Productivity rises at healthy 2.3 percent rate in third quarter

AP Online;  November 10, 1998 ;     325 words ......productivity advanced at a scant 0.3 percent rate, the slowest increase in nearly two...months of the year, rising at a 3.5 percent rate. Economists consider productivity the...then, it's been growing at around a 2 percent rate. That's led some economists to speculate...

U.S. Economy Grows at 2 Percent Rate in 3rd Quarter

Xinhua English Newswire;  November 27, 1996 ;     317 words ...The U.S. economy increased at a modest 2 percent...below the sizzling 4.7 percent rate turned in during the...advanced at a 20.3 percent rate in the third quarter...spending fell at a 5.9 percent rate. The various changes...

Economy Grows at 5.4 Percent Rate

AP Online;  April 27, 2000 ;     697 words ......Online 04-27-2000 Economy Grows at 5.4 Percent Rate WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy...Commerce Department was weaker than the 6 percent rate many analysts were expecting. Growth...slightly slower than the breakneck 7.3 percent rate posted in the last three months of 1999...

US economy grows at a 1.6 percent rate in first quarter

Xinhua News Agency;  April 25, 2003 ;     220 words ...US economy grows at a 1.6 percent rate in first quarter WASHINGTON,April 25 (Xinhua) -- The US economy increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the first three months of this year, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. Analysts said...GDP) in the United States -- the broadest measure of ...

Economy Grows at 5.5 Percent Rate

AP Online;  June 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Online 06-29-2000 Economy Grows at 5.5 Percent Rate WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy...growing slightly faster than the 5.4 percent rate of the government's two previous estimates...on more data -- to remain at the 5.4 percent rate. In the fourth quarter, the economy...

US Economy Up at 5.8 Percent Rate in 1st Quarter

Xinhua English Newswire;  May 30, 1997 ;     296 words ......more than offset a downward revision in consumer spending from a 6.4 percent rate to 5.7 percent rate. The export in the first three months advanced at an 11.2 percent rate, better than the initial estimate of 8.1 percent. But the imports were...

Productivity Up at 2.2 Percent Rate

AP Online;  March 6, 2001 ;     598 words ......Online 03-06-2001 Productivity Up at 2.2 Percent Rate WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans' productivity...rising living standards, slowed to a 2.2 percent rate of growth in the last three months of...October-December quarter followed a 3.0 percent rate in the third quarter, the Labor ...

U.S. Economy Grows at 4.7 Percent Rate in 2nd Quarter

Xinhua English Newswire;  September 27, 1996 ;     334 words ......since the economy expanded at a 4.9 percent rate in the second quarter of 1994. The gross...January-March period. The GDP grew at a 2 percent rate from January through March after a 0.3 percent rate in the last quarter of 1995. The U.S...

US productivity increases at 3.8 percent rate in first quarter

Xinhua News Agency;  June 3, 2004 ;     191 words ...US productivity increases at 3.8 percent rate in first quarter WASHINGTON, June 3...of 3.8 percent, faster than the 3.5 percent rate previously estimated, the Labor Department...first quarter, comparing with a 1.7 percent rate of increase in the fourth quarter of...

US Economy Grows at 3.5 Percent Rate in 3rd Quarter

Xinhua English Newswire;  October 31, 1997 ;     322 words ......was even better than the healthy 3.3 percent rate in the second quarter. The U.S. economy...It compared sharply with a scant 0.9 percent rate in the second quarter. Business investment...picked up sharply, rising at a 10.1 percent rate after falling at a 4.7 percent pace...

U.S. economy grew at 1.7 percent rate in fourth quarter, better than...

AP Worldstream;  March 28, 2002 ;     581 words ......that the economy grew at just 0.2 percent rate in the fourth quarter. A month ago that was revised to a 1.4 percent rate. Thursday's upward revision to...economy, which shrank at a 1.3 percent rate in the third quarter, following...

Productivity grows at 9.4 percent rate in third quarter, best since 1983

AP Worldstream;  December 3, 2003 ;     475 words ......productivity grew at a blistering 9.7 percent rate. The report raised new hopes that businesses...in the third quarter surged at a 10.3 percent rate, the biggest increase since the third...hours, meanwhile, increased at a 0.8 percent rate in the third quarter, the best showing...

Economy grew at 1.7 percent rate in fourth quarter, better than previously...

AP Worldstream;  March 28, 2002 ;     150 words ......that the economy grew at just 0.2 percent rate in the fourth quarter. A month ago that was revised to a 1.4 percent rate. Thursday's upward revision to...economy, which shrank at a 1.3 percent rate in the third quarter, following...

AG pushes for 18 percent rate drop.(Business)

The Boston Herald;  September 29, 2005 ;     294 words ......Reilly today plans to ask for an 18 percent rate decrease - or $180 on an average annual...industry itself has requested a 0.1 percent rate cut - or about $1 per policyholder...Last year, insurers asked for a 5.8 percent rate increase, but Bowler ordered rates cut...

U.S. Economy Slows to 0.7 Percent Rate

AP Online;  January 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the economy grew at a respectable 4 percent rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department...the economy actually shrank at a 0.3 percent rate in the third quarter of 2001 as the...Consumers reduced such spending at a 7.3 percent rate. That was a big turnaround from the...