American Worker Productivity Drops (Again)

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jun 7, 2016

For the second quarter in a row, US worker productivity fell in Q1 (down 0.6% QoQ). Outside of 2015’s weather-driven debacle, this is the weakest two quarter tumble in productivity since Q4 2012. Unit labor costs rose 4.5% QoQ in Q1 (revised up from 4.1%) as output actually fell 0.6% (implying a 3.9% rise in compensation). This is the 3rd quarterly drop in output in a row.

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