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Article: Productivity increased in many industries in 1983.
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 1985
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Productivity, as measured by output per employee hour, increased in 1983 in more than three-quarters of the industries for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes data. Productivity gains were unusually large in many industries and were in contrast to 1982 when productivity declined in almost half of the industries measured. The widespread gains in 1983 are consistent with the increase in the nonfarm business sector of the economy, which grew 3.5 percent.
Table 1 shows productivity trends in industries measured by the Bureau and includes new measures introduced for additional industries: refrigeration and heating equipment, internal combustion ...