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Table 2. Manufacturing sector: indexes of productivity and related measures, 1987-2009

Table 2.Manufacturing sector: indexes of productivity and related 
        measures, 1987-2009 			
										
Indexes 2005=100									
      
      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  
										
1987  51.0    95.9    76.9   62.9  123.2   65.6  83.8  63.8   71.0     81.7
1988  52.1    99.1    78.5   66.1  126.9   66.8  87.3  64.4   77.2     84.2
1989  52.6    98.4    78.1   67.2  127.7   68.3  87.0  65.8   81.7     86.0
1990  53.8    95.4    77.5   67.0  124.5   70.2  88.6  66.9   82.9     86.4
1991  55.2    91.7    77.2   65.8  119.3   71.8  88.4  66.6   82.3     85.2
1992  57.3    92.7    76.8   68.0  118.7   73.4  87.5  72.3   88.4     88.6
1993  58.8    94.1    78.7   70.7  120.3   75.1  90.4  72.9   89.1     89.7
1994  60.8    97.2    80.8   74.9  123.1   77.0  93.7  76.0   92.6     92.7
1995  63.6    98.8    82.2   78.8  123.9   79.7  96.4  80.2   97.1     95.8
1996  65.9    98.2    82.4   81.5  123.6   83.0  93.8  87.4   96.8     98.8
1997  69.5   100.9    84.7   87.4  125.8   86.7  91.9  94.4  100.8    103.3
1998  73.4   101.6    85.8   92.1  125.5   90.7  95.4 102.4  104.2    107.3
1999  77.0   102.0    86.8   95.9  124.7   94.1 117.7 108.7  105.2    110.5
2000  80.4   102.1    89.9   98.9  123.1   96.8 128.4 106.7  103.8    110.0
2001  81.9    95.7    88.9   94.2  115.0   98.4 140.3 100.0  102.0    105.9
2002  87.9    94.5    91.8   93.9  106.9   99.3 108.6 101.0   98.7    102.3
2003  93.3    95.1    95.1   94.9  101.6   99.7  97.0  99.3   98.1     99.8
2004  95.5    97.1    98.6   96.5  101.1   99.4  90.8  98.5   91.8     97.9
2005 100.0   100.0   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0 100.0 100.0  100.0    100.0
2006 100.9   100.8   102.4  101.6  100.7  100.8  92.2  98.2   98.4     99.2
2007 104.9   101.6   103.2  103.8   99.0  102.2 100.1  98.3  105.6    100.6
2008 104.5    94.5   103.1   99.2   95.0  105.1 104.0  93.4   93.0     96.3
2009 104.5    81.6    97.2   86.8   83.0  106.4  92.2  85.9   88.1     89.3

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