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Productivity Data Shows No Inflationary Pressure from Labor Market

Bloomberg details and defines unit labor costs: Unit labor costs in nonfarm businesses increased 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011,...

An ugly (yet improving) chart shows the number of hours worked per person... Which, when combined with real GDP leads to a new high in GDP p...

Bloomberg details: The productivity of U.S. workers slowed in the first quarter and labor costs rose as companies boosted employment to mee...

Bloomberg details (bold mine): The productivity of U.S. workers unexpectedly increased in the fourth quarter at a faster rate as companies ...

As everyone is familiar with, the productivity spike following the economic downturn was initially met with a HUGE drop in hours worked and ...

BusinessWeek details: The productivity of U.S. workers rose more than forecast in the third quarter as companies redoubled efforts to rein ...

The economy can grow one of two ways... an increase in the number of people working (i.e. employment) or getting more out of these workers (...

Reuters details: U.S. non-farm productivity fell more steeply than previously estimated in the second quarter, posting its largest decline ...

The WSJ reports: U.S. productivity unexpectedly fell in the second quarter, the first drop in 18 months, amid slower output growth and an i...

Reuters details: U.S. non-farm productivity growth slowed sharply in the first quarter, government data showed on Thursday, suggesting busi...

The Economist details: Producing more by working less is the key to rising living standards, but in the short term there is a tension betw...

The Business Financial Newswire reports: Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 6.9% annual rate during the fourth quart...