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Table 1. Manufacturing sector: productivity and related measures for the 1987-2009 period

Table 1. Manufacturing sector: productivity and related measures for the 
         1987-2009 period 			
										
Annual percent change from previous year							
      
      Productivity	 	          Inputs
      Output  Output  Multi-                                  Purc-    Comb-  
      per     per     factor Sect-	  Cap-	              hased    ined
      hour    unit    Prod-  oral         ital                busi-    units 
      of all  of      uctiv  out-	  Serv-  Ene-  Mater- ness     of all    
Year  persons capital ity1   put   Hours2 ices4  rgy   ials   services inputs3  
1988   2.1     3.3     2.0   5.2    3.0    1.8   4.1    1.0     8.7      3.1
1989   1.0    -0.7    -0.5   1.6    0.6    2.4  -0.3    2.1     5.8      2.1
1990   2.2    -3.0    -0.7  -0.3   -2.5    2.7   1.9    1.7     1.5      0.4
1991   2.6    -3.9    -0.4  -1.7   -4.2    2.3  -0.3   -0.5    -0.8     -1.3
1992   3.8     1.0    -0.6   3.3   -0.5    2.2  -1.0    8.6     7.5      4.0
1993   2.6     1.5     2.6   3.9    1.3    2.4   3.4    0.8     0.8      1.3
1994   3.5     3.3     2.6   5.9    2.3    2.5   3.6    4.3     3.9      3.3
1995   4.5     1.7     1.8   5.2    0.7    3.5   2.9    5.4     4.9      3.4
1996   3.6    -0.6     0.3   3.4   -0.2    4.1  -2.7    9.0    -0.3      3.1
1997   5.4     2.8     2.7   7.3    1.8    4.5  -2.0    8.0     4.1      4.5
1998   5.6     0.7     1.3   5.3   -0.3    4.6   3.8    8.4     3.4      4.0
1999   4.9     0.4     1.2   4.2   -0.7    3.8  23.3    6.2     0.9      3.0
2000   4.4     0.2     3.6   3.1   -1.3    2.9   9.1   -1.9    -1.3     -0.5
2001   1.9    -6.2    -1.1  -4.8   -6.5    1.6   9.3   -6.3    -1.7     -3.7
2002   7.3    -1.3     3.2  -0.3   -7.1    1.0 -22.6    1.0    -3.2     -3.4
2003   6.2     0.6     3.6   1.0   -4.9    0.4 -10.7   -1.7    -0.6     -2.4
2004   2.3     2.1     3.7   1.7   -0.5   -0.3  -6.3   -0.8    -6.4     -1.9
2005   4.7     3.0     1.4   3.6   -1.1    0.6  10.1    1.5     8.9      2.1
2006   0.9     0.8     2.4   1.6    0.7    0.8  -7.8   -1.8    -1.6     -0.8
2007   3.9     0.7     0.8   2.2   -1.7    1.4   8.6    0.0     7.3      1.4
2008  -0.4    -7.0    -0.1  -4.4   -4.0    2.8   3.9   -5.0   -11.9     -4.3
2009   0.1   -13.6    -5.7 -12.5  -12.6    1.2 -11.4   -8.0    -5.3     -7.2

1. Output per unit of combined hours, capital services, energy, materials, 
   and purchased business services inputs.
2. Hours at work of all persons.
3. Combined units of hours, capital services, energy, materials, and 
   purchased business services, superlative chained index.

Source:  Output data are from the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of 
         Commerce, and modified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
         U.S. Department of Labor.  Compensation and hours data are from 
         the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Capital measures are based on data 
         supplied by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  
         See also Technical Notes in this release.

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Last Modified Date: August 11, 2011