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!ur . . ~ of La~or Stathtlc. II. H. Uoenbull (202) 961-1595 K. D. lIoyl. (20l) 961-2911 ho ... , 1])-1184 U5DL-H- 100 FOR llBUJ.H: U:OO A,H., l .S.T. !'TId." April 27, 19J1 tho to,d prlvate .cono.y In tho flu, of L.bOl" S'Otl0tleo. 'ho lost '''0 I:l tho! ~ocad . . u~"h ... ~~'HU of 19J}, accordln, ' 0 su.onally ~uortcr Th • • .". , o (n occurred In tho fourth tho 1""5-'"= .v.u,. of 1972. Ovu onnuol ,ot O ho bun 1 percent. nao r, productivity ro . . ot ,on on"n\ Ute ot 4.1 porco .. , in ,h. fin , quart . . , up fro .. a 3.6 porcent loin 1" th o fourth quar . ... of I .. , yo . . . with 0 2.2 porco~, goln In tho provlou. quarter . • Ov. . th. four-quart.,. porlod 'hot '''dod In th O f hot ond tho nO!"lh." ~nnuol "e,o., .. ~d ~uortor of U13. ,ho 4.5 porc,""t in .anuhcturlng. cot. . on s.-orhed bol"" In 'oH. A. AdrllUond dor . Us ..... i1 .... " In tabla. 1-1. Th. 4.7 puc."t p r oductivity ,.In for .h . privata .. aOt r . . "lud fr o," conti"""d .tr"~g ,o!n. In O~tp '" (8.2 porcont thh Guorter, follo"ln~ 8.4 pucent in .he 4th Guartor of lH2) aad .. udy ...n-hour ,olno . h' tho ~~~h ... oec tor, tho produCtivity Jain 01." rofhctod 0 '0'" Inc ....... in output (ovo< 8 porcont), ooeoaponhd by ....,,-hour lain of about 4 porcoM. , In ~anufacturlng. the .1510 in productivity wa' attributable to a 9.3 percent gain in output and a 5.1 percent increase in man-hours. this ~uarter The acceleration in manufacturing output per man-hour resulted from a sh arper decline 1n the increase for man-houts than for output. Table A. Percent Change in Productivity and Costs at Annual Rate O'reliDdnary and Seuonally Adjusted) 4th Quarter 1972 Compensation pet man-hour Unit labor costs Real compensation per man- hour Quarter 1972 to 1st Quarter 1973 1st quar tet 1973 '.7 .., '"' 5.' 2. 3 3.7 10.6 '.2 ••• '.2 '.5 2.2 3. 2 .. '.5 '.8 7.2 Total Private Output per man-hour lat to 11.7 7.' Private Nonfaruo Output per man-hour 'Compensation per man-hour Unit labor cosU Real tOllpensation per ,:..,r.-hour Manufactut~n8 Output per man-hour Compensation per man-hour Unit labor costs Real compensation per man-hour , 11.0 ••• U '.8 2.' J Chan... in Co!Pensatlon Durios the first q~rt.t. hourly co-pens at ion incre •• ed 11.1 partent in chs privat e etono=y, up from the rl •• in the fourth quarter. 1ntra••• this quarter .~.t 8 percent A a1 snificant po r tion of the gteltlt 1, &810c1It.d " leh changes in employer" cont r ibution. to soctal wdfan ptocum (supplem=u to WII!U and sslart•• ) at • nsult of 10ct••••• in the locial security rEX tat. and. the l,.vel of tax.u.h. 11>t01lle ... nidl bacuoe df"ctive in January. In the nonfarm IUId ...... uf.crurln. "cton , sldl&r gains in hourly COBIpensation we", nataUtad, 10.6 percent in nonflnll and 11.0 percent in :canuf4uurlnS' ~.l compensation pet =an~hour (hourly compensation adjulted fo r changu in the ConSUlDet Priel Index) in the private econOlll)' ~•• 5.6 parclnt during the quarter. Though the rite of increase in the CPt accelerated in the firlt quarter. the large gaina in hourly coo:pelUluior: were IIIl>.tllllthUy greater than the rile in prices, 10 thar real hourly cowpen.arion rOle mor e than it did duriOi the previous quarter. OIIn,e. in unit cosu and un-hOUri Since hourly compen.ation gainl were llrger than the productivity inere.. e. , unit labor COSts rose .durinl th e quarter in all thru .ect ors. In the private economy, the increase WIS 6.7 percent. 51Ja11arly. unit lahor costs rose 6.2 percent tn the nonfano. .. cto r , and 6.8 percent in manufanuring. In all three SIO<'tO rs, unit labor , eo~t increases during this qua rtet exceeded those of the previous qtarter. The increase of unit non labor payments consumption el1~ances, (_~ich include capital net interest, indirect business taxes, and profits) in the private economy also accelerated som~hat -- 3.4 percent in the first quarter compared with 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter. In the nonfarm sector, unit nonlabot payments loS"- 1.6 percent after declining 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter. Th e rise in prices as ~easured by the i~llclt price deflator ("hid, reflects changes in unit labor cost, nonl .. bor coHS, and !'rofits) was 5.5 percent in the private econOl:lY and 4.6 percent 1n the nonfarm sector. in the fou~th These increases were higher than those posted quarte r. The continuing strong demand for labor, as expressed by the .~st 4 percent increase in man - hours in the non fsrm sector, Was felt in '!!lOst 1ndWltriu with the exception of mining. Slower gsins in ~ufacruring, transport.ti~n, and finance, insurance and real eatate were offset by increased gains 1n services, construction, and the "other" c.tegoty. (See tabl e B.) 5 Table B. Percent Change in HanAhoura (Preliminary; percent change over previous quart,,! at annual rate) 4th Quarter 1st Quarter 1972 1973 .., 3.9 '-' - 3.2 Construction -4.1 0.' Manufacturing 9.9 5.' '.5 Finance, Insurance and Real Escate '" 3. , 2.5 Service 2.0 5.9 - 1.9 L2 Industry Private nonfarm Mining Other 11 Private nonfarm includes all persons engaged 1n production. Other industry " ategori n are patd e:/IIPlo)'e~ only, II!lI:cept for the "other" "ategory which includes goverrmlO'-nt ente rprllu, private households, proprietors, and -unpaid fa,m11y vorkeu. Nonfinancial corporation~ Figures on productivity and cosu in the nonfinandd corporate Sector for the fourth quarter of 1972 were not avai lable when the 1972 annual figure. for this sector were February 27. On These figure.s are sUIIIIlarlnd bdo>.' 1n table C and presented in full in table 4. rele~ed 6 Table C. Percent Change in Productivity and Costs at Annual Rates in Nonfin'mcial Corporations (Seasonally Adjusted) 3td Quartet 1972 4th Quarter 1971 4th Quarter 1972 4th Quarter 1972 Output per man-hour '.6 5.3 Compensation per man- hour 6.' 6.5 '0 Unit lahor costs R.e.al cOIllpenaat1on per man-hour 3.0 Tota] Private Eeon . .y : Qutput per Han-hou r, Hourl~ c.o.pcn.atlon eo.t , ""d Pricu, Sellsonally Adjuated, (Indellu 1967 .. 100) Table 1. "'" R<iaI Yea r lind q ua r t e r Output per •• n-bour 1972 lat ... 2nd •. . 3r d •. . 4 t h •• . 110.5 112.2 Output HIon-houri eo.penutton per .....,-hour " c . .peneat Ion per aan-hour 1/ Unit labor cOlt Unit nonlabo r pey· ... nta II r..plldt price deflator 4/ 114.6 114.3 11 7.1 118.9 12 1 .4 ]03.4 Hlli.4 105.0 105.9 1)8.8 UO.7 142.2 145.0 112.2 112.9 113.1 IU.2 125.7 125.5 125.5 126.5 112.6 114 • 3 115.8 Jl6.5 120 . 6 121.1 121.8 122.6 Ann ua l Ave. 112.7 II 7 • 9 104.7 UI.7 II 3. I 1 2 5. e ] ] 4 •8 121.5 19 7) la t . • . 115.9 123.8 106.1 149. I 115.8 128.6 117.5 124.3 Ill.l ...., .., 1'112 ht .. . 2nd .. . l r d .. . 4th • .. Annua l Ave. ..,.., 7.0 ) 10.2 4.7 ,., .., §! 19 73 :u. t !'e r cent Chftnge Over Previous Quarte r at Annu.l • •• ,.. ). '.7 1973 See lootnotu ,., , .., .., 1912 1st •. • 2nd •.• l r d •. • 4t h • •• lJo e .• ••• .. ••• end or table •• '" , .) ) ., .. )., , ).) ..... .. , , '.7 7 .• 11. 7 ,. , ,.. ) l .' ••• ,.. 7. ' )., ) ,.) ). , 0.) ). 0 ,.. .., .... -0.6 '" .., L' L. '.7 7.7 '.0 " ,.. 0.' Pareent Chang" Ove r Previo"," Year ..) ~,. '.0 '.7 li .. ).0 7.7 L' .., 7.9 ) L' 7.) ,• ,• .. ,.. '" .. )., U ) ,., , ,., .. , , '" ••• ). ) U '.0 L7 ). ••• revlaed prell.lnary .11' ,., 2.8 ). 7.) 7.7 , Priv."" .Noohrll Table 2. Yea r an d q uart er Output per ...,n-hour 19 72 ist .. . 2nd . . . 3rd. . . 4t h . . . Jlstn ua 1 Ave. 109.9 Collpen8a~ Output 11) . 1 114 . 1 112.1 11 4 . 9 111 . 8 120 . 0 122.3 118 . 7 115 . 2 124 . 7 111.) 19 73 1s t. .. Oulpu,t per Han~ho"r, Hourly Co,.peoSlition, Unit ~ector; Con, and I'rlces, Sooasonally Adjusted, (Indexes 1967 .. 100) ~ercent ,., H8n-h ou rs 104.~ 137 . 4 IOS . 9 106 . 1 107 . 2 105 . 9 139.0 115 . 3 12) .1 ,., ,., .., .., 19 72 is t . 2n d . lr d . 4t h . .. .. .. .• ,., ,,. , ..... ,..,. a., a., 197) 1s t .. . .., ...,.. a., u .. end of t able 4 . r .. pHdt price deflator 108.2 14 7 . 3 114.5 121 . 9 l':Iillnge Over !'rev!o"," ~uaner at Moua l lat e 51 ,.. 0.' ...,., >.8 141. 1 14) . 7 140 •• ,. , ....., U .., 111.1 Ill . 5 H2 . 1 11) . 2 112.0 Unl t non~ labor psy.. ents ]-' 120.2 120.6 121. 1 121. 1 120 . 9 .., Se e footnotes 1/ Un it 18bor cost IIZ . 2 113.7 115.0 114.8 113 . 9 ..,. ••• , a. , 10 .6 U U U C01llpe n sa ~ tion per ,.an-hou r 125 . 0 124.9 124. 8 125 . 9 125 . 2 19 72 1s t. .. 2nd . . • Jr d .. . 4t h . . • Annual Avo!/ 1973 11< t • .. U tion per ./In-hour 11 Rid ,., L'. ,,., ,., '.0 10.6 4,~ Porcent (han ge Over Prevlou. Year U ' .0 .., ,., ....., '" '" '" ' .0 ,., ,., , .a -0 . 5 -0 . 4 3.8 .., U L' "" " ,., ,. , La U L' •' .0•• La 2.~ ... ,.'", '" u u '" La L' o.a , - revised " .., -0 . 4 .. prell,. l nary U " Tabl" 3. Year and qUfl ner 1972 18 t • . . 2nd ... lrd . • . Output per man-hour Man ufacturing Sector : Output per MRn-hour, Hourly Co-r"n'OlUon, and Unit LOlbor Cost", S"".onsily Adj""ted, (lndexe. 1967·100) Output ~/ Man-hou rs Compensation per man-hour !/ Real Co.penSRtion per man-hour JJ Unit labor eMU 116.6 lllL5 120. 1 120 .7 r 111. 1 115.0 117.0 120 .4 r 95 . 3 97 . 0 97 . ~ 99.7 135 . 9 137.5 139 . 1 141 . 4 nO . J 110.6 1 \1 . 4 116.5 116.0 liS . 9 IlLlr Annu al Ave. 119.1 115 . 9 97.4 138 . S 110.5 116 • ~ 19 7J 1.. t . . . 121.9 12 J. 1 101.0 145.1 Percent O>ange Over Previous Quarter at A.nn ual 112 . 7 119.0 4th ... ,., ,., ,., 1972 1st . . . 2nd ... ltd • .. 4th .• . An"ual 2 . 2r AV"!:.' 197 J 1s t. .. .., ,., 14 . B 12 . Jr ' .0 ,., ,. , ,., ,., ...,,.,.. '-' .., .., 11 . 0 Percent OIsnge 1972 Is t ••• 2nd •• . J r d . .. 4 th ... 1973 1s t • .. ,.. ,., .., .., .., '-' .., 10 . ~r U U 10.8 ' .0 U Sen footnotes at end of table 4 . U ......,., U.S 0.' 0"" 109 . 9 "'" " ,., '.0 ,. , ,., , ,., -1.6 - 0. 6 4 . 3r U .. '-' ,.. Previous Year 7/ ,.. '.0 ' .0 ,.. ,.. ,., ... U U ,.. U '-' ..., , -- lo9r U revised preH"lnary Table .. ,., " q .... r ter Ye s . ~. Nonflnunc1al Corporations; Out put per Han-hOuT, Hourly COtIpensal lon , lInit Labor Coata , Unit Pr o fi t .. and Pric es , Seasonally Adj \l.Hed (Indexes 1967 .. 100) ~d Output Outp ut Man-hou rs man-hou r " 19 71 1st • .. :I nd ... l r d ... 4t h ... "'" nuol Ave. 19 72 h t ... lnd ... l Td • .. 4t h •.. Annual Ave . 19 71 lot ... 2nd .. . 3r d .. • ~ lh ... Annu ol Ave . 19 72 19 t . .• 2nd . .. l rd ... 110 . 6 111. 7 113.1 114.0 112.5 110 . 7 111 . 9 112. 5 114 . 6 112.S 100 . 1 100 . 2 99.4 100.6 100 . 0 129 . 2 131. 4 133 . S 134 . 7 132.4 U5 . a li7 . 3 118 . 7 120.0 117 . 9 117 . 8 120. 9 122 . 7 126 . 2 121. 9 101.7 103 . 1 137 . 9 139 . 6 .., 5.0 ..' . 0, 12 . 8 .. O. , -2 . 9 ••• 5. ' 11 . 5 11. 0 ••• 5. ' 10 .'7 .., ...••• 'th . .. Annual Ave. hot .. . .., 2nd . , . 5.0 1972 ••• 5.' 3rd ... 4th ... ". Co!opensatlon pe r ..... n-h our footnote~ " end of t able .., ,.. ,,., .., 11. 9 U ••• ' .0 .., 10. 1 co.pens stion per "",n-hour 108 . 1 108 . 8 108. 4 109 . 8 109 . 1 ....,, - 1. 9 ••• 1.4 .. ,L' Percent (j,ange 5.6 ' .0 ••• 6.5 ,- revised .0/ 121.3 121.4 121.4 121. 5 121. 4 78 . 1 79.8 8 1. 6 84 . 7 81. I 114 . 8 115 . 1 US.4 115.9 115.3 ,., ,., 82.3 0.' ' .5 ,., .., ,5. , 5.< -4.5 ' .5 L' .. 20 . 9 ,., 9.~ 0.' 0. ' -0 . 0 U -3 . 6 0.' 11 .., 0.' .., .., .. ,,., , ••• 16 . 1 ' .9 U <'0 0. , o. , U -1.5 0. ' not avnihble , t, . 0 0., - 1. 0 '.0 . ,.. - 9.2 -11.8 0. ' 0.' It. 9 L. ,., ,., 0.' - -2 . 1 -0.5 L< n.R . U/ 119 . 1 127 . 9 119 .0 128 . 9 128 . 6 119 . 1 127 . 4 119 . 6 119 . 2 128 . 1 Annual lta t a ~/ -2 . 2 -loS Previous Year '.0 hplic1t price deflator ll2.I, 113 . 4 113.9 113.9 Ill.4 U ~ ,M ' proB 18 76 . 6 78 . 8 16 . 9 74.S 76 . 6 5. , L5 cou~ .,,, 118 . 8 119 . 6 120. S 121.0 120 . 0 ...,.. ••• ... .....,.., .. , ,,.,.. .., ,... ,, .. ,,.,. ,.. ,,..,, non- I sbor Tot a l unit 124 . 7 125. 7 128 . 2 129 . 4 126 . 9 11& . 9 117 . 6 118. 0 118. 2 117 . 7 ••• ,., " 6.' .,,, 91 U 111.5 111. 9 103 . ~ l~l.J 112. 3 105 . 2 143 . 5 113. 1 103 . 4 140 . 5 112.2 Per<;ent Change Over Previous Ouarter >.. .., lIn l t lab or coot 0.3 13 . 7 • prelh.lnary L9 0.0 5.6 0., L' U ,., .., L5 .., FOOTNOTES, TAlILES I TO 4 Source: Output data from the Bureau of Economic Analysia, U.S. Department of Co""""rce ..nd the Federal' Re.serve Boar" . Compensation and M3n- hours data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor and the Bureau of Econo~c k~alysis . !I Wages snd salaries of employees plua u.ploy"n· contribution" for social insurance and private benefit plans. Except for nonfinancial corporations, vhere there are no self-employed, data also includes an estimate of vages, sslaries and supplemental psyments for the self-employed. 11 Compensation per man-hour adju3ted for changes in the Consumer Price Index. 1./ Nonlabor payments indude profits, depreciation. intere.st, rent al income and indirect taxes. ~I Ourrent dollar gross p roduct divided by conStant dollar gross product. d! Percent change compounded at annual r ate from origtnal data rath e r than index nuebers. 61 Percentage change of annual average. J..! Ourrent ~uarter divided by comparable quart er a year ago. !I Quareerly measure s adjusted to annual utimatu of output (groSll product originating) from the Bureau of Economic An .. lysia, U.S. Department of Co_erce. !I Unit non labor costS include depreciation, interest and indir"ct taxea. 101 Total unit coSts is the sum of labor and non-labor cOSts • .!!! Unit profits include corporate profiu and inventory valuation adjustment. CHART 1. PRODUCTIVITY. HOURLY COMPENSRTION , UNIT COSTS RNO PRICES--TOTRL PRIVRTE ECONOMY ( PERCENT CHRNGE FROM PRECEDING QUARTER RT ANNUAL RATE) , :, , OUTPUT PER MANHOUR ,,, ., ,, ------.-------------.--------------.-----,, ,, ,,, , , -- ----------i------------j,~=~-"--O-'-'~-, , ,, ,, -- ,,, , :, 10 1 , .7 ---. - - --- ~ - -- 5 ,, , , o ,, _______ - _• __-~ - -- --- -- -- - -- -l-- -- - -- --- ---,, -5 1 10 , .,,, , : '--.j ,,, ,,, : -:,~;--- - - - - +-- - +-~-- - - ---~----------, ------------+-----, , -";-==, --- ---- --- -';-0--0 -- ~ -- -~ ,, : :, t-- - - - - - -+--. ,, , : , --- - --- - -t ------------- : .L=~ __ ; 1966 " ------ -- ----- 5 o , 1 1970 " I 3 .~ 5.5 ---- -.- 1969 o j- --- -- -- -----t------------, ' " ,, PRICE DEFLATOR , ------------ -;--- ._--------'--- 5 ,, ,,, ,,, " :, 6 _7 -- ,, ---------- ---l------------- ------ ------- [----- , ,,, , " " , ,, : o 1 : -.-.!---------,-,-,--~;-,-/--/- ----------------- j----. ---"'rr~-"" 196? ,,, ,, ,, UNIT NONLA60R , PAYMENTS " 5 ,, , ----------- --- ,, -"-"- -+,, -- --- -- --- --- ,, UN! T LA60R COSTS ,, ,, " I I .? COMPENSATION PER MANHOUR ----------- ,, : -- T 19?1 1912 -5 j " 5 o 1913 APRIL 27,\ 973 ", CALIFORN "l COMPUTf.'1 PRODUI;. T$. , \ \; . CHART 2 . PRODUCTIV I TY . HOURLY COMPENSA TION. UNIT COS TS AND PRICES--PRIVATE NONFA RM SECTOR (PERCENT CHANGE FROM PRECED(NG QUAR TER AT AN NUAL RATE) OUTPUT PER MANHOUR .• :.:.:;; .. . . ...~" ~... .. --- • 4. 1 . • • • - -------------l------------ ~ - -- - -- - -- - -- • • ----------1------------• • •• , -------------~-- •• • •• • " 5 o ·5 >5 10 _6 COMPENSATION PER MANHOUR 10 •• • •• L.c..c.c.-..-."_; _____________ ~--------------l----------_ • •• •• -----~-- - --------- - - ••• • 5 o >5 UNIT lABOR COSTS J 6. ' • ----~--------------~--- 5 o I5 UNIT NONlABO R PAY MENTS " -- - --- ~ -------- - -----~ -- - •• 5 • • • • • -----------f------------ o •• ·5 :• PRIC E DEflATOR ----.------------- ••---•• '" ---------.------------ .,.-----------• • • • 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 APRil 27 _1973 1972 CHRRT 3. PRODUCTIVITY . HOURLY COMPENSRTION. UNIT COSTS RND PRICES--NONFINANCIAL CORPORATIONS (PERCENT CHANGE FROM SAME QUARTER A YEAR AGO) 1- 10 -. ------------- -7---::----::----1---~---::::----;----t---=----;:---d----t-7--=----=---+--+------------- I _~~ _cc ___ :1__ _____________ ______________ __________________________________ _ 5 ------------- I - 0 11- -5 15 I------- -- --- -1- 10 OUTPUT PER IV 5 _3 N~NHOUR __=___ PER CONPENS~TION N~NHOUR I, 5.5 I- 5 0 1- 15 I- 10 ------------- I - 5 II- 0 15 I------------- ------------- ------- --- --- ------------- ------------ ------------- ------------- I - 10 UNIT UNIT -------- l~BOR COSTS I NONl~BOR -.- IV I .I P~YNfNTS IV 2 .9 --------/-------- ------------- 5 0 _ _ ______j I: -5 PRICE ------------- ------------- ---.- - ---1967 1968 IV I •7 OEfl~TOR 1969 --- -- _._-------- ------------- ------------1970 1971 1972 ~PRIL 1973 27, 1973 CHART 4. UNIT C~STS , UNIT PROFITS RNO PRICES--NONFINHNCIAL CORPORATIONS (PERCENT CHRNGE FROM SRNE QUARTER A YEAR AGO ) ==~~~i~=====L~AI':O:'==C:OS:l:Sj[P~E:'::U:N:ll::,===:;~i~~~'~'~i==~~~j 10: '" t : , --.:..: . - -•.. -- I -- - -- - -- - -- . ,, : : . . - +----- --. . -- , -- , ,,, ,, ,, ,, ~.. . . ,,, ,, ,, : .: : : : : : : ., NONLA50R COSTS PER UNIT , , : 1 .j -----.--. f-·-·-· ... -... +............ . , , ' ,, ' 15 :, i IV .. _.. _.....;........... ~..........1............. [.'..-.-..-..-... j._.____: -_l_:_~~..-.-.--.-..-- ~ .:- ,, ,, 5 ,, o IS TOTA , L COST PER UNI T ,, ,, ,, , --- -- - -- --- ---1 -- - - : ------~,, -- ---,, ----:,,l-- ----- -- --i--------~~-~+----·-------· ,, ,, : PROFITS PER UNiT o !V 13 . 7 - _ /I!J ,,, 5 , i, ,, ,, iO IV 20 IS - r--: _ , , , , C=, .- --_. --_.- --;,--~---- --;'- -- - ----------~,--- - --- --- - -- ' _... -.. -.--.;-- ----------7------------, : : , 5 o , , !, i, !, i, i: -.-S - -10 ' - ~--+---~:--~:7L-~~--~----~!--~ , -IS -20 iO !liPL I CIT 5 , 1967 , , 1969 . 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1972 o 1973 HPRIL 27 . 1973