Table 1. Business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, and prices, seasonally adjusted



Table 1. Business sector: Productivity, hourly compensation, unit labor costs,
and prices, seasonally adjusted
                                                           Real
   Year       Output per             Hours     Compensa-   compensa-   Unit     Unit non-   Implicit
   and        hour of                of all    tion per    tion per    labor    labor pay-  price
   quarter    all persons  Output    persons   hour (1)    hour (2)    costs    ments (3)   deflator (4)
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                                           Indexes 1992=100
                                           
2007       I     139.0      168.4     121.2     175.2       122.7      126.0       136.7      130.0
          II     140.2      169.8     121.2     176.5       122.4      125.9       139.4      130.9
         III     142.1      171.4     120.6     177.8       122.6      125.1       141.9      131.4
          IV     142.6      172.3     120.8     179.6       122.1      125.9       141.9      131.9
          
      ANNUAL     141.0      170.5     120.9     177.3       122.4      125.7       140.0      131.0
      
2008       I     142.7      171.7     120.3     180.3       121.2      126.3       141.7      132.1
          II     143.8      172.2     119.8     181.0       120.4      125.9       143.8      132.5
         III     143.9      170.6     118.6     183.0       119.9      127.2       145.4      134.0
          IV     144.2      167.4     116.1     184.2       123.3      127.7       143.6      133.6
          
      ANNUAL     143.6      170.5     118.7     182.1       121.1      126.8       143.6      133.0
      
2009       I     144.3      163.6     113.4     182.0       122.6      126.1       148.1      134.3
          II     146.7      163.2     111.3     184.9       124.1      126.1       147.9      134.2
         III    r149.3     r164.1    r109.9    r187.6      r124.8     r125.6      r148.8     r134.3
          IV     151.7      167.0     110.1     188.3       124.2      124.2       151.8      134.4
          
      ANNUAL     147.9      164.5     111.2     185.7       123.9      125.5       149.2      134.3
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                       Percent change from previous quarter at annual rate(5)
                       
2007       I       0.9        0.8      -0.1       4.4         0.6        3.5         4.8        4.0
          II       3.5        3.5       0.0       3.1        -1.1       -0.4         8.0        2.8
         III       5.5        3.7      -1.7       3.0         0.6       -2.4         7.4        1.4
          IV       1.6        2.1       0.5       4.3        -1.4        2.6         0.2        1.6
          
      ANNUAL       1.8        2.2       0.4       4.2         1.3        2.4         3.0        2.6
      
2008       I       0.2       -1.3      -1.5       1.5        -3.0        1.3        -0.5        0.6
          II       3.1        1.1      -1.9       1.6        -2.8       -1.5         5.9        1.4
         III       0.3       -3.7      -4.0       4.5        -1.6        4.2         4.5        4.3
          IV       0.8       -7.2      -8.0       2.6        12.0        1.8        -4.9       -1.0
          
      ANNUAL       1.9        0.0      -1.9       2.7        -1.1        0.8         2.6        1.5
      
2009       I       0.2       -8.7      -8.9      -4.7        -2.4       -4.9        13.3        2.1
          II       6.8       -1.0      -7.4       6.7         5.3       -0.2        -0.5       -0.3
         III      r7.4       r2.2     r-4.8      r5.9        r2.2      r-1.4        r2.4       r0.1
          IV       6.5        7.2       0.6       1.6        -1.8       -4.7         8.2        0.5
          
      ANNUAL       3.0       -3.5      -6.3       2.0         2.3       -1.0         3.9        1.0
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                      Percent change from corresponding quarter of previous year
                      
2007       I       0.3        1.5       1.1       4.0         1.6        3.7         1.6        2.9
          II       1.0        2.0       0.9       4.4         1.7        3.3         1.9        2.8
         III       3.0        3.0       0.0       4.8         2.4        1.7         3.3        2.4
          IV       2.9        2.5      -0.3       3.7        -0.3        0.8         5.1        2.5
          
      ANNUAL       1.8        2.2       0.4       4.2         1.3        2.4         3.0        2.6
      
2008       I       2.7        2.0      -0.7       2.9        -1.2        0.2         3.7        1.6
          II       2.6        1.4      -1.2       2.6        -1.7        0.0         3.2        1.2
         III       1.3       -0.5      -1.7       2.9        -2.2        1.6         2.5        2.0
          IV       1.1       -2.8      -3.9       2.5         1.0        1.4         1.2        1.3
          
      ANNUAL       1.9        0.0      -1.9       2.7        -1.1        0.8         2.6        1.5
      
2009       I       1.1       -4.7      -5.7       0.9         1.1       -0.2         4.5        1.7
          II       2.0       -5.2      -7.1       2.2         3.1        0.2         2.9        1.3
         III      r3.8      r-3.8      -7.3       2.5         4.1      r-1.2        r2.3       r0.2
          IV       5.2       -0.2      -5.2       2.2         0.8       -2.8         5.7        0.6
          
      ANNUAL       3.0       -3.5      -6.3       2.0         2.3       -1.0         3.9        1.0
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See footnotes following Table 6.                                       February 4, 2010
r=revised                                                              Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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