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Business Sector: Unit Labor Costs (PRS84006111)

Observation:

Q2 2018: 1.9  
Updated: Aug 15, 2018

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Percent Change From Quarter One Year Ago,
Seasonally Adjusted

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(a) Business Sector: Unit Labor Costs, Percent Change From Quarter One Year Ago, Seasonally Adjusted (PRS84006111)
BLS calculates unit labor costs as the ratio of hourly compensation to labor productivity.

For more information, please go to http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

Source Indicator PRS84006111

Business Sector: Unit Labor Costs

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NOTES

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  

Release: Productivity and Costs  

Units:  Percent Change From Quarter One Year Ago, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Quarterly

Notes:

BLS calculates unit labor costs as the ratio of hourly compensation to labor productivity.

For more information, please go to http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

Source Indicator PRS84006111

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Sector: Unit Labor Costs [PRS84006111], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PRS84006111, September 22, 2018.

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