Labor productivity in the nonfarm business sector increased at the annual pace of 1.9 percent in the last quarter of 2018, overtaking the growth pace for the previous quarter, which was revised down to 1.8 percent from 2.2 percent.
Despite the revision, productivity grew 1.3 percent in 2018—the strongest rate since 2010, after rising 1.1 percent in 2017 and 0.2 percent in 2016, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
