U.S. productivity rose faster than expected in the first three months of the year, though the gains were more modest than in previous quarters as the recovery continued to take hold.
Separately, the number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell a third consecutive time last week in a sign that the labor [...]
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Productivity Continues to Rise
May 6th, 2010 by Financial Writer
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more...Wages and benefits rise weak 1.5 percent in 2009
January 29th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Wages and benefits paid to U.S. workers posted a modest gain in the fourth quarter, ending a year in which recession-battered workers saw their compensation rise by the smallest amount on records going back more than a quarter-century.
The anemic gains have raised concerns about the durability of the economic recovery. The fear is that consumer [...]
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