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(The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Archived articles from The Editor's Desk—
Productivity
- Multifactor productivity trends in 2010 (10/01/2012)
- Nonfarm business productivity, second quarter 2012 (09/06/2012)
- Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2011 (08/31/2012)
- Productivity, output, and hours in the second quarter of 2012 (08/09/2012)
- Multifactor productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (07/05/2012)
- First quarter 2012 nonfarm business sector productivity (06/07/2012)
- Productivity in selected service-providing and mining industries, 2010 (06/05/2012)
- Multifactor productivity in private nonfarm business (05/25/2012)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity, first quarter 2012 (05/04/2012)
- Private business multifactor productivity up in 2010 (04/04/2012)
- Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (04/03/2012)
- Unit labor costs and real hourly compensation, 2011 (03/08/2012)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2011 (02/03/2012)
- Third quarter 2011 productivity growth revised downward (12/01/2011)
- Productivity, output, and hours worked, third quarter 2011 (11/14/2011)
- International manufacturing productivity, 2010 (10/19/2011)
- Multifactor productivity in manufacturing, 2009 (09/28/2011)
- Second quarter 2011 productivity growth revised downward (09/09/2011)
- Interactive dashboards from International Labor Comparisons (09/01/2011)
- Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2010 (08/31/2011)
- Output, hours, and productivity in the second quarter of 2011 (08/11/2011)
- First quarter 2011 productivity revised upward (06/06/2011)
- Productivity in selected service-providing and mining industries, 2009 (05/31/2011)
- Productivity in the first quarter of 2011 (05/11/2011)
- Multifactor productivity in private nonfarm business, 2009 (04/04/2011)
- Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2009 (03/25/2011)
- Productivity in the fourth quarter of 2010 (03/04/2011)
- The compensation-productivity gap (02/24/2011)
- Unit labor costs and productivity in manufacturing, 2010 (02/07/2011)
- International manufacturing productivity, 2009 (12/28/2010)
- Unit labor costs in the third quarter of 2010 (12/03/2010)
- Productivity gains in the third quarter of 2010 (11/08/2010)
- Multifactor productivity in manufacturing, 2008 (10/01/2010)
- Second quarter 2010 productivity growth revised downward (09/10/2010)
- Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services, 2009 (09/07/2010)
- Multifactor productivity in private nonfarm business, 2008 (08/30/2010)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2010 (08/12/2010)
- Multifactor productivity in nonmanufacturing industries, 1987–2006 (07/13/2010)
- Manufacturing, mining, and service-providing productivity, 2008 (06/24/2010)
- First quarter 2010 productivity growth revised downward (06/08/2010)
- First quarter 2010 over-the-year productivity growth (05/10/2010)
- Unit labor costs in the fourth quarter of 2009 (03/08/2010)
- Productivity increases, output and hours decline in 2009 (02/12/2010)
- Manufacturing industries and productivity, 2007 (01/07/2010)
- Third quarter 2009 productivity revised to 8.1 percent (12/04/2009)
- Nonfarm business labor productivity up 9.5 percent in third quarter 2009 (11/06/2009)
- International manufacturing productivity, 2008 (10/27/2009)
- Second quarter 2009 productivity growth revised (09/03/2009)
- Productivity and costs by selected industries in 2008 (09/01/2009)
- Productivity gains in the second quarter of 2009 (08/12/2009)
- Changes in nonfarm business productivity, 1947-2008 (07/10/2009)
- First quarter 2009 productivity growth revised upward (06/05/2009)
- Productivity growth in selected service-providing industries, 2007 (05/22/2009)
- Decline in mining productivity (05/21/2009)
- Productivity in first quarter 2009 (05/08/2009)
- Multifactor productivity in private business, 2008 (05/07/2009)
- Multifactor productivity in nonfarm business, 2007 (03/26/2009)
- Productivity growth in fourth quarter 2008 revised downward (03/06/2009)
- Korea and Taiwan had largest manufacturing productivity gains in 2007 (03/04/2009)
- Productivity, output, and hours in 2008 (02/06/2009)
- Productivity growth in third quarter 2008 revised upward (12/04/2008)
- Productivity growth in third quarter 2008 (11/07/2008)
- International factory productivity gains, and losses, in 2007 (09/30/2008)
- Manufacturing productivity in second quarter of 2008 (09/05/2008)
- Multifactor productivity in detailed manufacturing industries, 1987-2006 (09/02/2008)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2008 (08/12/2008)
- Productivity in second quarter 2008 (08/11/2008)
- Productivity growth in first quarter 2008 revised upward (06/05/2008)
- Productivity growth in selected service-providing industries, 2006 (05/27/2008)
- Productivity in first quarter 2008 (05/08/2008)
- Multifactor productivity in private business, 2007 (05/07/2008)
- Manufacturing multifactor productivity in 2006 (05/02/2008)
- Multifactor productivity in nonfarm business, 2006 (03/28/2008)
- Manufacturing industries and productivity, 2006 (03/21/2008)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing, fourth quarter 2007 (03/07/2008)
- Productivity growth in fourth quarter 2007 (03/06/2008)
- Korea had largest manufacturing productivity gain in 2006 (02/29/2008)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs up in 2007 (02/08/2008)
- Productivity growth in 2007 (02/07/2008)
- Productivity growth in third quarter revised upward (12/06/2007)
- Productivity in third quarter 2007 (11/08/2007)
- International factory productivity gains in 2006 (09/28/2007)
- Second-quarter productivity growth revised upward (09/07/2007)
- Productivity growth in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2006 (08/29/2007)
- Multifactor productivity in detailed manufacturing industries (08/22/2007)
- Productivity in second quarter 2007 (08/08/2007)
- Productivity growth in selected service-providing industries, 2005 (06/11/2007)
- Manufacturing multifactor productivity in 2005 (06/08/2007)
- Downward revision of first-quarter productivity growth (06/07/2007)
- Multifactor productivity, 1996-2006 (05/25/2007)
- Productivity in first quarter 2007 (05/04/2007)
- Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2005 (04/20/2007)
- Multifactor productivity in nonfarm business, 2005 (03/26/2007)
- Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2006 (03/09/2007)
- Fourth-quarter productivity growth revised downward (03/07/2007)
- Korea, Taiwan had biggest factory productivity gains in 2005 (02/27/2007)
- Productivity growth in 2006 (02/08/2007)
- Manufacturing multifactor productivity in 2002, 2003, and 2004 (12/07/2006)
- Productivity growth revised upward in the third quarter (12/06/2006)
- Productivity in third quarter 2006 (11/03/2006)
- International factory productivity gains in 2005 (09/27/2006)
- Productivity growth in the second quarter revised upward (09/07/2006)
- Multifactor productivity, 1996-2005 (08/30/2006)
- Productivity in trade and food services, 2005 (08/23/2006)
- Productivity growth in second quarter 2006 (08/09/2006)
- Sharp drop in mining productivity (07/14/2006)
- Productivity growth in information-sector industries, 2004 (07/13/2006)
- First-quarter productivity growth revised upward (06/02/2006)
- Productivity in first quarter 2006 (05/05/2006)
- Productivity in largest manufacturing industries (05/03/2006)
- Productivity in the engineering services industry (03/31/2006)
- Productivity in the architectural services industry (03/30/2006)
- Multifactor productivity, 1995-2004 (03/24/2006)
- Revision of fourth-quarter productivity growth (03/08/2006)
- Korea and Sweden record largest manufacturing productivity increases in 2004 (02/22/2006)
- Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2005 (02/09/2006)
- Productivity growth in 2005 (02/03/2006)
- Factory productivity in the third quarter of 2005 (12/07/2005)
- Productivity in third quarter 2005 (11/04/2005)
- International factory productivity gains in 2004 (10/28/2005)
- Wholesale-trade productivity in 2004 (10/05/2005)
- Productivity in retail trade, 2004 (09/29/2005)
- Restaurant productivity growth in 2004 (09/28/2005)
- Factory productivity, second quarter of 2005 (09/08/2005)
- Productivity growth in information-sector industries (08/29/2005)
- Productivity in second quarter 2005 (08/10/2005)
- Simplified, preliminary multifactor productivity statistics
(06/29/2005)
- Factory productivity growth in first quarter 2005 (06/03/2005)
- Productivity in first quarter 2005 (05/06/2005)
- Factory productivity growth in 2004 (03/04/2005)
- Japan had largest manufacturing productivity increase in 2003 (03/01/2005)
- Productivity growth in 2004 (02/04/2005)
- Biggest rise in multifactor productivity since 1992 (02/02/2005)
- Industries with fastest productivity growth (12/30/2004)
- Little revision to third-quarter productivity growth (12/08/2004)
- Productivity in third quarter 2004 (11/05/2004)
- Korea had largest factory productivity gain in 2003 (10/01/2004)
- Productivity in the video tape and disc rental industry (09/29/2004)
- Productivity in retail trade, 2003 (09/27/2004)
- Productivity growth in travel agencies (09/14/2004)
- Productivity growth in second quarter revised downward (09/03/2004)
- Productivity growth in second quarter 2004 (08/11/2004)
- Productivity rises in most information-sector industries (06/17/2004)
- Factory productivity in the first quarter (06/09/2004)
- Upward revision of productivity growth in first quarter (06/04/2004)
- Productivity growth in first quarter (05/07/2004)
- U.S. had largest manufacturing productivity increase in 2002 (03/29/2004)
- Productivity growth in 2003 revised upward (03/05/2004)
- A dip in manufacturing multifactor productivity (02/11/2004)
- Productivity growth in 2003 (02/06/2004)
- Productivity up in most of largest retail trade industries (12/31/2003)
- Productivity growth in third quarter higher than originally reported (12/04/2003)
- Factory output and productivity higher in third quarter (11/13/2003)
- Productivity climbs in third quarter (11/07/2003)
- Productivity growth in information-sector industries (10/09/2003)
- Productivity up in just over half of industries in 2001 (09/23/2003)
- Sweden, Korea had largest factory productivity gains last year (09/11/2003)
- Upward revision of second quarter 2003 productivity growth (09/05/2003)
- Manufacturing productivity in the second quarter (08/19/2003)
- Productivity advances in second quarter (08/08/2003)
- GDP per employed person in 10 countries, 2002 (07/30/2003)
- First-quarter productivity growth revised upward (06/05/2003)
- Productivity jump for nonfinancial corporations in 2002 (05/13/2003)
- Rise in manufacturing productivity in first quarter (05/08/2003)
- Productivity up in first quarter (05/02/2003)
- First drop in multifactor productivity since 1991 (04/09/2003)
- Upward revision of fourth-quarter productivity growth (03/07/2003)
- Productivity declines in Canadian, Japanese, and U.S. factories in 2001 (02/27/2003)
- Productivity growth slower in two-thirds of newly measured service industries (02/20/2003)
- Rapid productivity growth in prepackaged software industry (02/19/2003)
- Contributions to wholesale-trade productivity growth (02/13/2003)
- Drop in unit labor costs in manufacturing last year (02/12/2003)
- Productivity down in fourth quarter (02/07/2003)
- Decline of manufacturing unit labor costs continues (12/06/2002)
- Third-quarter productivity growth revised upward (12/05/2002)
- Another rise in productivity (11/08/2002)
- U.S. factory productivity gain in 2001 was fourth highest (09/30/2002)
- Factory productivity in the G-7 countries: 1950-2000 (09/11/2002)
- Upward revision in second-quarter productivity growth (09/06/2002)
- Another increase in manufacturing multifactor productivity (08/30/2002)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs fall again in second quarter (08/13/2002)
- Productivity up in second quarter (08/12/2002)
- Labor costs in wholesale trade (07/05/2002)
- New wholesale-trade productivity series (06/21/2002)
- Sharp decline in manufacturing labor costs in first quarter (06/06/2002)
- Small revision in first-quarter productivity growth (06/03/2002)
- High-tech productivity gains in 1990s (05/14/2002)
- Jump in productivity in first quarter (05/08/2002)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Germany, Denmark in 2000 (05/03/2002)
- Productivity by industry between 1990 and 2000 (05/02/2002)
- Korea had largest productivity gains in manufacturing in 2000 (04/22/2002)
- Unit labor costs down in fourth quarter of 2001 (03/14/2002)
- 2000 saw largest increase in multifactor productivity since 1992 (03/13/2002)
- Upward revision of fourth-quarter productivity growth (03/08/2002)
- Jump in factory labor costs in 2001 (02/08/2002)
- Productivity growth in 2001 (02/07/2002)
- Labor productivity in apparel stores in 1990s (01/23/2002)
- Faster retail productivity growth in second half of 1990s (01/15/2002)
- Third-quarter productivity growth revised downward (12/07/2001)
- Productivity rises as output and hours fall (11/08/2001)
- Downward revision in second-quarter productivity growth (09/06/2001)
- U.S. led in factory productivity gains in 2000 (09/04/2001)
- Unit labor costs in second quarter (08/09/2001)
- Manufacturing productivity falls for second quarter in a row (08/08/2001)
- Cost shares vary among manufacturing industries (07/26/2001)
- Mixed multifactor productivity progress in biggest manufacturing industries (07/12/2001)
- Long-term gains in mining productivity (06/20/2001)
- Long-term declines in unit labor costs among service-producing industries (06/13/2001)
- Jump in unit labor costs in manufacturing (06/11/2001)
- Retail trade productivity: 1990-99 (06/07/2001)
- Productivity down in first quarter (06/06/2001)
- Unit labor costs drop in 50 manufacturing industries (05/22/2001)
- Productivity higher in over two-thirds of manufacturing industries (05/16/2001)
- Nonfarm business unit labor costs up again (05/09/2001)
- Another rise in multifactor productivity (04/11/2001)
- The U.S.-Canada manufacturing productivity gap (04/10/2001)
- U.S. had largest productivity gains in manufacturing in 1999 (04/06/2001)
- Fastest productivity growth ever in durable goods manufacturing last year (03/09/2001)
- Fourth-quarter productivity growth in factories revised upward (03/07/2001)
- Unit labor costs accelerate in fourth quarter (02/13/2001)
- Strong productivity growth in 2000 (02/08/2001)
- Multifactor productivity increases modestly in many manufacturing industries (12/29/2000)
- Third-quarter productivity growth revised downward (12/07/2000)
- Highest productivity growth in computer industry (12/05/2000)
- Productivity rises in most manufacturing industries (11/16/2000)
- Productivity increases again (11/03/2000)
- U.S. factory costs dip compared to competitors (10/24/2000)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing increased the most in Japan and Korea in 1999 (10/23/2000)
- U.S. led factory productivity gains in 1999 (10/18/2000)
- Seventh annual rise in multifactor productivity (09/22/2000)
- Productivity figure revised upward (09/07/2000)
- Productivity jumps in second quarter (08/09/2000)
- Declines in labor costs among service-producing industries (06/13/2000)
- Factory productivity increases at 7.3-percent annual rate in first quarter (06/07/2000)
- Productivity rose fastest in computer factories (06/02/2000)
- Productivity up in many service-producing and mining industries (05/31/2000)
- Productivity gain in first quarter (05/05/2000)
- Manufacturing productivity surges in fourth quarter (03/10/2000)
- Productivity rise in fourth quarter largest since 1992 (03/08/2000)
- Productivity increase in 1999 (02/09/2000)
- Variation in unit labor costs by industry (01/04/2000)
- Declines in unit labor costs and gains in productivity (12/30/1999)
- Unit labor costs in the third quarter (12/08/1999)
- U.S. auto industry boosts productivity in 1990s (10/28/1999)
- Increasing skill levels now account for over a quarter of labor productivity growth (09/20/1999)
- Unit labor costs fall in 1990s in U.S. auto industry (09/14/1999)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Korea, Taiwan, Japan in 1998 (09/03/1999)
- Productivity gains in German and American factories better than 4 percent in 1998 (09/02/1999)
- Productivity in most mining and service industries rose in 1997 (05/05/1999)
- Have our price indexes dampened productivity measures? (04/23/1999)
- France leads 11 countries in manufacturing productivity growth during 1997 (03/17/1999)
- Hourly compensation rises in 1998 (03/10/1999)
- Sources of labor productivity shift (03/04/1999)
- Productivity of labor, capital rise again in 1997 (02/25/1999)
- Factory unit labor costs rise for first time in five years (02/18/1999)
- Productivity gains led by durables manufacturing (02/10/1999)
- Labor productivity increases in most industries from 1987 to 1996 (11/13/1998)
- Majority of employment in industries with rising productivity (11/06/1998)
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