Multifactor productivity (MFP), also known as total factor productivity (TFP), is a measure of economic performance that compares the amount of goods and services produced (output) to the amount of combined inputs used to produce those goods and services. Inputs can include labor, capital, energy, materials, and purchased services. The BLS also publishes measures of labor productivity.
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03/21/2018
In 2017 multifactor productivity increased 0.9 percent in the private nonfarm
business sector and 0.8 percent in the private business sector. In both
sectors, the increase in multifactor productivity followed decreases in 2016.
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07/12/2017
In 2015 multifactor productivity in manufacturing decreased 2.8 percent,
durable manufacturing decreased 2.4 percent, and nondurable manufacturing
decreased 2.7 percent. The multifactor productivity decline in manufacturing
was the largest since 2012.
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07/20/2017
Multifactor productivity rose in 21 of the 86 4-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2015,
down from 42 of the industries in 2014. Among transportation industries, multifactor productivity
increased in air transportation and decreased in line-haul railroads.
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- Contributions of Manufacturing Industries to private nonfarm business multifactor productivity (PDF)
- Sources of growth in Real Output in the private nonfarm business sector (PDF)
- Contribution of Research and Development to Private Nonfarm Business Multifactor Productivity including Research and Development stocks (PDF)
- Research and Development Contributions and Stocks in the Total Economy (PDF)
- Sources of growth in Real Output in the private business sector (PDF)
- Contributions of Nonmanufacturing Industries to private nonfarm business multifactor productivity (PDF)
Four-Digit NAICS Manufacturing Industries, Air Transportation, and Line-Haul Railroads
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Major Sector Productivity Program
Industry Productivity Program
- BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 11 Industry Productivity Measures (PDF)
Major Sector Productivity Program
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Integrated BEA/BLS Industry-Level Production Account Initial Statistics for 2015 and Revised Statistics for 1998–2014 (PDF). Tables: Quantity indexes (XLSX) Contributions to growth (XLSX)
- Integrated Industry-Level Production Account for the United States: Intellectual Property Products Account Update. September 2015 (PDF). Tables: Quantity indexes (XLSX) Contributions to growth (XLSX)
- Integrated Industry-Level Production Account for the United States: Intellectual Property Products and the 2007 NAICS. May 2014 (PDF). Tables (XLSX)
- A Prototype BEA/BLS Industry-Level Production Account for the United States. November 2012. (PDF 1.7MB). Tables (XLS)
- Nonmanufacturing Industry Contributions to Multifactor Productivity, 1987–2006. June 2010. (PDF 1MB)
- Effects of Imported Intermediate Inputs on Productivity. June 2010. (PDF 2MB)
- Integrated GDP-Productivity Accounts. December 2008. (PDF)
- Preliminary Estimate of Multifactor Productivity Growth. June 2005. (PDF)
Industry Productivity Program
- Multifactor Productivity Change in the Air Transportation Industry. March 2005. (PDF)
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- Productivity and Costs--labor productivity and costs for major sectors of the economy (business, nonfarm business, and manufacturing) and for 3- and 4-digit industries.
- Productivity Research and Program Development works on strengthening and improving Bureau productivity measures and on understanding the sources and effects of productivity and technical change. The Division works on clarifying input and output concepts, using methods from microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, labor economics, industrial organization, econometrics, and statistics.
- International Labor Comparisons--comparative information by country on productivity and unit labor costs; compensation; labor force, employment, and unemployment; and consumer prices.
- International Technical Cooperation --conducts training in labor statistics for international participants and coordinates international requests for BLS services including technical experts and short-term visits to BLS.
- Government Productivity Archive
- Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)--monthly national data by detailed industry on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on the payrolls of nonfarm establishments.
- Producer Price Indexes--monthly data on changes in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.
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