US Data: Productivity - Unit Labor Costs>

Release for:  First Quarter 2018  (revised)

Source:  U.S. Department of Labor

Unit labor costs, index 2009=100

Percent changes calculated from original data rather than indexes

                                1Q-18  4Q-17  3Q-17  2Q-17  1Q-17  4Q-16

Business

 % chg from prev qtr              3.1    2.6    0.9   -1.0    5.1   -5.5

 % chg yr/yr                      1.4    1.9   -0.2   -0.4    0.8   -1.2

 Index                          110.2  109.3  108.6  108.4  108.7  107.3

Nonfarm business

 % chg from prev qtr              2.9    2.5    1.0   -1.2    4.8   -5.7

 % chg yr/yr                      1.3    1.8   -0.4   -0.6    0.7   -1.2

 Index                          110.2  109.4  108.7  108.4  108.7  107.5

Manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              5.2    0.2    6.0   -1.1    4.4   -6.6

 % chg yr/yr                      2.5    2.3    0.5   -0.5    1.7   -2.5

 Index                          108.7  107.3  107.3  105.7  106.0  104.9

Durable manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              6.7    2.2    5.0    0.7    3.4   -6.4

 % chg yr/yr                      3.6    2.8    0.6   -0.5    1.7   -1.8

 Index                          105.6  103.9  103.3  102.1  101.9  101.1

Nondurable manufacturing

 % chg from prev qtr              0.9   -3.4    8.5   -4.0    5.9   -6.8

 % chg yr/yr                      0.4    1.6    0.7   -0.4    2.3   -2.5

 Index                          108.3  108.1  109.0  106.8  107.9  106.4

Nonfinancial corporations

 % chg from prev qtr              1.8    1.4    3.3   -3.0    2.3    0.9

 % chg yr/yr                      0.9    1.0    0.8   -0.9    1.3    0.1

 Index                          108.7  108.2  107.8  106.9  107.7  107.1

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

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