Productivity growth in first quarter 2008 revised upward (06/05/2008)
- Productivity growth in selected service-providing industries, 2006 (05/27/2008)
- Productivity in first quarter 2008 (05/08/2008)
- Manufacturing industries and productivity, 2006 (03/21/2008)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing, fourth quarter 2007 (03/07/2008)
- Productivity growth in fourth quarter 2007 (03/06/2008)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs up in 2007 (02/08/2008)
- Productivity growth in 2007 (02/07/2008)