{"as_of":"2026-10-28T00:30:27.213Z","source_url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/prod2_03052026.htm","disclaimer":"Educational information from official sources, not financial advice","item":{"id":"320d0abbc6624db7","source":"bls","source_name":"BLS","title":"Productivity increases 2.8% in Q4 2025; unit labor costs also increase 2.8% (annual rates)","excerpt":"","published_at":"2026-03-05T13:30:00.000Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-26T19:57:04.432Z","topics":["jobs","growth"],"importance":2,"url":"https://rogueiq.com/econiq/bls/productivity-increases-q4-unit-labor-costs-also-increase-march-5-2026/","source_url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/prod2_03052026.htm","source_feed":"https://www.bls.gov/feed/","ticker":null},"breakdown":{"item_id":"320d0abbc6624db7","key_points":["From fourth quarter 2024 to fourth quarter 2025, nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 2.8 percent.","Unit labor costs increased 1.3 percent over the last four quarters.","Unit labor costs in the total manufacturing sector increased 8.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, reflecting a 6.2-percent increase in hourly compensation and a 1.9-percent decrease in productivity.","This is the largest increase in manufacturing unit labor costs since the third quarter of 2022, when the measure increased 11.4 percent.","Unit labor costs were revised up 0.1 percentage point to a decrease of 1.8 percent."],"what_it_says":"From fourth quarter 2024 to fourth quarter 2025, nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 2.8 percent. Unit labor costs increased 1.3 percent over the last four quarters. Unit labor costs in the total manufacturing sector increased 8.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, reflecting a 6.2-percent increase in hourly compensation and a 1.9-percent decrease in productivity. This is the largest increase in manufacturing unit labor costs since the third quarter of 2022, when the measure increased 11.4 percent. Unit labor costs were revised up 0.1 percentage point to a decrease of 1.8 percent.","whats_new_vs_last":"","caveats":[],"source_table_url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/prod2_03052026.htm","quoted_lines":[],"engine":"deterministic-v2","numbers_verified":true,"generated_at":"2026-10-27T19:30:52.431Z"}}