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The article reports that the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) use estimates of depreciation rates for structures and equipment to construct estimates of capital stock from data on capital investments. It further illustrate the potential effects of implementing estimates from newer studies that created a concordance to match Canadian to U.S. asset categories with total factor productivity (TFP) measures using depreciation rates.

Multifactor productivity, also known as total factor productivity, relates the change in an industry's real output to changes in the combined inputs used in producing that output. Multifactor productivity in [...]

The advent of unconventional oil and natural gas production in the United States, made possible by improvements in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies in recent years, has increased total dry natural gas production. This article analyzes trends in shale gas production and labor market data in the Marcellus-Utica region, which consists of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, where much of the increase in U.S. natural gas production has occurred. Production data are analyzed at both the county and state level, whereas labor market data are primarily analyzed at the state level, examining metrics such as employment, number of establishments, and wages. This article also addresses several questions regarding shale gas production and labor market trends of the Marcellus-Utica region, as well as the size of shale gas industries in relation to the overall economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several charts on the U.S. industrial productivity, including indexes of productivity, annual indexes of multifactor productivity, and annual indexes of productivity are presented.

This section presents several tables showing labor statistics in the U.S. in relation to industrial productivity from 1960 to 2004.

Presents an overview of the productivity gains in the meatpacking and prepared meats industry in the U.S. compiled as of April 1984. Factors influencing industrial productivity; Influence of industry restructuring from 1967 to 1982; Developments in the industry; Implications of increases in capital expenditures on increasing productivity; Implications for labor and industrial productivity.

Presents an overview of industrial productivity in the U.S. compiled as of October 1979. Factors influencing industrial productivity; Overview of compensation and costs; Changes in productivity during 1978; Implications for improving industrial productivity.

The article presents statistics related to labor market. It includes industrial productivity, collective bargaining and labor compensation.

Presents statistics on the U.S. labor market, as of July 2002. Sources of information; Comparative indicators; Employment and unemployment data; Industrial productivity measures; International comparisons.