[Economic Report of the President (2001)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-50.--Changes in productivity and related data, business sector, 1959-2000
[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     Real compensation   Unit labor costs    Implicit price
of all persons  ------------------    persons\2\        per hour\3\        per hour\4\    --------------------    deflator\5\
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Year or  quarter      Busi-   Nonfarm   Busi-   Nonfarm   Busi-   Nonfarm   Busi-   Nonfarm    Busi-    Nonfarm    Busi-    Nonfarm   Busi-   Nonfarm
ness   business   ness   business   ness   business   ness   business    ness    business    ness    business   ness   business
sector    sector  sector    sector  sector    sector  sector    sector   sector     sector   sector     sector  sector    sector
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1959..................     4.0      4.0     8.3        8.8     4.1       4.6    4.2        4.0       3.5       3.3       0.1       0.0    0.7        1.2

1960..................     1.9      1.3     1.9        1.7      .0        .4    4.3        4.5       2.6       2.7       2.4       3.1    1.1        1.2
1961..................     3.7      3.4     2.0        2.0    -1.7      -1.3    4.1        3.6       3.1       2.5        .4        .2     .8         .8
1962..................     4.6      4.5     6.4        6.8     1.7       2.2    4.5        4.0       3.4       3.0       -.1       -.5    1.0        1.0
1963..................     3.9      3.5     4.6        4.6      .6       1.1    3.7        3.5       2.3       2.2       -.2        .0     .6         .7
1964..................     4.6      4.2     6.4        6.7     1.7       2.4    5.1        4.6       3.8       3.2        .5        .3    1.1        1.2

1965..................     3.6      3.1     7.0        7.1     3.3       3.8    3.8        3.3       2.1       1.7        .2        .2    1.6        1.4
1966..................     4.1      3.5     6.8        7.2     2.6       3.6    6.7        5.8       3.7       2.9       2.5       2.2    2.5        2.3
1967..................     2.2      1.7     1.9        1.7     -.3       -.1    5.7        5.9       2.6       2.7       3.5       4.1    2.7        3.2
1968..................     3.1      3.1     5.0        5.3     1.8       2.1    7.7        7.4       3.4       3.1       4.4       4.2    3.9        3.8
1969..................      .5       .1     3.0        3.0     2.5       2.9    7.0        6.8       1.5       1.3       6.5       6.7    4.5        4.4

1970..................     2.0      1.5      .0        -.1    -2.0      -1.6    7.7        7.2       1.9       1.4       5.6       5.6    4.4        4.5
1971..................     4.4      4.2     3.9        3.8     -.4       -.3    6.4        6.5       1.9       2.0       1.9       2.2    4.3        4.4
1972..................     3.3      3.4     6.6        6.9     3.3       3.4    6.2        6.4       2.9       3.0       2.8       2.9    3.3        2.9
1973..................     3.2      3.1     7.0        7.3     3.7       4.0    8.5        8.2       2.2       1.9       5.2       4.9    5.2        3.6
1974..................    -1.7     -1.6    -1.5       -1.5      .1        .1    9.7        9.8      -1.2      -1.1      11.6      11.6    9.6       10.2

1975..................     3.5      2.7    -1.0       -1.7    -4.3      -4.3   10.3       10.1       1.0        .9       6.5       7.2    9.6       10.6
1976..................     3.6      3.7     6.8        7.2     3.1       3.4    8.8        8.6       2.9       2.7       5.1       4.7    5.2        5.4
1977..................     1.6      1.5     5.6        5.6     3.9       4.0    7.9        8.0       1.3       1.4       6.1       6.4    6.1        6.4
1978..................     1.1      1.3     6.2        6.5     5.0       5.1    8.8        8.9       1.8       1.9       7.6       7.6    7.2        6.8
1979..................      .0      -.4     3.3        3.2     3.4       3.6    9.7        9.5        .3        .1       9.8      10.0    8.5        8.5

1980..................     -.3      -.3    -1.1       -1.1     -.9       -.8   10.8       10.8       -.3       -.3      11.1      11.1    9.1        9.7
1981..................     1.9      1.2     2.7        2.0      .7        .8    9.5        9.7        .1        .3       7.4       8.3    9.2        9.5
1982..................     -.4      -.6    -2.9       -3.1    -2.6      -2.5    7.5        7.5       1.5       1.5       8.0       8.1    5.7        6.2
1983..................     3.6      4.5     5.4        6.4     1.6       1.8    4.2        4.3        .1        .2        .6       -.2    3.4        3.2
1984..................     2.8      2.2     8.8        8.3     5.8       6.0    4.4        4.3        .3        .2       1.5       2.1    2.9        2.8

1985..................     2.0      1.3     4.2        3.9     2.2       2.5    4.9        4.7       1.5       1.3       2.9       3.3    2.7        3.2
1986..................     3.0      3.0     3.7        3.8      .7        .8    5.2        5.2       3.3       3.3       2.1       2.1    1.6        1.7
1987..................      .5       .4     3.5        3.5     3.0       3.2    3.9        3.8        .5        .4       3.4       3.4    2.5        2.5
1988..................     1.2      1.3     4.3        4.5     3.0       3.2    4.7        4.5       1.1        .9       3.5       3.2    3.1        3.0
1989..................     1.0       .8     3.5        3.4     2.5       2.6    2.8        2.7      -1.5      -1.6       1.8       1.9    3.7        3.7

1990..................     1.3      1.1     1.5        1.4      .2        .3    5.7        5.5        .6        .4       4.3       4.3    3.5        3.6
1991..................     1.1      1.2    -1.2       -1.3    -2.3      -2.4    4.7        4.9       1.0       1.2       3.6       3.6    3.5        3.7
1992..................     3.9      3.7     3.7        3.5     -.2       -.2    5.3        5.3       2.6       2.6       1.4       1.6    2.0        2.1
1993..................      .5       .5     3.1        3.3     2.6       2.9    2.5        2.2       -.1       -.4       1.9       1.7    2.2        2.2
1994..................     1.3      1.3     4.9        4.7     3.5       3.3    2.0        2.1       -.2       -.1        .7        .8    1.8        1.9

1995..................      .7       .9     3.1        3.4     2.4       2.4    2.1        2.1       -.4       -.4       1.4       1.2    2.0        2.0
1996..................     2.8      2.5     4.4        4.3     1.6       1.7    3.2        3.0        .4        .3        .4        .5    1.6        1.4
1997..................     2.1      1.8     5.2        5.1     3.1       3.2    2.9        2.8        .7        .6        .8        .9    1.8        2.1
1998..................     2.7      2.6     5.0        5.1     2.3       2.4    5.3        5.1       3.9       3.7       2.5       2.4     .8         .9
1999..................     3.1      2.9     4.8        4.8     1.6       1.8    5.0        4.8       2.9       2.7       1.8       1.8    1.1        1.3

1995: I...............    -1.3      -.8     1.4        1.8     2.7       2.6    1.7        1.7       -.7       -.8       3.1       2.5    2.7        2.7
II..............     1.3      1.3      .8        1.0     -.5       -.3    3.3        3.2        .0       -.1       1.9       1.8    1.6        1.6
III.............      .6       .9     3.7        4.1     3.2       3.2    2.6        2.7        .5        .6       2.0       1.8    1.5        1.1
IV..............     3.6      3.1     4.1        3.8      .4        .8    3.4        3.1       1.1        .9       -.2        .1    1.2         .7

1996: I...............     4.1      4.0     4.1        3.9      .0       -.1    2.4        2.5       -.6       -.5      -1.7      -1.4    1.7        1.6
II..............     4.3      3.8     7.6        7.4     3.1       3.5    4.1        3.8        .6        .3       -.2        .0    1.9        1.6
III.............      .0      -.1     2.4        2.5     2.5       2.6    3.6        3.2       1.5       1.1       3.6       3.3    1.6        1.4
IV..............     1.6      1.4     5.5        5.6     3.9       4.1    3.0        3.0        .1        .1       1.4       1.6    1.5        2.1

1997: I...............     1.2       .7     5.2        4.8     4.0       4.1    1.9        2.0       -.6       -.5        .7       1.3    2.6        3.1
II..............     4.0      3.9     7.1        7.1     3.0       3.0    1.1        1.1        .0        .1      -2.8      -2.7    1.9        2.2
III.............     3.6      3.2     4.9        4.6     1.3       1.4    4.2        3.8       2.5       2.1        .7        .6    1.0        1.3
IV..............      .8       .6     3.2        3.4     2.4       2.8    6.5        6.1       4.4       4.1       5.7       5.5    1.1        1.1

1998: I...............     4.7      4.5     7.9        8.2     3.1       3.5    6.2        6.1       5.5       5.3       1.5       1.5     .3         .4
II..............     1.1      1.6     2.9        3.1     1.7       1.5    5.1        5.3       3.5       3.8       3.9       3.6     .7         .7
III.............     2.1      1.8     3.7        3.7     1.5       1.8    5.1        5.2       3.6       3.7       3.0       3.3    1.1        1.3
IV..............     3.9      3.6     6.8        6.8     2.8       3.1    4.8        4.5       3.2       2.8        .9        .8     .6         .6

1999: I...............     3.3      2.6     3.8        3.6      .5       1.0    5.2        4.5       3.6       2.8       1.9       1.8    1.9        2.2
II..............      .9       .6     2.6        2.4     1.7       1.8    5.0        5.0       1.7       1.7       4.1       4.3    1.2        1.5
III.............     4.9      5.2     6.6        7.0     1.7       1.7    5.3        5.5       2.6       2.8        .4        .3     .5         .6
IV..............     7.7      8.0     9.9       10.0     2.1       1.8    3.8        4.2        .9       1.3      -3.6      -3.5    1.0        1.0

2000: I...............     1.6      1.9     5.3        5.2     3.7       3.2    3.5        3.9       -.6       -.2       1.9       1.9    3.0        3.2
II..............     6.9      6.1     6.3        6.5     -.6        .4    7.0        5.9       3.2       2.2        .0       -.2    2.4        2.0
III.............     2.8      3.3     2.6        2.5     -.2       -.8    5.7        6.3       2.6       3.1       2.8       2.9    1.7        1.9
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\1\ Output refers to real gross domestic product in the sector.
\2\ Hours at work of all persons engaged in the sector. See footnote 2, Table B-49.
\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. See footnote 4, Table B-49.
\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-49.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.