Agents and brokers who do not physically take possession of processed scrap and waste, but act as middlemen between suppliers and consumers, accounted for less than 5 percent of all establishments in the industry in 1982, less than 8 percent of total industry value of shipments, and about 2 percent of all workers. Average annual rates of change are based on the linear least squares of the logarithms of the index numbers. Extensions of the indexes will appear in the Bureau of Labor Statistics annual bulletin, Productivity Measures for Selected Industries. Related BLS programs Industry Productivity Related Monthly Labor Review articles Productivity trends in two retail trade industries, 1987-95. Productivity trends in the mobile homes industry.
Productivity growth improves in housefurnishings industry.
Productivity in retail miscellaneous shopping goods stores. Productivity in hardwood dimension and flooring. Productivity in aircraft manufacturing. Productivity in the nuts and bolts industry, 1958-90. Productivity in crude oil and natural gas production.