Labor productivity in the U.S. dropped in the first quarter of this year, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Productivity, of course, refers to how many goods and services the ...

Over short time periods, such as a few quarters or a couple of years, productivity correlates very strongly with gross domestic product. Total output drives the market opportunity of companies. Total ...

Inflation, labor shortages, and debt. Those factors, combined with others, slow down the U.S. economy to a surprising degree. In fact, successfully combating them to boost productivity in the United ...

Item: US productivity slumped for a second-straight quarter as the economy shrank, driving another surge in labor costs that risks keeping inflation elevated and further complicates the Federal ...

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