[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Table B-46.--Changes in productivity and related data, business sector, 1960-95
[Percent change from preceding period; quarterly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates]
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Output per hour        Output\1\         Hours of all      Compensation  per   Real compensation   Unit labor costs     Implicit price
of all persons   --------------------     persons\2\            hour\3\           per hour\4\    --------------------     deflator\5\
Year or   --------------------                    ------------------------------------------------------------                    -------------------
quarter               Nonfarm  Business   Nonfarm             Nonfarm             Nonfarm             Nonfarm  Business   Nonfarm             Nonfarm
Business  business    sector  business  Business  business  Business  business  Business  business    sector  business  Business  business
sector   sector              sector     sector   sector     sector   sector     sector   sector              sector     sector   sector
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1960........      1.5       1.1       1.6       1.6       0.1       0.6       4.4       4.4        2.6      2.7       2.8       3.3       1.3       1.1
1961........      3.4       3.1       1.7       1.9      -1.7      -1.2       4.0       3.4        2.9      2.3        .5        .2       1.0        .9
1962........      4.8       4.7       6.4       6.9       1.6       2.1       4.7       4.1        3.6      3.1       -.1       -.5        .9        .8
1963........      4.0       3.4       4.5       4.5        .5       1.0       3.8       3.6        2.5      2.2       -.2        .1        .7        .9
1964........      4.8       4.4       6.4       6.8       1.6       2.3       5.2       4.6        3.9      3.3        .5        .2       1.0       1.2

1965........      3.7       3.1       7.0       7.0       3.2       3.8       3.8       3.3        2.2      1.7        .2        .2       1.7       1.5
1966........      4.2       3.5       6.6       7.1       2.4       3.5       6.9       5.8        3.9      2.9       2.6       2.2       2.6       2.3
1967........      2.4       1.8       2.0       1.7       -.3       -.1       5.7       5.9        2.6      2.7       3.3       4.0       2.8       3.3
1968........      3.6       3.5       5.0       5.2       1.4       1.7       8.2       7.9        3.8      3.5       4.4       4.3       3.8       3.9
1969........       .6        .1       3.0       3.0       2.4       2.9       7.3       6.8        1.7      1.3       6.6       6.7       4.3       4.2

1970........      1.6       1.4       -.3       -.2      -1.8      -1.6       7.5       7.2        1.7      1.4       5.8       5.8       4.6       4.5
1971........      4.3       4.0       3.8       3.8       -.4       -.3       6.5       6.5        2.0      2.0       2.1       2.3       4.5       4.6
1972........      3.4       3.5       6.6       6.9       3.2       3.3       6.3       6.5        3.0      3.2       2.9       2.9       3.4       2.9
1973........      3.2       3.2       6.9       7.3       3.6       3.9       8.6       8.2        2.3      1.9       5.2       4.9       5.2       3.6
1974........     -1.3      -1.6      -1.2      -1.5        .1        .1       9.9       9.9       -1.1     -1.0      11.3      11.7       9.0      10.0

1975........      3.1       2.7      -1.2      -1.7      -4.2      -4.3      10.2      10.1         .9       .9       6.8       7.3       9.8      10.6
1976........      4.0       3.7       6.9       7.1       2.8       3.2       9.1       8.7        3.2      2.7       4.9       4.7       5.1       5.6
1977........      2.0       1.5       5.9       5.7       3.8       4.1       8.1       8.0        1.5      1.4       5.9       6.4       5.9       6.4
1978........       .7       1.3       5.6       6.4       4.8       5.0       9.1       9.1        1.4      1.4       8.2       7.7       7.8       6.9
1979........      -.2       -.7       3.0       2.8       3.2       3.5       9.8       9.5       -1.4     -1.7      10.0      10.3       8.6       8.6

1980........      -.3       -.4      -1.1      -1.2       -.9       -.8      10.8      10.8       -2.4     -2.4      11.1      11.2       9.0       9.8
1981........      2.0       1.2       2.7       1.9        .6        .7       9.5       9.7        -.7      -.6       7.3       8.4       9.0       9.6
1982........      -.7       -.9      -3.1      -3.3      -2.4      -2.4       7.5       7.4        1.2      1.2       8.2       8.3       5.9       6.4
1983........      3.3       4.2       5.0       6.1       1.7       1.8       4.1       4.2         .8      1.0        .8         0       3.7       3.4
1984........      2.5       1.8       8.2       7.9       5.6       5.9       4.5       4.3         .2      -.0       2.0       2.4       3.2       3.1

1985........      1.9       1.0       4.1       3.6       2.1       2.5       4.9       4.6        1.3      1.0       3.0       3.6       2.8       3.4
1986........      2.6       2.7       3.2       3.4        .6        .7       5.2       5.2        3.3      3.3       2.6       2.5       2.2       2.2
1987........      -.1       -.2       2.9       3.0       3.0       3.2       3.9       3.7         .2       .1       4.0       4.0       2.7       2.6
1988........       .5        .6       3.8       4.1       3.3       3.5       4.5       4.3         .4       .1       4.0       3.7       3.5       3.4
1989........       .8        .5       3.4       3.2       2.5       2.6       2.8       2.7       -1.9     -2.1       1.9       2.1       4.2       4.2

1990........       .8        .5        .9        .7        .1        .2       5.8       5.5         .4       .1       4.9       5.0       4.0       4.2
1991........       .5        .7      -1.8      -1.8      -2.3      -2.4       4.8       4.9         .5       .7       4.2       4.3       3.9       4.1
1992........      3.4       3.2       3.2       3.0       -.3       -.2       5.2       5.2        2.1      2.1       1.7       1.9       2.4       2.4
1993........       .2        .2       2.6       2.9       2.4       2.7       2.6       2.3        -.4      -.7       2.4       2.1       2.5       2.5
1994........       .7        .5       4.2       4.0       3.4       3.4       2.2       2.2        -.4      -.4       1.4       1.6       2.2       2.3

1990: I.....      2.4       1.4       4.5       4.2       2.1       2.7       7.0       6.1          0      -.9       4.6       4.6       4.3       4.6
II....      1.7       1.1        .9        .4       -.8       -.6       8.0       7.6        3.7      3.4       6.2       6.5       5.1       5.3
III...     -1.5      -1.6      -3.4      -3.4      -2.0      -1.8       5.3       5.4       -1.7     -1.6       6.9       7.1       3.7       3.9
IV....     -3.5      -3.2      -6.0      -6.3      -2.5      -3.2       4.0       4.4       -2.8     -2.4       7.8       7.9       4.3       4.8

1991: I.....      1.5       2.0      -3.4      -3.0      -4.8      -5.0       4.0       4.2         .9      1.1       2.4       2.1       5.2       5.5
II....      3.5       3.4       2.3       2.1      -1.2      -1.3       5.8       6.0        3.3      3.5       2.2       2.5       2.8       2.5
III...      1.5       1.9       1.3       1.7       -.2       -.2       4.4       4.5        1.2      1.4       2.8       2.6       2.8       3.0
IV....      1.7       1.2        .7        .5       -.9       -.6       4.7       4.4        1.3      1.0       3.0       3.2       2.1       2.1

1992: I.....      8.1       7.3       6.2       5.6      -1.7      -1.5       7.8       7.7        4.9      4.8       -.3        .4       2.8       3.0
II....      2.5       2.8       3.2       3.1        .7        .3       3.7       4.2         .5      1.1       1.2       1.4       1.9       2.1
III...      -.7      -1.2        .8        .7       1.6       2.0       4.8       4.4        1.7      1.3       5.6       5.7       1.5       1.4
IV....      5.6       6.1       7.9       8.4       2.2       2.2       2.1       2.1       -1.3     -1.3      -3.3      -3.7       3.0       3.2

1993: I.....     -3.7      -3.9      -1.1       -.9       2.6       3.1       1.6       1.0       -1.4     -2.0       5.4       5.1       3.4       3.8
II....     -1.3      -1.7       2.2       2.4       3.6       4.2       3.4       2.7         .3      -.3       4.8       4.5       2.5       2.1
III...      1.3       2.1       3.0       4.1       1.7       2.0       2.2       2.0         .5       .3        .9       -.1       1.4       1.2
IV....      2.7       1.6       6.3       5.3       3.5       3.6       1.1       1.1       -2.1     -2.1      -1.6       -.5       2.4       2.6

1994: I.....     -1.9      -2.5       1.8        .9       3.7       3.5       3.4       3.3        1.3      1.1       5.4       5.9       2.4       2.5
II....      1.4       1.9       6.7       6.8       5.3       4.8       1.5       2.1       -1.0      -.4        .1        .2       1.8       2.2
III...      2.8       2.6       4.1       4.2       1.3       1.6       1.5       1.2       -2.0     -2.3      -1.3      -1.4       2.6       2.9
IV....       .7        .9       4.0       4.2       3.3       3.3       2.9       3.3         .7      1.0       2.3       2.4       2.0       1.8

1995: I.....     -1.6      -1.1        .6        .8       2.2       1.9       3.4       3.7         .3       .6       5.0       4.9       2.8       2.9
II....      3.0       3.0        .3        .5      -2.5      -2.4       5.6       5.4        2.1      2.0       2.5       2.3       2.1       1.9
III...      1.2       1.4       4.1       4.4       2.8       2.9       3.9       3.9        1.9      1.8       2.7       2.4       2.6       2.3
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\1\ Output refers to real gross domestic product originating in the sector.
\2\ Hours at work of all persons engaged in the sector, including hours of proprietors and unpaid family workers. Estimates based primarily on
establishment data.
\3\ Wages and salaries of employees plus employers' contributions for social insurance and private benefit plans. Also includes an estimate of wages,
salaries, and supplemental payments for the self-employed.
\4\ Hourly compensation divided by the consumer price index for all urban consumers.
\5\ Current dollar output divided by the output index.

Note.--Percent changes are based on original data and may differ slightly from percent changes based on indexes in Table B-45.
See Note, Table B-45.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.