Appendix table 2. Nonfarm business sector: Revised productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted



Appendix table 2.
 Nonfarm 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    r130.2      151.5    r116.4    r152.9      r117.3     r117.4      r123.7      119.7
           II    r131.7      153.4    r116.5    r154.9      r117.9     r117.6      r125.9      120.6
          III    r132.2      154.9    r117.1    r157.1      r118.7     r118.8      r125.8      121.4
           IV    r132.2      155.9    r117.9    r158.9      r118.9     r120.2      r126.4      122.5

       ANNUAL    r131.6      153.9    r116.9    r156.0      r118.2     r118.5      r125.5      121.1

 2005       I    r133.2      157.3    r118.1    r159.9      r119.1     r120.0      r129.9      123.7
           II     133.4      158.4     118.8    r160.8      r118.9     r120.5      r130.8      124.3
          III    r134.7      160.3    r119.0    r163.2      r118.9     r121.1      r133.4      125.6
           IV    r134.2      160.8    r119.8    r164.7      r118.8     r122.7      r134.2      126.9

       ANNUAL    r133.9      159.2    r118.9    r162.1      r118.9     r121.1      r132.1      125.1

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                       Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)

 2004       I      r0.8        2.6      r1.8     r-0.2       r-3.5       -1.0        11.2        3.4
           II      r4.7        5.0      r0.3      r5.2        r2.1        0.5        r7.2        3.0
          III      r1.6        3.8      r2.3      r5.9        r2.9       r4.2       r-0.3        2.4
           IV      r0.0        2.6      r2.6      r4.8        r0.6       r4.8        r2.2        3.8

       ANNUAL       2.8        4.1       1.3      r3.7        r1.0        0.9         4.9        2.4

 2005       I      r2.8        3.7      r0.9      r2.3        r0.6       -0.5       r11.3        3.9
           II      r0.7        2.9      r2.2      r2.3       r-0.5        1.6         3.0        2.2
          III      r3.9        4.8      r0.8      r6.0       r-0.2       r2.0        r8.0        4.3
           IV     r-1.5        1.3      r2.8      r3.8        -0.3       r5.3        r2.4        4.2

       ANNUAL      r1.7        3.4      r1.7       4.0        r0.6        2.2        r5.3        3.4

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                      Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year

 2004       I       4.0        4.8       0.8       3.8         1.9       -0.2         4.6        1.6
           II       3.8        5.0      r1.1       3.4        r0.7      r-0.3         6.6        2.2
          III      r1.7        3.3      r1.6      r3.6        r0.8        1.9        r3.6        2.5
           IV       1.8        3.5       1.7       3.9         0.5        2.1         5.0        3.2

       ANNUAL       2.8        4.1       1.3      r3.7        r1.0        0.9         4.9        2.4

 2005       I       2.3        3.8      r1.5      r4.5        r1.5        2.2         5.0        3.3
           II       1.3        3.3       2.0      r3.8         0.9        2.5         3.9        3.1
          III      r1.8        3.5      r1.6      r3.9        r0.1        2.0        r6.0        3.5
           IV       1.5        3.2      r1.7       3.6        -0.1        2.1         6.1        3.6

       ANNUAL      r1.7        3.4      r1.7       4.0        r0.6        2.2        r5.3        3.4

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

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