May 08, 2001 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Fourth-quarter productivity growth in factories revised upward
Productivity in manufacturing, as measured by output per hour, increased at a revised seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2000. A preliminary growth rate of 4.8 percent had been reported last month, based on information available at that time.
![Previous and revised productivity and related measures, manufacturing, fourth quarter 2000 (quarterly percent change at seasonally adjusted annual rates)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120921215444im_/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/2001/mar/wk1/art03.gif) [Chart data—TXT]
Output decreased 1.8 percent in manufacturing and hours of all persons
declined 6.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2000. The change in output
earlier reported (based on more limited information) was a decrease of 2.1
percent. The percent change in hours based on the latest information is
about the same as in last month's report.
These data are a product of the BLS Quarterly
Labor Productivityprogram. Data are subject to revision. Additional
information is available in "Productivity
and Costs, Fourth Quarter 2000 (revised)," news release USDL
01-56.
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