October 1, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Multifactor productivity trends in 2010

Number of manufacturing industries (out of 86) with increases in multifactor productivity, 2000–2010
Year Number of manufacturing industries

2000

 44

2001

 22

2002

 61

2003

 63

2004

 73

2005

 46

2006

 54

2007

 44

2008

 32

2009

 17

2010

 73

These data are featured in the TED article, Multifactor productivity trends in 2010.

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