The latest Productivity and Costs news release

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The latest Productivity and Costs news release
(http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf)
was issued today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Highlights are below.
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Productivity declined 0.4 percent in the nonfarm business sector in fourth-quarter 2008, as
output fell faster than hours. Unit labor costs increased 5.7 percent. Manufacturing
output per hour fell 4.0 percent; unit labor costs increased 14.7 percent. All rates are
seasonally adjusted annual rates.