US second-quarter productivity revised higher

US second-quarter productivity revised higher

U.S. worker productivity grew faster than initially thought in the second quarter, reining in labor costs, suggesting that inflation pressures could continue to subside. Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at a 2.5% annualized rate last quarter, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Thursday. That was an upward revision … Read more