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Table for figure of Change in Output per Hour,
1948-2006
Percent, annual rate
Period Change in
output
per hour
1948-73 2.7
1974-95 1.5
1996-2000 2.6
2001 3.3
2002 2.9
2003 4.6
2004 1.9
2005 2.5
2006 2.1

Note: Nonfarm business sector. Change for each multiyear period is measured from the fourth quarter of the year immediately preceding the period to the fourth quarter of the final year of the period.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.