Business Cycle Indicators


WAGES, LABOR COSTS, AND PRODUCTIVITY

Wages and Compensation:

Index of average hourly compensation, all employees, nonfarm business sector, 1982=100 [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart].
Percent change from previous quarter, AR [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart].
Index of real average hourly compensation, all employees, nonfarm business sector, 1982=100 [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart].
Percent change from previous quarter, AR [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart].
Wages and salaries in mining, mfg., and construction, bil. 1987$, AR (C,C,C) [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart].

Unit labor costs:

Index of unit labor cost, all persons, business sector, 1982=100 (Lg,Lg,Lg) [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart, Updated chart].
Index of labor cost per unit of output, mfg., 1987=100 [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart, Updated chart].
Percent change from previous month, AR [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart].
Percent change from previous month, AR, smoothed (Lg,Lg,Lg) [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart].

Productivity:

Index of output per hour, all persons, business sector, 1982=100 [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart, Updated chart].
Percent change over 1-quarter span, AR [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart].
Percent change over 4-quarter span, AR [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart].
Index of output per hour, all persons, nonfarm business sector, 1982=100 [WKS], [TXT], [Economagic chart, Updated chart].

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