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U.S. Third-Quarter Productivity Raised; Labor Costs Still Running High

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December 7, 2022
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U.S. Third-Quarter Productivity Raised; Labor Costs Still Running High

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Washington December 7 2022: U.S. worker productivity rebounded at a bit faster pace than initially thought in the third quarter, though the trend remained weak, keeping labor costs elevated.

Economists said the report from the Labor Department on Wednesday pointed to inflation staying high and the Federal Reserve continuing to raise interest rates for some time. The U.S. central bank is in the midst of its fastest monetary policy tightening cycle since the 1980s as it fights to bring inflation back to its 2% target.

Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, rose at a 0.8% annualized rate last quarter. That was revised up from the 0.3% pace reported last month and ended two straight quarterly decreases.


Productivity dropped at a 4.1% rate in the second quarter. The revision to the third-quarter data was due to upgrades to output and hours worked.

Productivity fell at a 1.3% rate from a year ago, instead of the previously reported 1.4% pace. It has now declined for three straight quarters on an annual basis. Large shifts in the composition of the workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have made it harder to measure productivity.

But with productivity growth averaging a 1.6% rate over the last five years, some economists said the recent weakness was overstated.

Unit labor costs - the price of labor per single unit of output - increased at a 2.4% rate. They were previously reported to have advanced at a 3.5% pace.


Unit labor costs rose at a 5.3% rate from a year ago instead of the previously reported 6.1% pace.

"Unit labor cost growth is running at a pace that is far too fast to be consistent with the Fed's inflation target, as is unit price growth with the nonfarm price deflator up 7.1% over the last four quarters," said Conrad DeQuadros, senior economic advisor at Brean Capital in New York. "The productivity, cost, and profit margins data will be important in shaping how inflation and the trajectory of the economy unfolds."

Hourly compensation increased at a 3.2% pace, revised down from the 3.8% rate reported last month. Compensation rose at 2.3% pace in the second quarter. It increased at a 4.0% rate compared to the third quarter of 2021, rather than at a 4.7% as previously reported.

Source: Reuters
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