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Nonfinancial Corporations Sector: Unit Labor Costs (PRS88003111)

Observation:

Q1 2018: -0.6  
Updated: Aug 15, 2018

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(a) Nonfinancial Corporations Sector: Unit Labor Costs, Percent Change From Quarter One Year Ago, Seasonally Adjusted (PRS88003111)
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 PRS88003111

Nonfinancial Corporations 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 PRS88003111

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Nonfinancial Corporations Sector: Unit Labor Costs [PRS88003111], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PRS88003111, August 19, 2018.

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