Archived articles from The Editor’s Desk— Productivity

• Labor productivity, first quarter 2013 (05/03/2013)
• Labor productivity and unit labor costs among manufacturing industries, 2011 (03/28/2013)
• International gross domestic product (GDP) comparisons, 2011 (02/12/2013)
• Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2012 (02/08/2013)
• International manufacturing productivity, 2011 (12/20/2012)
• Third quarter 2012 productivity revised upward (12/06/2012)
• Productivity, output, and hours worked, third quarter of 2012 (11/06/2012)
• Multifactor productivity trends in 2010 (10/01/2012)
• Nonfarm business productivity, second quarter 2012 (09/06/2012)
• Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2011 (08/31/2012)
• Productivity, output, and hours in the second quarter of 2012 (08/09/2012)
• Multifactor productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (07/05/2012)
• First quarter 2012 nonfarm business sector productivity (06/07/2012)
• Productivity in selected service-providing and mining industries, 2010 (06/05/2012)
• Multifactor productivity in private nonfarm business (05/25/2012)
• Nonfarm business labor productivity, first quarter 2012 (05/04/2012)
• Private business multifactor productivity up in 2010 (04/04/2012)
• Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (04/03/2012)
• Unit labor costs and real hourly compensation, 2011 (03/08/2012)
• Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2011 (02/03/2012)
• Third quarter 2011 productivity growth revised downward (12/01/2011)
• Productivity, output, and hours worked, third quarter 2011 (11/14/2011)
• International manufacturing productivity, 2010 (10/19/2011)
• Multifactor productivity in manufacturing, 2009 (09/28/2011)
• Second quarter 2011 productivity growth revised downward (09/09/2011)
• Interactive dashboards from International Labor Comparisons (09/01/2011)
• Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2010 (08/31/2011)
• Output, hours, and productivity in the second quarter of 2011 (08/11/2011)
• First quarter 2011 productivity revised upward (06/06/2011)
• Productivity in selected service-providing and mining industries, 2009 (05/31/2011)
• Productivity in the first quarter of 2011 (05/11/2011)
• Multifactor productivity in private nonfarm business, 2009 (04/04/2011)
• Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2009 (03/25/2011)
• Productivity in the fourth quarter of 2010 (03/04/2011)
• The compensation-productivity gap (02/24/2011)
• Unit labor costs and productivity in manufacturing, 2010 (02/07/2011)
• International manufacturing productivity, 2009 (12/28/2010)
• Unit labor costs in the third quarter of 2010 (12/03/2010)
• Productivity gains in the third quarter of 2010 (11/08/2010)
• Multifactor productivity in manufacturing, 2008 (10/01/2010)
• Second quarter 2010 productivity growth revised downward (09/10/2010)
• Productivity in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services, 2009 (09/07/2010)
• Multifactor productivity in private nonfarm business, 2008 (08/30/2010)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2010 (08/12/2010)
• Multifactor productivity in nonmanufacturing industries, 1987–2006 (07/13/2010)
• Manufacturing, mining, and service-providing productivity, 2008 (06/24/2010)
• First quarter 2010 productivity growth revised downward (06/08/2010)
• First quarter 2010 over-the-year productivity growth (05/10/2010)
• Unit labor costs in the fourth quarter of 2009 (03/08/2010)
• Productivity increases, output and hours decline in 2009 (02/12/2010)
• Manufacturing industries and productivity, 2007 (01/07/2010)
• Third quarter 2009 productivity revised to 8.1 percent (12/04/2009)
• Nonfarm business labor productivity up 9.5 percent in third quarter 2009 (11/06/2009)
• International manufacturing productivity, 2008 (10/27/2009)
• Second quarter 2009 productivity growth revised (09/03/2009)
• Productivity and costs by selected industries in 2008 (09/01/2009)
• Productivity gains in the second quarter of 2009 (08/12/2009)
• Changes in nonfarm business productivity, 1947-2008 (07/10/2009)
• First quarter 2009 productivity growth revised upward (06/05/2009)
• Productivity growth in selected service-providing industries, 2007 (05/22/2009)
• Decline in mining productivity (05/21/2009)
• Productivity in first quarter 2009 (05/08/2009)
• Multifactor productivity in private business, 2008 (05/07/2009)
• Multifactor productivity in nonfarm business, 2007 (03/26/2009)
• Productivity growth in fourth quarter 2008 revised downward (03/06/2009)
• Korea and Taiwan had largest manufacturing productivity gains in 2007 (03/04/2009)
• Productivity, output, and hours in 2008 (02/06/2009)
• Productivity growth in third quarter 2008 revised upward (12/04/2008)
• Productivity growth in third quarter 2008 (11/07/2008)
• International factory productivity gains, and losses, in 2007 (09/30/2008)
• Manufacturing productivity in second quarter of 2008 (09/05/2008)
• Multifactor productivity in detailed manufacturing industries, 1987-2006 (09/02/2008)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2008 (08/12/2008)
• Productivity in second quarter 2008 (08/11/2008)
• Productivity growth in first quarter 2008 revised upward (06/05/2008)
• Productivity growth in selected service-providing industries, 2006 (05/27/2008)
• Productivity in first quarter 2008 (05/08/2008)
• Multifactor productivity in private business, 2007 (05/07/2008)
• Manufacturing multifactor productivity in 2006 (05/02/2008)
• Multifactor productivity in nonfarm business, 2006 (03/28/2008)
• Manufacturing industries and productivity, 2006 (03/21/2008)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing, fourth quarter 2007 (03/07/2008)
• Productivity growth in fourth quarter 2007 (03/06/2008)
• Korea had largest manufacturing productivity gain in 2006 (02/29/2008)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs up in 2007 (02/08/2008)
• Productivity growth in 2007 (02/07/2008)
• Productivity growth in third quarter revised upward (12/06/2007)
• Productivity in third quarter 2007 (11/08/2007)
• International factory productivity gains in 2006 (09/28/2007)
• Second-quarter productivity growth revised upward (09/07/2007)
• Productivity growth in wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2006 (08/29/2007)
• Multifactor productivity in detailed manufacturing industries (08/22/2007)
• Productivity in second quarter 2007 (08/08/2007)
• Productivity growth in selected service-providing industries, 2005 (06/11/2007)
• Manufacturing multifactor productivity in 2005 (06/08/2007)
• Downward revision of first-quarter productivity growth (06/07/2007)
• Multifactor productivity, 1996-2006 (05/25/2007)
• Productivity in first quarter 2007 (05/04/2007)
• Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2005 (04/20/2007)
• Multifactor productivity in nonfarm business, 2005 (03/26/2007)
• Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2006 (03/09/2007)
• Fourth-quarter productivity growth revised downward (03/07/2007)
• Productivity growth in 2006 (03/06/2007)
• Korea, Taiwan had biggest factory productivity gains in 2005 (02/27/2007)
• Manufacturing multifactor productivity in 2002, 2003, and 2004 (12/07/2006)
• Productivity growth revised upward in the third quarter (12/06/2006)
• Productivity in third quarter 2006 (11/03/2006)
• International factory productivity gains in 2005 (09/27/2006)
• Productivity growth in the second quarter revised upward (09/07/2006)
• Unemployment in August 2006 (09/05/2006)
• Multifactor productivity, 1996-2005 (08/30/2006)
• Productivity in trade and food services, 2005 (08/23/2006)
• Productivity growth in second quarter 2006 (08/09/2006)
• Sharp drop in mining productivity (07/14/2006)
• Productivity growth in information-sector industries, 2004 (07/13/2006)
• First-quarter productivity growth revised upward (06/02/2006)
• Productivity in first quarter 2006 (05/05/2006)
• Productivity in largest manufacturing industries (05/03/2006)
• Productivity in the engineering services industry (03/31/2006)
• Productivity in the architectural services industry (03/30/2006)
• Multifactor productivity, 1995-2004 (03/24/2006)
• Revision of fourth-quarter productivity growth (03/08/2006)
• Korea and Sweden record largest manufacturing productivity increases in 2004 (02/22/2006)
• Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2005 (02/09/2006)
• Productivity growth in 2005 (02/03/2006)
• Factory productivity in the third quarter of 2005 (12/07/2005)
• Productivity in third quarter 2005 (11/04/2005)
• International factory productivity gains in 2004 (10/28/2005)
• Wholesale-trade productivity in 2004 (10/05/2005)
• Productivity in retail trade, 2004 (09/29/2005)
• Restaurant productivity growth in 2004 (09/28/2005)
• Factory productivity, second quarter of 2005 (09/08/2005)
• Productivity growth in information-sector industries (08/29/2005)
• Productivity in second quarter 2005 (08/10/2005)
• Simplified, preliminary multifactor productivity statistics (07/08/2005)
• Factory productivity growth in first quarter 2005 (06/03/2005)
• Productivity in first quarter 2005 (05/06/2005)
• Factory productivity growth in 2004 (03/04/2005)
• Japan had largest manufacturing productivity increase in 2003 (03/01/2005)
• Productivity growth in 2004 (02/04/2005)
• Biggest rise in multifactor productivity since 1992 (02/02/2005)
• Industries with fastest productivity growth (12/30/2004)
• Little revision to third-quarter productivity growth (12/08/2004)
• Productivity in third quarter 2004 (11/05/2004)
• Korea had largest factory productivity gain in 2003 (10/01/2004)
• Productivity in the video tape and disc rental industry (09/29/2004)
• Declines in labor costs among service-producing industries (09/27/2004)
• Long-term gains in mining productivity (09/27/2004)
• Productivity in retail trade, 2003 (09/27/2004)
• Productivity rises in most information-sector industries (09/27/2004)
• Productivity growth in travel agencies (09/14/2004)
• Productivity growth in second quarter revised downward (09/03/2004)
• Productivity growth in second quarter 2004 (08/11/2004)
• Factory productivity in the first quarter (06/09/2004)
• Upward revision of productivity growth in first quarter (06/04/2004)
• Productivity growth in first quarter (05/07/2004)
• U.S. had largest manufacturing productivity increase in 2002 (03/29/2004)
• Productivity growth in 2003 revised upward (03/05/2004)
• A dip in manufacturing multifactor productivity (02/11/2004)
• Productivity growth in 2003 (02/06/2004)
• Productivity up in most of largest retail trade industries (12/31/2003)
• Productivity growth in third quarter higher than originally reported (12/04/2003)
• Factory output and productivity higher in third quarter (11/13/2003)
• Productivity climbs in third quarter (11/07/2003)
• Productivity growth in information-sector industries (10/09/2003)
• Productivity up in just over half of industries in 2001 (09/23/2003)
• Sweden, Korea had largest factory productivity gains last year (09/11/2003)
• Upward revision of second quarter 2003 productivity growth (09/05/2003)
• Manufacturing productivity in the second quarter (08/19/2003)
• Productivity advances in second quarter (08/08/2003)
• GDP per employed person in 10 countries, 2002 (07/30/2003)
• First-quarter productivity growth revised upward (06/05/2003)
• Productivity jump for nonfinancial corporations in 2002 (05/13/2003)
• Rise in manufacturing productivity in first quarter (05/08/2003)
• Productivity up in first quarter (05/02/2003)
• First drop in multifactor productivity since 1991 (04/09/2003)
• Upward revision of fourth-quarter productivity growth (03/07/2003)
• Productivity declines in Canadian, Japanese, and U.S. factories in 2001 (02/27/2003)
• Productivity growth slower in two-thirds of newly measured service industries (02/20/2003)
• Rapid productivity growth in prepackaged software industry (02/19/2003)
• Contributions to wholesale-trade productivity growth (02/13/2003)
• Drop in unit labor costs in manufacturing last year (02/12/2003)
• Productivity down in fourth quarter (02/07/2003)
• Third-quarter productivity growth revised upward (02/06/2003)
• Decline of manufacturing unit labor costs continues (12/06/2002)
• Another rise in productivity (11/08/2002)
• U.S. factory productivity gain in 2001 was fourth highest (09/30/2002)
• Factory productivity in the G-7 countries: 1950-2000 (09/11/2002)
• Upward revision in second-quarter productivity growth (09/06/2002)
• Another increase in manufacturing multifactor productivity (08/30/2002)
• Manufacturing unit labor costs fall again in second quarter (08/13/2002)
• Productivity up in second quarter (08/12/2002)
• Labor costs in wholesale trade (07/05/2002)
• New wholesale-trade productivity series (06/21/2002)
• Sharp decline in manufacturing labor costs in first quarter (06/06/2002)
• Small revision in first-quarter productivity growth (06/03/2002)
• High-tech productivity gains in 1990s (05/14/2002)
• Jump in productivity in first quarter (05/08/2002)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Germany, Denmark in 2000 (05/03/2002)
• Productivity by industry between 1990 and 2000 (05/02/2002)
• Korea had largest productivity gains in manufacturing in 2000 (04/22/2002)
• Unit labor costs down in fourth quarter of 2001 (03/14/2002)
• 2000 saw largest increase in multifactor productivity since 1992 (03/13/2002)
• Upward revision of fourth-quarter productivity growth (03/08/2002)
• Jump in factory labor costs in 2001 (02/08/2002)
• Productivity growth in 2001 (02/07/2002)
• Labor productivity in apparel stores in 1990s (01/23/2002)
• Faster retail productivity growth in second half of 1990s (01/15/2002)
• Third-quarter productivity growth revised downward (12/07/2001)
• Productivity rises as output and hours fall (11/08/2001)
• Downward revision in second-quarter productivity growth (09/06/2001)
• U.S. led in factory productivity gains in 2000 (09/04/2001)
• Unit labor costs in second quarter (08/09/2001)
• Manufacturing productivity falls for second quarter in a row (08/08/2001)
• Cost shares vary among manufacturing industries (07/26/2001)
• Mixed multifactor productivity progress in biggest manufacturing industries (07/12/2001)
• Long-term declines in unit labor costs among service-producing industries (06/13/2001)
• Jump in unit labor costs in manufacturing (06/11/2001)
• Retail trade productivity: 1990-99 (06/07/2001)
• Productivity down in first quarter (06/06/2001)
• Unit labor costs drop in 50 manufacturing industries (05/22/2001)
• Productivity higher in over two-thirds of manufacturing industries (05/16/2001)
• Nonfarm business unit labor costs up again (05/09/2001)
• Fourth-quarter productivity growth in factories revised upward (05/08/2001)
• Another rise in multifactor productivity (04/11/2001)
• The U.S.-Canada manufacturing productivity gap (04/10/2001)
• U.S. had largest productivity gains in manufacturing in 1999 (04/06/2001)
• Fastest productivity growth ever in durable goods manufacturing last year (03/09/2001)
• Unit labor costs accelerate in fourth quarter (02/13/2001)
• Strong productivity growth in 2000 (02/08/2001)
• Multifactor productivity increases modestly in many manufacturing industries (12/29/2000)
• Third-quarter productivity growth revised downward (12/07/2000)
• Highest productivity growth in computer industry (12/05/2000)
• Productivity rises in most manufacturing industries (11/16/2000)
• Productivity increases again (11/03/2000)
• U.S. factory costs dip compared to competitors (10/24/2000)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing increased the most in Japan and Korea in 1999 (10/23/2000)
• U.S. led factory productivity gains in 1999 (10/18/2000)
• Seventh annual rise in multifactor productivity (09/22/2000)
• Productivity figure revised upward (09/07/2000)
• Productivity jumps in second quarter (08/09/2000)
• Factory productivity increases at 7.3-percent annual rate in first quarter (06/07/2000)
• Productivity rose fastest in computer factories (06/02/2000)
• Productivity up in many service-producing and mining industries (05/31/2000)
• Productivity gain in first quarter (05/05/2000)
• Manufacturing productivity surges in fourth quarter (03/10/2000)
• Productivity rise in fourth quarter largest since 1992 (03/08/2000)
• Productivity increase in 1999 (02/09/2000)
• Variation in unit labor costs by industry (01/04/2000)
• Declines in unit labor costs and gains in productivity (12/30/1999)
• Unit labor costs in the third quarter (12/08/1999)
• U.S. auto industry boosts productivity in 1990s (10/28/1999)
• Increasing skill levels now account for over a quarter of labor productivity growth (09/20/1999)
• Unit labor costs fall in 1990s in U.S. auto industry (09/14/1999)
• Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Korea, Taiwan, Japan in 1998 (09/03/1999)
• Productivity gains in German and American factories better than 4 percent in 1998 (09/02/1999)
• Productivity rose in most mining and service industries in 1997 (05/05/1999)
• Have our price indexes dampened productivity measures? (04/23/1999)
• France leads 11 countries in manufacturing productivity growth during 1997 (03/17/1999)
• Hourly compensation rises in 1998 (03/10/1999)
• Sources of labor productivity growth shift (03/04/1999)
• Productivity of labor, capital rise again in 1997 (02/25/1999)
• Factory unit labor costs rise for first time in five years (02/18/1999)
• Productivity gains led by durables manufacturing (02/10/1999)
• Labor productivity increases in most industries from 1987 to 1996 (11/13/1998)
• Majority of employment in industries with rising productivity (11/06/1998)