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Table 2.  Manufacturing Sector: Productivity and related measures, 1987-2006			
										
Indexes (2000=100)									
      
      Productivity	 	           Inputs
	
      Output  Output                                           Purc-    Comb-  
      per     per     Multi-   Sect-	   Cap-	 	       hased    ined
      hour    unit    factor   oral        ital                busi-    units 
      of all  of      Product- out-	   Serv-        Mater- ness     of all    
Year  persons capital ivity1   put  Hours2 ices4 Energy ials   services inputs3  
										
1987   64.1    96.4    85.0    64.1 100.0   66.5   99.1  63.2   65.2     75.4
1988   65.4    99.7    86.4    67.4 103.1   67.6  103.1  64.1   71.0     78.0
1989   66.1    99.1    86.0    68.5 103.7   69.2  102.9  65.3   75.2     79.7
1990   67.5    96.1    85.4    68.3 101.1   71.1  105.1  66.2   76.6     80.0
1991   69.3    92.2    85.1    67.1  96.9   72.8  104.7  65.8   76.0     78.9
1992   71.9    93.0    84.6    69.3  96.4   74.5  103.7  71.5   81.5     82.0
1993   73.8    94.3    86.8    72.0  97.7   76.4  107.1  72.1   81.6     83.0
1994   76.4    97.2    89.2    76.3 100.0   78.5  110.4  74.9   84.7     85.6
1995   79.8    98.7    90.8    80.3 100.6   81.4  113.7  78.9   88.8     88.5
1996   82.7    98.0    91.2    83.1 100.4   84.8  110.4  86.0   88.5     91.1
1997   87.3   100.6    93.8    89.2 102.2   88.7  108.2  92.9   92.1     95.1
1998   92.0   100.7    95.9    93.8 101.9   93.2  105.4  97.7   95.0     97.8
1999   96.1   100.4    96.7    97.4 101.3   97.0  105.5 102.6  100.0    100.7
2000  100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0 100.0  100.0  100.0 100.0  100.0    100.0
2001  101.6    93.5    98.7    94.9  93.5  101.5   90.6  93.3  100.7     96.2
2002  108.6    92.3   102.4    94.3  86.8  102.1   89.3  88.4   98.2     92.1
2003  115.3    93.2   105.2    95.2  82.6  102.1   84.4  87.7   99.1     90.5
2004  117.9    95.4   108.0    96.9  82.2  101.6   84.0  87.3   97.0     89.7
2005  123.5    98.9   108.4   100.4  81.3  101.5   91.6  92.4  104.5     92.7
2006  125.0   100.2   110.1   102.3  81.8  102.0   86.6	 91.5  106.6	 92.9

1. Sectoral output per unit of combined inputs.                                                                                                                               
2. Hours at work of all persons.  
3. Combined units of capital services, hours, energy, non-energy materials,
   and purchased business services, superlative chain index.
   
Source: Output data are from the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of 
        Commerce, and modified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),
        U.S. Department of Labor.  Compensation and hours data are from BLS.
        Capital measures are based on data supplied by BEA.  See also
        Summary of Methods in this release.