Appendix table 1. Business sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted



Appendix table 1.
 Business sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally
 adjusted
                                                            Real
    Year       Output per             Hours     Compensa-   compensa-   Unit     Unit non-   Implicit
    and        hour of                of all    tion per    tion per    labor    labor pay-  price
    quarter    all persons  Output    persons   hour (1)    hour (2)    costs    ments (3)   deflator (4)
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                                           Indexes 1992=100

 2004       I    r131.1      151.4    r115.5    r153.8      r118.0     r117.4      r123.0      119.5
           II    r132.3      153.1    r115.7    r155.8      r118.6     r117.7      r125.3      120.5
          III    r132.9      154.6    r116.3    r158.0      r119.4     r118.9      r124.8      121.1
           IV    r133.4      155.7    r116.7    r160.3      r119.9     r120.1      r125.4      122.1

       ANNUAL    r132.4      153.7    r116.1    r157.0      r119.0     r118.5      r124.6      120.8

 2005       I    r134.2      157.1    r117.1    r161.0      r119.9     r120.0      r128.5      123.2
           II    r134.2      158.4    r118.0    r161.6      r119.5     r120.4      r129.4      123.8
          III    r135.6      160.2    r118.1    r164.1      r119.5     r121.0      r131.8      125.0
           IV    r135.2      160.6    r118.8    r165.8      r119.6     r122.6      r132.4      126.3

       ANNUAL    r134.8      159.1    r118.0    r163.2      r119.7     r121.0      r130.5      124.6

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                       Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

 2004       I      r2.3        3.7      r1.3       0.6       r-2.8       -1.7        12.3        3.4
           II      r3.8        4.4      r0.5      r5.1        r1.9       r1.2        r7.6        3.6
          III      r1.7        4.0      r2.2      r5.8        r2.8       r4.0       r-1.7        1.8
           IV      r1.5        3.0      r1.5      r6.0        r1.7       r4.4        r2.0        3.5

       ANNUAL       2.9        4.2      r1.2       3.8        r1.1        0.9         5.4        2.6

 2005       I      r2.3        3.7      r1.3      r1.9        r0.1       -0.4        10.2        3.6
           II      r0.1        3.2      r3.1      r1.4       r-1.4        1.3         3.0        2.0
          III      r4.3        4.8      r0.5      r6.3        r0.0       r2.0        r7.5        4.1
           IV     r-1.2        1.0      r2.2      r4.3        r0.2       r5.6        r1.7        4.1

       ANNUAL       1.8        3.5      r1.7      r3.9         0.6        2.1         4.7        3.1

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                      Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

 2004       I       4.2        4.9      r0.7       3.9        r2.0       -0.3         5.6        1.9
           II      r3.5        4.8       1.3       3.3         0.5      r-0.1         7.4        2.6
          III      r1.7        3.3      r1.5      r3.6        r0.9        1.9        r3.9        2.6
           IV       2.4        3.8       1.4       4.3         0.9        1.9         4.9        3.0

       ANNUAL       2.9        4.2      r1.2       3.8        r1.1        0.9         5.4        2.6

 2005       I       2.4        3.8      r1.4       4.7        r1.6        2.3         4.4        3.1
           II       1.4        3.5       2.0       3.8         0.8        2.3         3.3        2.7
          III       2.1        3.7      r1.6      r3.9        r0.1       r1.8        r5.6        3.3
           IV      r1.3        3.1      r1.8       3.5        -0.2        2.1         5.6        3.4

       ANNUAL       1.8        3.5      r1.7      r3.9         0.6        2.1         4.7        3.1

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 See footnotes following Table 6.                                      March 5, 2009
 r=revised                                                             Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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