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Productivity

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The Office of Productivity and Technology (OPT) measures labor productivity and total factor productivity. Productivity is a measure of economic performance that compares the amount of goods and services produced (output) to the amount of inputs used to produce those goods and services. Labor productivity uses the number of hours worked as it’s input. Total factor productivity (TFP), also known as multifactor productivity (MFP), uses combined inputs that include labor, capital, energy, materials, and purchased services.

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NONFARM BUSINESS SECTOR:

Labor productivity (output per hour) +1.7%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

Hourly compensation +4.9%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

Unit labor costs +3.2%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

Real value-added output +3.1%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

Hours worked +1.4%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

MANUFACTURING SECTOR:

Labor productivity (output per hour) -2.7%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

Hourly compensation +4.8%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

Unit labor costs +7.7%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

Real sectoral output -3.0%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

Hours worked -0.4%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2022 Historical Data

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Latest News Release

//ECOPRO ZUNI3PO Test 11/2/2020// ECOPRO News Release

09/01/2020

//ECOPRO ZUNI3PO Test 11/2/2020// Employment is projected to grow 10.8 percent from 2012 to 2022, adding 15.6 million jobs.
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The Economics Daily

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Import petroleum and coal prices up 61.3 percent for the year ended in April 2021

Prices for U.S. imports increased 10.6 percent for the year ended in April 2021. This was the largest increase since a gain of 11.1 percent for the year ended in October 2011. Prices for imported manufactured goods increased 5.9 percent over the past year. Within manufactured goods, prices for imported petroleum and coal products increased 61.3 percent, while primary metal prices increased 42.6 percent and food manufacturing prices were up 8.3 percent over this 12-month period. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

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Estimating state and local employment in recent disasters—from Hurricane Harvey to the COVID-19 pandemic

This article examines how a series of major hurricanes in 2017 and 2018 affected the estimation of state and metropolitan area payroll employment and how lessons learned from these disasters has provided a playbook for producing estimates during the COVID-19 pandemic. read more »