US Data: Productivity - Output Per Hour>

Release for:  Fourth Quarter 2018 

Source:  U.S. Department of Labor

Output per hour of all persons; index 2012=100

Percent changes calculated from original data rather than indexes

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

Business

 % chg from prev qtr              1.8    1.4    3.4    0.9   -1.2    2.8

 % chg yr/yr                      1.9    1.1    1.4    1.0    0.7    1.5

 Index                          106.3  105.8  105.4  104.5  104.3  104.6

Nonfarm business

 % chg from prev qtr              1.9    1.8    2.8    0.6   -0.4    2.2

 % chg yr/yr                      1.8    1.2    1.3    1.0    1.0    1.4

 Index                          106.1  105.6  105.1  104.4  104.3  104.4

Manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              2.0    1.0    1.2   -0.1    4.0   -4.8

 % chg yr/yr                      1.0    1.5    0.0    0.5    0.7    0.2

 Index                          101.8  101.3  101.1  100.8  100.8   99.8

Durable manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              3.3    2.0    0.2    0.4    4.1   -4.9

 % chg yr/yr                      1.5    1.7   -0.1    1.0    0.9    0.5

 Index                          102.5  101.7  101.2  101.1  101.0  100.0

Nondurable manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              1.9    0.2    2.6    0.4    3.7   -5.0

 % chg yr/yr                      1.3    1.7    0.4   -0.2    0.2   -0.4

 Index                          102.1  101.6  101.6  100.9  100.8   99.9

Nonfinancial corporations

 % chg from prev qtr               NA    6.1   -2.1    3.2    1.4    1.0

 % chg yr/yr                       NA    2.1    0.9    2.5    2.5    1.5

 Index                             NA  106.3  104.7  105.3  104.4  104.1

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

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