US Data: Productivity - Unit Labor Costs>

Release for:  Second Quarter 2017  (revised)

Source:  U.S. Department of Labor

Unit labor costs, index 2009=100

Percent changes calculated from original data rather than indexes

                                2Q-17  1Q-17  4Q-16  3Q-16  2Q-16  1Q-16

Business

 % chg from prev qtr              0.5    5.1   -5.5    0.1    3.7   -2.8

 % chg yr/yr                      0.0    0.8   -1.2    2.0    1.9    1.5

 Index                          108.8  108.7  107.3  108.9  108.8  107.8

Nonfarm business

 % chg from prev qtr              0.2    4.8   -5.7    0.1    3.9   -2.7

 % chg yr/yr                     -0.2    0.7   -1.2    2.1    2.0    1.6

 Index                          108.8  108.7  107.5  109.1  109.1  108.0

Manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr             -0.4    4.3   -6.1    3.1    8.0  -11.3

 % chg yr/yr                      0.1    2.2   -1.9    2.3    1.4    0.4

 Index                           94.5   94.6   93.6   95.1   94.4   92.6

Durable manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr             -0.6    3.6   -6.0    1.7    7.5  -10.9

 % chg yr/yr                     -0.4    1.6   -2.2    2.8    2.0    1.1

 Index                           93.0   93.2   92.4   93.8   93.4   91.7

Nondurable manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              1.0    5.3   -6.5    5.2    7.9  -11.3

 % chg yr/yr                      1.1    2.8   -1.5    1.6    0.7    0.0

 Index                          100.8  100.5   99.2  100.9   99.6   97.7

Nonfinancial corporations

 % chg from prev qtr             -2.6    2.3    0.9   -3.7    5.9   -2.3

 % chg yr/yr                     -0.8    1.3    0.1    1.1    2.0    1.7

 Index                          107.0  107.7  107.1  106.9  107.9  106.4

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

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