Table 1. Manufacturing sector: productivity and related measures for the 
         1987-2010 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 ices   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   5.5     0.7     1.3   5.2   -0.3    4.5   3.8    8.4     3.4      3.9
1999   4.8     0.6     1.2   4.1   -0.7    3.5  23.3    6.2     0.9      2.9
2000   4.4     0.5     3.6   3.0   -1.3    2.5   9.1   -1.9    -1.4     -0.6
2001   1.8    -5.8    -1.0  -4.8   -6.5    1.0   9.2   -6.4    -1.7     -3.8
2002   7.2    -0.6     3.3  -0.4   -7.1    0.2 -22.6    1.0    -3.2     -3.6
2003   6.2     1.3     3.7   1.0   -4.9   -0.3 -10.2   -1.6    -0.8     -2.5
2004   2.3     2.5     3.7   1.7   -0.5   -0.8  -6.3   -0.8    -6.3     -1.9
2005   4.7     3.2     1.5   3.6   -1.1    0.4  10.3    1.6     8.3      2.0
2006   1.0     0.9     2.3   1.7    0.7    0.7  -4.2   -1.1    -2.7     -0.7
2007   3.9     0.7     0.8   2.1   -1.6    1.4   0.6   -0.1     8.6      1.3
2008  -0.5    -6.8    -0.4  -4.5   -4.0    2.4   0.7   -5.1    -9.6     -4.1
2009   0.0   -13.0    -2.8 -12.9  -13.0    0.1 -24.1  -13.1    -9.1    -10.4
2010   6.5     6.7     7.5   6.4   -0.1   -0.3   2.9   -3.7     0.4     -1.1

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

Source:  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) develops productivity measures
         using output data published by the Bureau ofthe Census, U.S. 
         Department of Commerce, and modified by BLS. Compensation and hours 
         data are from the BLS. Capital measures are based on data supplied 
         by the BEA, U.S. Department of Commerce. See also Technical Notes in 
         this release.