Table 1. Private nonfarm business sector: productivity and related measures
for the 1987-2010 period1

Annual percent change from previous year

                                                       Combined           
               Output                                  units of           
       Output  per                                     labor in-              
       per     unit of Multi-                          put and   Capital      
       hour    capital factor                  Capital capital   services     
       of all  servic- Product-        Labor   Servic- servic-   per hour of  
Year   persons es      ivity2  Output3 Input4  es5     es6       all persons  

1988    1.7     0.9     1.0     4.6     3.5     3.6     3.5       0.7
1989    0.8    -0.4     0.0     3.5     3.3     4.0     3.5       1.2

1990    1.9    -1.7     0.4     1.4     0.1     3.2     1.1       3.7
1991    1.7    -3.6    -1.0    -0.9    -1.1     2.9     0.1       5.5
1992    4.0     1.5     2.3     3.8     1.0     2.3     1.4       2.5
1993    0.6     0.3     0.3     3.6     3.3     3.2     3.3       0.3
1994    1.1     1.1     0.7     4.7     4.1     3.6     3.9       0.0

1995    0.5    -1.1     0.0     3.3     2.7     4.4     3.2       1.6
1996    2.6    -0.3     1.4     4.4     2.2     4.8     3.0       2.9
1997    1.5    -0.4     0.6     5.1     4.0     5.5     4.5       1.9
1998    2.9    -1.2     1.5     5.2     2.4     6.4     3.6       4.1
1999    3.3    -1.1     1.7     5.6     2.6     6.8     3.9       4.5

2000    3.4    -1.9     1.6     4.5     1.2     6.5     2.8       5.5
2001    3.1    -3.7     0.7     1.0    -1.6     4.9     0.3       7.1
2002    4.7    -1.4     2.4     1.9    -2.0     3.4    -0.4       6.1
2003    3.7     0.3     2.4     3.1    -0.4     2.8     0.6       3.4
2004    2.8     1.6     2.5     4.2     1.2     2.5     1.6       1.1

2005    1.6     0.4     1.1     3.4     2.0     3.0     2.3       1.2
2006    0.9     0.0     0.4     3.2     2.5     3.2     2.8       1.0
2007    1.7    -0.7     0.4     2.2     1.2     3.0     1.8       2.4
2008    1.1    -3.8    -1.0    -1.1    -1.5     2.8    -0.1       5.1
2009    3.7    -4.7     0.1    -3.7    -6.3     1.1    -3.8       8.8

2010    3.6     3.0     3.2     3.7     0.5     0.6     0.5       0.4

See footnotes following table 4.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics