Productivity grows 0.7% in 1st quarter 2013 (annual rate); unit labor costs rise 0.5%

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2013年の最初の四半期で、非農業セクターの労働生産性は0.7％増加した。この生産性の増加は、2.5％の生産高の増加と1.8％の労働時間の増加を反映している。

単位労働コストは0.5％増加。これは、週あたりの報酬の増加が生産性の増加を上回ったため。

Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 0.7 percent annual rate during the first quarter of 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The increase in productivity reflects increases of 2.5 percent in output and 1.8 percent in hours worked. (All quarterly percent changes in this release are seasonally adjusted annual rates.) From the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2013, productivity increased 0.9 percent as output and hours worked increased 2.5 percent and 1.5 percent, respectively.

Unit labor costs in nonfarm businesses increased 0.5 percent in the first
quarter of 2013, as an increase in hourly compensation was greater than the increase in productivity. Unit labor costs rose 0.6 percent over the last four quarters.