Preliminary Multifactor Productivity Trends, 2011

May 09, 2012
In 2011 multifactor productivity grew at a 0.5 percent annual rate in the private nonfarm business sector and 0.3 percent in the private business sector. In both sectors, multifactor productivity grew considerably slower than in the previous year. More...
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Multifactor Productivity Trends for Detailed Industries

September 23, 2011
Multifactor productivity, output per unit of combined inputs, rose in 14 percent of the 86 detailed manufacturing industries in 2009, compared to 42 percent of the industries in 2008. Multifactor productivity declined in air transportation and line-haul railroads. More...
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Multifactor Productivity Trends in Manufacturing

August 11, 2011
In 2009 multifactor productivity in manufacturing decreased 5.7 percent, 8.0 percent in durable manufacturing, and 3.1 percent in nondurable manufacturing. In all three sectors, declines in multifactor productivity were the largest of the series. More...
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Archived

• Multifactor Productivity Trends, 2010 (HTML) (PDF)--Published Data for Major Sectors. See current news release above.
• Archived Multifactor Productivity Trends--Published Data for Major Sectors back to 1981
• Archived Multifactor Productivity Trends for Detailed Industries