Table 1.  Manufacturing Sector: Productivity and related measures, 1988-2006			
										
Percent change from previous year									
      
      Productivity	 	           Inputs
	
      Output  Output                                           Purc-    Comb-  
      per     per     Multi-   Sect-	   Cap-	 	       hased    ined
      hour    unit    factor   oral        ital                busi-    units 
      of all  of      Product- out-	   Serv-        Mater- ness     of all    
Year  persons capital ivity1   put  Hours2 ices  Energy ials   services inputs3  
										

1988    2.1    3.4     1.7     5.2   3.0    1.7    4.0    1.4    8.9     3.4
1989    1.0   -0.6    -0.5     1.6   0.6    2.2   -0.2    1.9    6.0     2.2
1990    2.2   -3.0    -0.7    -0.3  -2.5    2.8    2.1    1.4    1.8     0.4
1991    2.6   -4.0    -0.3    -1.7  -4.2    2.4   -0.3   -0.6   -0.7    -1.4
1992    3.8    0.8    -0.6     3.3  -0.5    2.4   -0.9    8.6    7.1     3.9
1993    2.5    1.3     2.7     3.9   1.3    2.5    3.2    0.9    0.2     1.2
1994    3.5    3.1     2.7     6.0   2.4    2.8    3.1    3.9    3.7     3.1
1995    4.5    1.5     1.8     5.3   0.7    3.7    3.0    5.3    4.9     3.4
1996    3.6   -0.7     0.5     3.4  -0.2    4.1   -2.9    9.0   -0.4     2.9
1997    5.5    2.6     2.8     7.4   1.7    4.6   -1.9    8.0    4.1     4.4
1998    5.4    0.1     2.3     5.2  -0.2    5.0   -2.6    5.2    3.2     2.9
1999    4.5   -0.3     0.8     3.8  -0.7    4.1    0.1    5.0    5.3     3.0
2000    4.0   -0.4     3.5     2.7  -1.3    3.1   -5.2   -2.6    0.0    -0.7
2001    1.6   -6.5    -1.3    -5.1  -6.5    1.5   -9.4   -6.7    0.7    -3.8
2002    6.9   -1.2     3.7    -0.7  -7.1    0.6   -1.5   -5.3   -2.5    -4.2
2003    6.2    1.0     2.8     1.0  -4.9    0.0   -5.5   -0.8    0.9    -1.8
2004    2.3    2.3     2.6     1.7  -0.5   -0.6   -0.5   -0.4   -2.1    -0.9
2005    4.8    3.7     0.4     3.7  -1.1    0.0    9.1    5.9    7.8     3.3
2006	1.2    1.3     1.6     1.8   0.6    0.5	  -5.5	 -1.0	 2.0	 0.3

1. Sectoral output per unit of combined inputs.                                                                                                                               
2. Hours at work of all persons.  
3. Combined units of capital services, hours, energy, non-energy materials,
   and purchased business services, superlative chain index.
   
Source: Output data are from the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of 
        Commerce, and modified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),
        U.S. Department of Labor.  Compensation and hours data are from BLS.
        Capital measures are based on data supplied by BEA.  See also
        Summary of Methods in this release.