Table 2: Private business sector: productivity and related measures for the 1987-2011 period, annual percent change from previous year

Table 2. Private business sector: productivity and related measures
for the 1987-2011 period1

Annual percent change from previous year

                                                       Combined           
               Output                                  units of           
       Output  per                                     labor in-              
       per     unit of Multi-                          put and   Capital      
       hour    capital factor                  Capital capital   services     
       of all  servic- Product-        Labor   Servic- servic-   per hour of  
Year   persons es      ivity2  Output3 Input4  es5     es6       all persons  

1988    1.5     0.5     0.8     4.3     3.4     3.8     3.5       1.0
1989    1.0    -0.2     0.3     3.7     3.2     3.9     3.4       1.2

1990    2.2    -1.5     0.6     1.5    -0.1     3.0     0.9       3.7
1991    1.6    -3.4    -1.0    -0.8    -1.0     2.7     0.2       5.2
1992    4.2     1.8     2.6     4.0     1.0     2.1     1.4       2.3
1993    0.6     0.2     0.2     3.3     3.1     3.1     3.1       0.4
1994    0.9     1.4     0.7     5.0     4.5     3.5     4.2      -0.4

1995    0.1    -1.3    -0.3     2.9     2.7     4.3     3.2       1.5
1996    2.9     0.0     1.7     4.6     2.0     4.6     2.8       2.9
1997    1.8    -0.1     0.8     5.2     3.9     5.3     4.4       1.8
1998    3.0    -1.1     1.5     5.0     2.3     6.2     3.5       4.1
1999    3.5    -1.0     1.8     5.6     2.4     6.7     3.7       4.5

2000    3.5    -1.7     1.7     4.6     1.2     6.3     2.8       5.3
2001    3.2    -3.5     0.8     0.9    -1.8     4.6     0.1       7.0
2002    4.6    -1.2     2.4     2.0    -1.9     3.2    -0.4       5.9
2003    3.9     0.6     2.7     3.2    -0.4     2.6     0.5       3.3
2004    2.8     1.4     2.4     4.1     1.1     2.6     1.6       1.3

2005    1.7     0.2     1.0     3.5     2.0     3.2     2.4       1.5
2006    1.0     0.0     0.5     3.1     2.4     3.1     2.6       1.0
2007    1.6    -0.7     0.3     2.1     1.2     2.8     1.7       2.3
2008    0.7    -3.7    -1.2    -1.3    -1.4     2.4    -0.1       4.6
2009    2.6    -5.4    -0.8    -4.8    -6.5     0.6    -4.1       8.4

2010    4.1     3.5     3.4     4.0     0.6     0.5     0.5       0.6
2011	0.4	0.4	0.3	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.9	  0.1

See footnotes following table 4.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics


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