According to the Labor Department, non-farm business productivity plummeted by 4.9 percent in the 4th quarter
and manufacturing productivity was up by 3.0 percent, so the declines in the service sector were sizable.
Productivity tends to spike as an economy comes out of recession, so these numbers are not suggestive that a
recovery is afoot.
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John Dunham is the President of John Dunham & Associates. John specializes in the economics of how public policy issues affect products and services. He has conducted hundreds of studies on … MORE
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Beer Serves America
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Vice President, Communications and Marketing / Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.
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Director, State Government Affairs / MillerCoors
MillerCoors
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