U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMeasures for major sectors include inputs of capital services, labor hours and labor composition. Measures reflect published measures in the Multifactor Productivity Trends news release.
Measures for manufacturing multifactor productivity include inputs of capital services, labor hours, energy, materials, and purchased services (KLEMS). Measures reflect published measures in the Multifactor Productivity Trends in Manufacturing news release.
Measures for nonmanufacturing multifactor productivity include inputs of capital services, labor, energy, materials, and purchased services (KLEMS). Measures are not considered to be of sufficient quality to publish in a news release.
Detailed measures covering capital include equipment, structures, inventories, and land. Measures reflect published measures in the Multifactor Productivity Trends news release.
Detailed measures covering information capital include computers, software, and communication equipment for major sectors and NIPA-level industries. Measures reflect published measures in the Multifactor Productivity Trends news release.
Total economy production account measures are a product of a collaboration between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis to expand and improve the integration of the national income and product accounts and productivity statistics. See "Integrated GDP-Productivity Accounts," (PDF 182K), by Michael J. Harper, Brent R. Moulton, Steven Rosenthal, and David B. Wasshausen. December 2008. Presented at the American Economic Association Meetings in January 2009.
Multifactor productivity, output, capital, labor, and other inputs are developed using detailed measures at a lower level of aggregation. While these detailed measures are used to produce reliable measures at higher levels of aggregation, the detailed NIPA-level industry measures can be used to construct productivity measures of inconsistent quality at the NIPA industry level. However, these measures may be suitable for other uses or as qualitative indicators.
The following measures can be obtained by calling the appropriate contacts or by e-mailing your request.
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