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Table 2
Growth of Output, Inputs, and Multifactor Productivity in Trucking

Percentage Rates of Change

(Basic growth accounting methodology without land input)

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Year Growth of Gross Output - Quantity Index (2000=100) Growth of Labor Growth of Capital Growth of Intermediate Inputs Growth of combined weighted inputs Growth of MFP
  '(1) '(2) '(3) '(4) '(5) '(6)
1988 12.4 (8.3) 3.1 14.7 4.7 7.7
1989 4.8 2.1 0.7 6.0 3.8 1.0
1990 5.7 (1.8) (3.8) 12.0 5.2 0.6
1991 2.0 (1.1) (3.8) (2.1) (2.1) 4.1
1992 8.3 0.2 (4.5) 9.7 4.5 3.8
1993 4.0 5.6 2.8 2.1 3.3 0.7
1994 9.3 5.6 13.3 9.4 8.8 0.6
1995 2.7 3.9 13.0 3.2 5.0 (2.3)
1996 5.4 2.5 4.7 7.0 5.3 0.2
1997 4.6 2.9 9.3 4.5 4.8 (0.2)
1998 7.3 4.1 5.0 10.7 7.7 (0.4)
1999 5.3 3.9 3.3 9.0 6.6 (1.3)
2000 2.5 2.1 2.4 3.8 3.1 (0.6)
2001 (6.2) 1.4 (2.2) (6.9) (3.7) (2.5)
2002 (1.7) (3.3) (2.7) (3.2) (3.1) 1.4
2003 (6.0) (1.1) (1.6) (11.3) (6.4) 0.4

SOURCE: BEA internet site. For data on gross output, intermediate inputs, and labor: Annual Industry Accounts: http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn2/gdpbyind_data.htm. For labor data for 1987 - 1997, BEA internet site; see Appendix A. For data on fixed assets: National\Fixed Assets\All Fixed Asset Tables\Section 3 - Private Fixed Assets by Industry: Table 3.2ES and Table 3.1ES. http://www.bea.doc/bea/dn/FA2004/SelectTable.asp