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Spotlight on Statistics
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March 2013

BLS Spotlight on Statistics: Productivity

Chart Data

Business cycles and industry productivity growth

 

Distribution of industry changes in output per hour, 2000–2007, 2007–2009, and 2009–2010
  Number of industries

Range

 2000–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010

-10 or less

 0 9 2

-10 to -8

 1 6 2

-8 to -6

 2 13 2

-6 to -4

 1 22 5

-4 to -2

 2 36 10

-2 to 0

 17 33 14

0 to 2

 54 25 20

2 to 4

 53 8 25

4 to 6

 29 14 17

6 to 8

 10 5 21

8 to 10

 3 3 20

10 or more

 7 5 41

Source: Labor Productivity and Costs | Chart

 

 

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