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To: IceShark who wrote (7708)2/8/2000 12:17:00 PM
From: Alias Shrugged  Read Replies (3) of 42523
 
Ok. Anyone care to explain how manufacturing output increased 7.3%
while hours decreased 3.0%???? WTF.
Just what accounts for this sudden 10% boost in
productivity (other than more BLS bs).

stats.bls.gov

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Real
Hourly hourly Unit
Produc- compen- compen- labor
Sector tivity Output Hours sation sation costs
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Percent change from preceding quarter
Business 4.8 6.7 1.9 3.6 0.6 -1.2
Nonfarm business 5.0 6.6 1.5 4.0 1.1 -1.0
Manufacturing 10.7 7.3 -3.0 4.3 1.3 -5.8
Durable 10.7 6.9 -3.4 4.8 1.8 -5.3
Nondurable 10.5 7.8 -2.4 3.6 0.7 -6.2
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