Chart 16
Nonfarm Business Sector: Output Per Hour/All Persons
| Quarter |
Year |
Nonfarm Business Sector: Output Per Hour/All Persons (Percent Change - Year to Year; Seasonally Adjusted, 1992=100) |
All Employees: Total Nonfarm (Difference - Annual Rate; Seasonally Adjusted, Thousands) |
Recession Quarter? (yes/no) |
| 1Q |
1979 |
1.62% |
"3,101" |
no |
| 2Q |
1979 |
-0.65% |
"2,628" |
no |
| 3Q |
1979 |
-0.76% |
"2,023" |
no |
| 4Q |
1979 |
-1.47% |
"1,187" |
no |
| 1Q |
1980 |
-0.13% |
"1,263" |
yes |
| 2Q |
1980 |
-0.98% |
"-1,752" |
yes |
| 3Q |
1980 |
-0.46% |
"-1,636" |
yes |
| 4Q |
1980 |
0.75% |
"2,711" |
no |
| 1Q |
1981 |
1.88% |
"1,559" |
no |
| 2Q |
1981 |
1.69% |
951 |
no |
| 3Q |
1981 |
2.19% |
772 |
yes |
| 4Q |
1981 |
-0.20% |
"-1,608" |
yes |
| 1Q |
1982 |
-2.34% |
"-2,516" |
yes |
| 2Q |
1982 |
-0.84% |
"-1,920" |
yes |
| 3Q |
1982 |
-1.55% |
"-2,743" |
yes |
| 4Q |
1982 |
0.58% |
"-2,151" |
yes |
| 1Q |
1983 |
2.50% |
720 |
no |
| 2Q |
1983 |
4.70% |
"2,704" |
no |
| 3Q |
1983 |
5.52% |
"3,713" |
no |
| 4Q |
1983 |
5.10% |
"5,057" |
no |
| 1Q |
1984 |
3.67% |
"4,851" |
no |
| 2Q |
1984 |
1.93% |
"4,151" |
no |
| 3Q |
1984 |
1.38% |
"3,727" |
no |
| 4Q |
1984 |
1.03% |
"3,395" |
no |
| 1Q |
1985 |
1.30% |
"2,660" |
no |
| 2Q |
1985 |
0.91% |
"2,792" |
no |
| 3Q |
1985 |
1.81% |
"2,295" |
no |
| 4Q |
1985 |
2.17% |
"2,331" |
no |
| 1Q |
1986 |
3.32% |
"1,628" |
no |
| 2Q |
1986 |
3.84% |
"1,352" |
no |
| 3Q |
1986 |
2.93% |
"1,953" |
no |
| 4Q |
1986 |
2.18% |
"2,589" |
no |
| 1Q |
1987 |
0.41% |
"2,427" |
no |
| 2Q |
1987 |
0.38% |
"3,159" |
no |
| 3Q |
1987 |
-0.02% |
"2,901" |
no |
| 4Q |
1987 |
1.17% |
"3,813" |
no |
| 1Q |
1988 |
1.89% |
"3,041" |
no |
| 2Q |
1988 |
1.50% |
"3,408" |
no |
| 3Q |
1988 |
1.78% |
"2,939" |
no |
| 4Q |
1988 |
1.44% |
"3,429" |
no |
| 1Q |
1989 |
0.82% |
"3,215" |
no |
| 2Q |
1989 |
0.72% |
"2,019" |
no |
| 3Q |
1989 |
0.93% |
"1,083" |
no |
| 4Q |
1989 |
0.51% |
"2,036" |
no |
| 1Q |
1990 |
1.84% |
"2,932" |
no |
| 2Q |
1990 |
2.27% |
"1,485" |
no |
| 3Q |
1990 |
2.17% |
-595 |
yes |
| 4Q |
1990 |
1.26% |
"-1,617" |
yes |
| 1Q |
1991 |
0.57% |
"-1,835" |
yes |
| 2Q |
1991 |
1.35% |
"-1,903" |
no |
| 3Q |
1991 |
1.66% |
-55 |
no |
| 4Q |
1991 |
3.06% |
25 |
no |
| 1Q |
1992 |
4.52% |
89 |
no |
| 2Q |
1992 |
3.71% |
"1,100" |
no |
| 3Q |
1992 |
3.99% |
"1,029" |
no |
| 4Q |
1992 |
4.19% |
"1,641" |
no |
| 1Q |
1993 |
1.70% |
"2,559" |
no |
| 2Q |
1993 |
0.43% |
"2,368" |
no |
| 3Q |
1993 |
-0.17% |
"2,745" |
no |
| 4Q |
1993 |
-0.25% |
"3,072" |
no |
| 1Q |
1994 |
1.27% |
"3,372" |
no |
| 2Q |
1994 |
1.78% |
"4,249" |
no |
| 3Q |
1994 |
0.75% |
"3,995" |
no |
| 4Q |
1994 |
0.97% |
"3,665" |
no |
| 1Q |
1995 |
-0.03% |
"3,427" |
no |
| 2Q |
1995 |
0.25% |
"1,799" |
no |
| 3Q |
1995 |
1.00% |
"1,937" |
no |
| 4Q |
1995 |
0.86% |
"2,175" |
no |
| 1Q |
1996 |
2.11% |
"1,993" |
no |
| 2Q |
1996 |
2.96% |
"3,159" |
no |
| 3Q |
1996 |
3.13% |
"2,905" |
no |
| 4Q |
1996 |
2.42% |
"2,819" |
no |
| 1Q |
1997 |
1.14% |
"2,984" |
no |
| 2Q |
1997 |
1.34% |
"3,428" |
no |
| 3Q |
1997 |
1.90% |
"2,765" |
no |
| 4Q |
1997 |
2.18% |
"3,912" |
no |
| 1Q |
1998 |
3.29% |
"2,967" |
no |
| 2Q |
1998 |
2.35% |
"3,096" |
no |
| 3Q |
1998 |
2.63% |
"2,807" |
no |
| 4Q |
1998 |
2.74% |
"3,049" |
no |
| 1Q |
1999 |
2.84% |
"2,971" |
no |
| 2Q |
1999 |
2.65% |
"3,300" |
no |
| 3Q |
1999 |
2.23% |
"2,915" |
no |
| 4Q |
1999 |
3.47% |
"3,623" |
no |
| 1Q |
2000 |
2.04% |
"3,112" |
no |
| 2Q |
2000 |
3.72% |
"3,099" |
no |
| 3Q |
2000 |
2.77% |
"1,011" |
no |
| 4Q |
2000 |
2.01% |
"1,039" |
no |
| 1Q |
2001 |
2.42% |
808 |
yes |
| 2Q |
2001 |
2.04% |
"-1,457" |
yes |
| 3Q |
2001 |
2.63% |
"-1,608" |
yes |
| 4Q |
2001 |
3.25% |
"-3,243" |
yes |
| 1Q |
2002 |
5.00% |
"-1,680" |
no |
| 2Q |
2002 |
3.77% |
-675 |
no |
| 3Q |
2002 |
4.43% |
-403 |
no |
| 4Q |
2002 |
2.85% |
119 |
no |
| 1Q |
2003 |
2.02% |
-679 |
no |
| 2Q |
2003 |
3.46% |
"-1,040" |
no |
| 3Q |
2003 |
4.81% |
-17 |
no |
| 4Q |
2003 |
4.96% |
"1,409" |
no |
| 1Q |
2004 |
4.70% |
"1,527" |
no |
| 2Q |
2004 |
4.19% |
"2,820" |
no |
| 3Q |
2004 |
2.15% |
"1,301" |
no |
| 4Q |
2004 |
2.58% |
"2,567" |
no |
| 1Q |
2005 |
2.86% |
"1,801" |
no |
| 2Q |
2005 |
2.28% |
"2,143" |
no |
| 3Q |
2005 |
3.08% |
"2,079" |
no |
| 4Q |
2005 |
2.31% |
"1,647" |
no |
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics/Haver Analytics.
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