Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Q1 non-farm productivity rose 1.0 pct

(Reuters) - The Labor Department's earlier estimate for first-quarter productivity showed productivity rising at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.7 percent and unit labor costs increasing 0.6 percent.




In Wednesday's report, hourly compensation rose by 2.8 percent in the first quarter, up from the prior quarterly estimate of 2.3 percent.


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