July 1990, Vol. Although new technology and plant reorganization aided an average 1.3 percent increase in productivity, stagnant demand and rising import penetration kept the rise moderate over the 1972-87 period. This article presents productivity trends in the rubber and plastics hose and belting industry. 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.