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Bureau of Labor Statistics
L. J. Fulco
K.D. !layle

,-

United States
Department
of Labor
Washington, D.C. 20212

(201) 523 - 9261
(202) SH -1913

I!S DL 17 ..... 79

fOR RELf.A5£: 11:00 ~.M . fDT
Thuudny, M.ay 2b, 1977

(202) 3)3-1384

PRODUCTIVITY

k~

COSTS

Nonflnanoial Cor~ra~e Scctor
Firat Qua rter 1977
Productivit y In nonfinancial cornoration.

2.6 nercent In the

incrc . s~d

firs. q unnr< of 1911 a t " se.uon.ollv adjusted a nnual u a , t he HUTedu of Labor

Statistics of t he U.S .

D~p art~nt

of Labor r eport ed today .

The loerea •• reflected

25 . 7 pprcent Incru se in outnut and. 3 . 0 pucent in or eue in h<>t1TS of all ,""ployees.

includes all corpouUou
~nkl ,

. toc~

and

c~lty

be en reported earlier.

doln~

br oker!, a nd f inance and insur ance 00=08nles.

Increase~

co~oared

at an annual

with. 1.8 percent

r . t~

of 11.S

Incre.~e

p~rcent

productivity.

In the

One quar ter ea r lier.

Thh ".0 the Iargelt quarterly Incune 1n t he hourly compensa t ion
qunter of 19B.

Revi sed

See table A.

nonflnanclat corporat e .ector
fir s t quarter of 1977.

buslneu In the United Statu "lt h the exce ption of

dDC~

the first

Thh incruu In hourly tompenution. combined ,,1th tile <1u In

re .u lt~d

In a n 8 .7 percent inc r ease In unit l abo r coa t.

hourly co_nutton rou faoter In the firn quane<

~h&n durln~

Although

the fourth

~ua rt er

o[ 1976, unit l abor tOlt rOle le ," in the firlt qua rt e r (8 . 7 percent compared .. lth
9 . 2 percent In t he fourth quartet), o"lng pa rtly to t he [zst er rate of producti Vity
increase in the first




~ua rter.

Table

,.

Productivity and Co.u:
(Seasonally Adjusted)

hoducti-

Sector

vity

P~rcent C~n,cs

Hourly
Co .. "",nut Ion

~onflnanclal

~.,

1:01<
Labor
COSt

Fourth Quarte r 1976
Corporations

at ""nual Rate

flourly
Co .. penutlon

SuHnu .

Nonfar. Rusinn.
Konuf.cturin~

Ourabl.,
Nondurable

Nonfinancial
Corporations

.. ,

,.,

,.,

'.0

'-'

10.9

,.,

,.,

'.0

U

10.3

'.0

'.0

..,

'-'

-0.2

11.1

12.0

'-'

'-'

-2.8

11.4

14 . 6

'.0

'-'

11. 9

•••

'-'

,.,

11 . 5

,..

L'

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'-'

.. ,

Nonfal"ll Suslne . .

'-'

'.0

l'Ianufactur t ng

'-'

Durabl ..

'-'

Nondurable

'.0

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'-'

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'.0

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'-'

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'-,

'-'

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'-'

'-'

'-'

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Fiut Quarter 1976
Hut Quarter 1977
PRE!.L'HS,\RY

Priva t " SUsiD"'"




Hours

fiut Qwtrter 1971

"

p~f.LL'lrAARY

RI\'lSED
Prlv"t~

Output

REViSED

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L'

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• .0

o.•

hal coe.pensuton ne r hour--I>oudy co .. pensatlo"

adju~ tcd

Consumer Price lndex-inneued . t an . nnud r a t. of 3.2
the

bi~~est

~uartuly

perc~nt

ror

ch~n~u

th~_

in

in the ftu, qua nu.

incnue i n a yen .

Unit profits declined 8.1 pucent during the ftr5t ouanu. co.maud "ith a
24.~

percMt drop in the

profits . . wdl u

precedtn ~

~nlt

quuter.

1'O,,,,labor

p~"",en . . >

all "ther no"labor co.u,decr u.M 0.2 percent in the flro,

quarter,compared "tth .. 1.3 pucent drop dudnll

th~

fourth qu.,..t ...

cos • • -- tncludinR unit labor c"o', unit nonla boe costs, and unit
com~red

7.1 percent In the fir s t quarter.
cedin~

"'''\ch Includ e

Tot~l

uni t

p.o f!t~ __ increa.ed

wtth .. 9 . ) percent inc rea se in t he pre-

ouartu .

Revised M.... . urn
RevbM mea suns of hbor

pro~uctlvlty

and r elated serlu for the flut

q .... rte r for the buoln en sector, neDra,.., huslne80 .ecto •• and
do" releued today.

See table B.

""'''ufa'''urln~

"ore

The revised ... u~u • • 110" that pr"cuctlvltv--

.t annu.ol ut es --Inoreued 4.1 percent In the Htvat e bu.lneu sector and 4.1
In the 1'O"nfn.. bu.ln.,.. uetor and declined 0.2 pertent in .... nuhcturln~.

tively, based on pull .. l .... ry Info ..... tlon .

Thue

As ah""" In table C. th"- larfe_.t revisions

in the flrat quarte r .. e a.ure. occur r ed In the output seri es
of Economic Anal y s i . of the V.S. Departmen t of Commerce .




?~rcen.

c,,~plled

by the Bureau

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Prell. lna .y and Revised 'I r .t Quarter
qua rt e rly Change at Annaal Rate
Sea s onally

~easure .

of Productivit y and Co s ts

Adju~ted

~

Private )"slne •• Se ctor

NOnfarm Su. tne • •

~cc tor

tUnu f &"turing

~u . u< e

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Real "ooope n"tion
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The p r oductivity and con urlu for the nonfinancial cor!'<'ute sector

released today I>a.e:~.:~~~:,~_::.:.:o:,~.:.~.:,:_::,:,:.~~~~"i,~.;"~,~;.;":.:,:.ge "",cUr hour.
the
an

for the pulod beglj!,ung-tn

thi r d quartH

The effect o f new data,

inaoduced In tlte private budn ... . . ec t o r in february, can be see




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SOUFCE: OUtput dU." !roo> tne Buruu of Eton.".ic ~naly.h, u.s.
of ~~rce "nd th~ Feder" l Re.erv~ Board . C~pensation
and houn clata ir01ll the Bure.au of Labor StattsUCI, U.S. DepHtrnent
of Labor a ncl the Bureau of Economic ~naly.i ••
Dep~rt~nt

(l)

Wa~es and .... Lariu of ... ployeu pI" . . . . ployer.' contribution.
for social in. uranee and prlvHe benefit pbM. hcent for
nonUnaneid corpoutlono, "h ere there are nO ulf-employed,
d"ta also includu "n estimllte of " "11"-5 , .... Laries, a..::l 5upple~ental payment. for the .elf-omployed.

(2)

Compen.ation per hour adjusted for changel in the Consumer Price
Index.

(3)

Nonl abor payment. include profit", depreci8tion, interest, rental
ineome "..::I indirect taxes.

(4)

Current dollar
product .

(5)

Percent change compounded "t annaaI rate from original data
rather than In~"" n ..... ~eu.

(6)

Current quarter divided by comparable 'I""reer a yur a~o.

(7)

Quarterly "eUurn adju.ted to an", .. l u t aateo of output (gross
product or1ginaUO$I) froat the Bureo" of Economic Analysis , U.s.
Dep8rtment of C""""eree .

(8)

Unit nonlabor eOlts include depreciation, intHut, and indirect
taxu .

(9)

Tqtd unit coats 18 the Sum of labor "..::I non-labor cosu.

~«>n

product divided by coutant dollar gross

(10)

Unit proUtl incLude corporate profit s I nd inventory valuation
ad.lu s<ment .

(Ll)

The durabL~ sector include. the foLleving 2-di~lt SIC industries:
pr~ry ~etal; fabrIcated metal product .; nonelectrical machinery;
electrical ~1Ch1nery; transportation ~quipment: in. . ruments; lumber
and lumbH produc"; cby, glus, a nd s tone product.: furnIture "nd
fb:turu; and .. loc"llaneou s ..... nufactures.

(12)

The no..::lurabLe Sectcr includu the follevlng·2-dl g it SIC Indu~triu:
textil e mUI products; app.arel products; leather and leather products;
""per and pape r prnd"c"; print1n~ and pubIhhing; che:>lca 18 tlnd
ch ... 1cal products; petro leu," products; rubber 1 ..::1 ph o tic produc . . ;
fOOds; and tobacoo products.




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