US workers top productivity table
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The US worker is still the world's most productive but workers in East Asia are catching up fast.
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U.S. manufacturers ratcheted up the  pace of output in November as new orders jumped and factories  took on more workers, a report said on Wednesday.
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US productivity grew at a stronger-than-expected 3% in the last three months of 2006, figures show.
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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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New labor statistics show that productivity is slowing faster than previously thought, raising the question of whether layoffs are soon to follow.
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U.S. worker productivity grew at a  slower pace than initially estimated during the first three  months of this year as the economy just inched ahead, driving  up labor costs and backing Federal Reserve sentiments that  inflation is indeed a concern.
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A survey shows that more workers are relying on technology to do their job while on the move.
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US manufacturing activity remained strong in September and construction spending surged to a record high in August, according to a pair of reports issued Friday that provided an optimistic look at the sturdiness of the economy.
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US workers' productivity fell short of expectations in late 2006 while labour costs soared, new figures show.
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US factory growth stayed strong in September according to reports on Friday, while construction spending in the prior month hit a record high for a seventh month
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The productivity of America&#39;s workers grew at a 1.8 percent annual rate in the third quarter, the slowest pace in nearly two years, the government reported Tuesday.
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U.S. business productivity grew at a   1.6 percent annual rate in the second quarter, higher than   first estimated, the government said on Wednesday in a report   that also showed worker compensation up much more this year   than initially thought.
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Productivity in the fourth quarter  rose at a stronger-than-expected pace as the biggest cutback in  working hours in nearly five years helped restrain growth in  labor costs, a U.S. Labor Department report showed on  Wednesday.
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Foreign companies have created millions of jobs in the United States, far outpacing the amount of work that American businesses have shifted abroad, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said Wednesday.
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The productivity of America&#39;s workers grew at a 1.9 per cent annual rate in the third quarter, the smallest gain since late 2002, the government reported Thursday.
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Productivity grew at a slightly faster-than-expected annualized pace in the 2nd quarter, the highest since the 3rd quarter of 2005, government data showed.
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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.