Table 2. Private 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    1.5     0.5     0.8     4.3     3.4     3.8     3.5       1.0
1989    1.0    -0.2     0.3     3.7     3.2     3.9     3.5       1.2

1990    2.2    -1.5     0.6     1.5    -0.1     3.0     0.9       3.7
1991    1.6    -3.4    -1.0    -0.8    -1.0     2.7     0.2       5.2
1992    4.2     1.8     2.6     4.0     1.0     2.1     1.4       2.3
1993    0.6     0.2     0.2     3.3     3.1     3.1     3.1       0.4
1994    0.9     1.4     0.7     5.0     4.5     3.5     4.2      -0.4

1995    0.1    -1.2    -0.3     2.9     2.7     4.2     3.2       1.4
1996    2.9     0.0     1.7     4.6     2.0     4.6     2.8       2.9
1997    1.8    -0.1     0.8     5.2     3.9     5.3     4.4       1.8
1998    3.0    -1.1     1.5     5.0     2.3     6.2     3.5       4.1
1999    3.5    -0.9     1.9     5.6     2.4     6.6     3.7       4.5

2000    3.5    -1.7     1.7     4.6     1.2     6.3     2.8       5.3
2001    3.2    -3.6     0.8     0.9    -1.8     4.8     0.2       7.1
2002    4.6    -1.3     2.3     2.0    -1.9     3.3    -0.4       5.9
2003    3.9     0.5     2.6     3.1    -0.4     2.7     0.5       3.4
2004    2.9     1.6     2.6     4.2     1.1     2.5     1.6       1.3

2005    1.6     0.4     1.1     3.4     2.0     3.0     2.3       1.2
2006    1.0     0.2     0.5     3.1     2.4     2.9     2.6       0.8
2007    1.6    -0.8     0.3     2.1     1.2     2.9     1.8       2.4
2008    1.2    -3.6    -0.9    -0.9    -1.5     2.7     0.0       4.9
2009    3.7    -4.5     0.2    -3.6    -6.3     1.0    -3.8       8.6

2010    3.6     3.0     3.2     3.7     0.5     0.6     0.6       0.5

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