Worker productivity weaker than prior estimate
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Worker productivity grew at a slower pace than initially estimated in the first quarter, driving up labor costs and reinforcing concerns about inflation.
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An epic Red Sox-Yankees baseball  showdown may be denting worker productivity as bleary-eyed fans  call in sick, show up late to work or linger too long around  the water cooler dissecting every play, experts said on  Wednesday.
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U.S. worker productivity rose by a weaker-than-expected 0.2 percent in the third quarter, but unit labor costs grew less than initially thought in a sign of moderating inflation pressure, government data showed on Tuesday.
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U.S. business productivity rose at  just a 0.8 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, an  unexpectedly slim advance that was the smallest in nearly four  years, according to a government report on Thursday that could  fan inflation fears.
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The Lifeâs Work column on Aug. 9, about low productivity in summer, misstated the name of the research division of Kronos Inc., a productivity management company, which did a survey showing that 39 percent of the 1,077 full-time employees it questioned admitted to calling in sick to enjoy a day off in summer. It is the Workforce Institute, not the Workplace Institute.
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Worker productivity, the key factor in rising living standards, slowed sharply in the final three months of the year while wage pressures increased.
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There's a possible trend afoot that may actually help workers.
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A business research firm tries to estimate the âcost of unnecessary interruptionsâ in terms of lost productivity and innovation.
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In September 1996, Alan Greenspan was fixated on a statistic neglected by most economic forecasters. It was service-sector worker productivity, a measure of how much an employee could produce in an hour.
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U.S. business productivity grew more  slowly in the third quarter than first thought, climbing at a  revised 1.8 percent annual rate, a government report showed on  Tuesday, while growth in unit labor costs was nudged up to a  1.8 percent pace.
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WASHINGTON -- Growth in worker productivity slowed sharply in the summer while wages and benefits rose at a rate that was far below a previous estimate.
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'Significantly exceeds previously estimated workforce-reduction target'
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The U.S. economic outlook dimmed  somewhat on Tuesday after reports said business productivity  grew more slowly in the third quarter than first estimated,  labor costs rose and other indicators signaled softening  activity.
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Growth in worker productivity slowed sharply in the summer while wages and benefits rose at a rate that was far below a previous estimate.
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Smartsheet's Brent Frei and Mark Mader offer their take on why productivity growth has mysteriously slowed since 2004.
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U.S. factory output grew more slowly  in January as companies received fewer orders, although  managers did show a renewed desire to hire new workers, an  industry survey showed on Tuesday.
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U.S. payrolls grew by just 96,000  workers in September, the government said on Friday in a  surprisingly weak report that will sharpen criticism of  President Bush in a looming debate and may hasten a pause in  U.S. interest-rate rises.