Productivity Rebounds in Q1

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The efficiency of American workers bounced back in the opening quarter of this year, growing at an annual rate of 3.2 percent. Wages rose at a brisk pace.


The revival in the January-to-March quarter came after productivity – the amount an employee produces for every hour on the job – actually fell at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the final quarter of 2005, the Labor Department reported Thursday.






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