Figure 6. 10-year annual growth rate of real gross domestic product, nonfarm business labor productivity, and nonfarm employment historical data compared with projections, 2006, 2008, and 2010
Year |
Real GDP |
Nonfarm business labor productivity |
Nonfarm employment historical data |
10-year annual growth |
Projections (2006, 2008, and 2010) |
10-year annual growth |
Projections (2006, 2008, and 2010) |
10-year annual growth |
Projections (2006, 2008, and 2010) |
1957
|
— |
— |
2.7 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
1958
|
— |
— |
2.7 |
— |
1.4 |
— |
1959
|
— |
— |
2.7 |
— |
2.0 |
— |
1960
|
3.5 |
— |
2.2 |
— |
1.8 |
— |
1961
|
3.0 |
— |
2.2 |
— |
1.2 |
— |
1962
|
3.2 |
— |
2.5 |
— |
1.3 |
— |
1963
|
3.2 |
— |
2.6 |
— |
1.2 |
— |
1964
|
3.8 |
— |
2.7 |
— |
1.7 |
— |
1965
|
3.7 |
— |
2.6 |
— |
1.8 |
— |
1966
|
4.2 |
— |
3.0 |
— |
2.0 |
— |
1967
|
4.2 |
— |
3.0 |
— |
2.2 |
— |
1968
|
4.8 |
— |
3.1 |
— |
2.8 |
— |
1969
|
4.4 |
— |
2.7 |
— |
2.8 |
— |
1970
|
4.2 |
— |
2.7 |
— |
2.7 |
— |
1971
|
4.3 |
— |
2.8 |
— |
2.8 |
— |
1972
|
4.2 |
— |
2.7 |
— |
2.9 |
— |
1973
|
4.4 |
— |
2.7 |
— |
3.1 |
— |
1974
|
3.7 |
— |
2.2 |
— |
3.0 |
— |
1975
|
3.1 |
— |
2.2 |
— |
2.4 |
— |
1976
|
2.9 |
— |
2.2 |
— |
2.2 |
— |
1977
|
3.2 |
— |
2.1 |
— |
2.3 |
— |
1978
|
3.2 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
2.5 |
— |
1979
|
3.2 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
2.5 |
— |
1980
|
3.2 |
— |
1.7 |
— |
2.5 |
— |
1981
|
3.1 |
— |
1.4 |
— |
2.5 |
— |
1982
|
2.4 |
— |
1.0 |
— |
2.0 |
— |
1983
|
2.2 |
— |
1.1 |
— |
1.6 |
— |
1984
|
3.0 |
— |
1.5 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
1985
|
3.4 |
— |
1.4 |
— |
2.4 |
— |
1986
|
3.3 |
— |
1.4 |
— |
2.3 |
— |
1987
|
3.1 |
— |
1.2 |
— |
2.1 |
— |
1988
|
3.0 |
— |
1.3 |
— |
2.0 |
— |
1989
|
3.0 |
— |
1.4 |
— |
1.8 |
— |
1990
|
3.2 |
— |
1.6 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
1991
|
3.0 |
— |
1.6 |
— |
1.7 |
— |
1992
|
3.5 |
— |
2.1 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
1993
|
3.3 |
— |
1.7 |
— |
2.1 |
— |
1994
|
3.0 |
— |
1.6 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
1995
|
2.9 |
— |
1.5 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
1996
|
2.9 |
— |
1.5 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
1997
|
3.0 |
— |
1.6 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
1998
|
3.1 |
— |
1.7 |
— |
1.8 |
— |
1999
|
3.2 |
— |
2.0 |
— |
1.8 |
— |
2000
|
3.4 |
— |
2.1 |
— |
1.9 |
— |
2001
|
3.5 |
— |
2.3 |
— |
2.0 |
— |
2002
|
3.4 |
— |
2.3 |
— |
1.8 |
— |
2003
|
3.3 |
— |
2.6 |
— |
1.6 |
— |
2004
|
3.3 |
— |
2.8 |
— |
1.4 |
— |
2005
|
3.3 |
— |
2.9 |
— |
1.3 |
— |
2006
|
3.2 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
2007
|
3.0 |
— |
2.8 |
— |
1.1 |
— |
2008
|
2.5 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
2009
|
1.7 |
— |
2.5 |
— |
0.1 |
— |
2010
|
1.5 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
–0.1 |
1.4 |