Productivity in the U.S. services sector : new sources of economic growth Jack Triplett and Barry Bosworth analyze services sector productivity demonstrating that fundamental changes have taken place in this sector of the U.S. economy. They show that growth in the services industries fueled the post 1995 expansion in U.S. productivity and assess the role of information technology in transforming and accelerating services productivity. In addition to their findings for the services sector as a whole they include separate chapters for a diverse range of industries within the sector including transportation and communications wholesale and retail trade and finance and insurance. BOOK JACKET