US Data: Productivity - Output Per Hour>

Release for:  Second Quarter 2018  (revised)

Source:  U.S. Department of Labor

Output per hour of all persons; index 2012=100

Percent changes calculated from original data rather than indexes

                                2Q-18  1Q-18  4Q-17  3Q-17  2Q-17  1Q-17

Business

 % chg from prev qtr              3.6    0.6   -1.1    2.8    1.6   -0.2

 % chg yr/yr                      1.4    0.9    0.8    1.5    1.2    1.0

 Index                          105.4  104.5  104.3  104.6  103.9  103.5

Nonfarm business

 % chg from prev qtr              2.9    0.3   -0.3    2.3    1.6    0.4

 % chg yr/yr                      1.3    1.0    1.0    1.4    1.2    1.0

 Index                          105.1  104.3  104.3  104.3  103.8  103.4

Manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              1.5   -0.8    4.4   -5.0    3.5   -0.3

 % chg yr/yr                      0.0    0.5    0.6    0.2    1.6    0.5

 Index                          101.0  100.6  100.8   99.7  101.0  100.2

Durable manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              1.1    0.2    4.8   -4.8    4.6   -0.8

 % chg yr/yr                      0.3    1.1    0.9    0.5    2.2    0.9

 Index                          101.5  101.2  101.1  100.0  101.2  100.1

Nondurable manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              2.2   -1.2    3.5   -5.5    1.2    0.8

 % chg yr/yr                     -0.3   -0.5   -0.1   -0.5    0.4   -0.7

 Index                          101.0  100.4  100.7   99.8  101.3  101.0

Nonfinancial corporations

 % chg from prev qtr             -0.7    3.0    1.4    1.1    4.5    3.1

 % chg yr/yr                      1.2    2.5    2.5    1.5    2.4    0.1

 Index                          105.0  105.2  104.4  104.1  103.8  102.6

     ** MNI Washington Bureau: (202) 371-2121 **

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