Productivity rose at a 1.9 percent rate in the first quarter. Output in nonfarm business rose 6.1 percent in the second quarter, after increasing 5.2 percent during the first quarter of 2000. Hours of all persons working in the sector gained 0.4 percent in the second quarter. The increase in hours was the smallest since the first quarter of 1996, when hours decreased by 0.1 percent. These data are a product of the BLS Quarterly Labor Productivity program.
Data are subject to revision.
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