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Enviado: 9/8/2005 14:248:30am 08/09/05 U.S. Q2 LABOR COSTS UP 4.3% YR-ON-YR, BIGGEST SINCE Q3 2000
8:30am 08/09/05 U.S. Q2 UNIT LABOR COSTS UP 1.3% VS 3.6% IN Q1
8:30am 08/09/05 U.S. Q1 PRODUCTIVITY REVISED TO UP 3.2% FROM 2.9%
8:30am 08/09/05 U.S. Q2 PRODUCTIVITY UP 2.2% VS. 2.0% EXPECTED
Crescimento da produtividade abranda e custos do trabalho disparam nos EUA (13:44
A produtividade dos trabalhadores norte-americanos cresceu 2,2%, no segundo trimestre deste ano, o valor mais baixo dos últimos nove meses, divulgou o Departamento do Trabalho acrescentando que os custos do trabalho registaram a maior subida em cinco anos.
A produtividade subiu 2,2%, no período em análise, contra 3,2% verificados nos três meses anteriores. Apesar do abrandamento verificado este valor ficou acima das previsões dos analistas contactados pela Bloomberg que apontavam para 2%.
Por outro lado, os custos do trabalho aumentaram ao ritmo mais elevado dos últimos cinco anos, 4,3%.
A subida dos custos do trabalho na maior economia do mundo, que ameaça fazer subir a inflação são um dos motivos porque os economistas prevêem que a Fed decida, na reunião de hoje, um novo aumento da taxa de juro de referência de 25 pontos base para 3,5%.
ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. productivity decelerates to 2.2%; Annual gain in unit labor costs fastest in five years
By Greg Robb, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:36 AM ET Aug. 9, 2005
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Productivity in the American workplace decelerated in the second quarter, rising at a 2.2% annual rate, the Labor Department estimated Tuesday.
Productivity rose a revised 3.2% in the first quarter, up from the 2.9% gain estimated two months ago.
Economists were expecting nonfarm business productivity to slow to about 2% in the second quarter.
Unit labor costs -- a key measure of inflationary pressures from compensation -- increased 1.3% in the second quarter, after rising 3.6% in the first quarter.
Despite their moderation in the second quarter, unit labor costs have risen 4.3% in the past year, the fastest gain since the third quarter of 2000.
The pickup may add to inflation worries on Wall Street.
Fed chief Alan Greenspan has stressed that the central bank is watching labor costs closely for signs of emerging inflationary pressures.
Productivity has increased 2.3% in the past four quarters, the smallest year-over-year gain since the third quarter of 2004.
In the second quarter, output in the nonfarm sector rose 4.4%, while hours worked rose 2.1%, the government said.
Real hourly compensation, adjusted for inflation, fell 0.6%, the biggest drop since the second quarter of 2004.
In the manufacturing sector, productivity increased 4.1%, while unit labor costs increased 2.3%.
Productivity is measured by units of output per hour worked. It's an essential factor in long-term economic health but is extremely difficult to measure in the short run.
8:30am 08/09/05 U.S. Q2 UNIT LABOR COSTS UP 1.3% VS 3.6% IN Q1
8:30am 08/09/05 U.S. Q1 PRODUCTIVITY REVISED TO UP 3.2% FROM 2.9%
8:30am 08/09/05 U.S. Q2 PRODUCTIVITY UP 2.2% VS. 2.0% EXPECTED
Crescimento da produtividade abranda e custos do trabalho disparam nos EUA (13:44
A produtividade dos trabalhadores norte-americanos cresceu 2,2%, no segundo trimestre deste ano, o valor mais baixo dos últimos nove meses, divulgou o Departamento do Trabalho acrescentando que os custos do trabalho registaram a maior subida em cinco anos.
A produtividade subiu 2,2%, no período em análise, contra 3,2% verificados nos três meses anteriores. Apesar do abrandamento verificado este valor ficou acima das previsões dos analistas contactados pela Bloomberg que apontavam para 2%.
Por outro lado, os custos do trabalho aumentaram ao ritmo mais elevado dos últimos cinco anos, 4,3%.
A subida dos custos do trabalho na maior economia do mundo, que ameaça fazer subir a inflação são um dos motivos porque os economistas prevêem que a Fed decida, na reunião de hoje, um novo aumento da taxa de juro de referência de 25 pontos base para 3,5%.
ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. productivity decelerates to 2.2%; Annual gain in unit labor costs fastest in five years
By Greg Robb, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:36 AM ET Aug. 9, 2005
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Productivity in the American workplace decelerated in the second quarter, rising at a 2.2% annual rate, the Labor Department estimated Tuesday.
Productivity rose a revised 3.2% in the first quarter, up from the 2.9% gain estimated two months ago.
Economists were expecting nonfarm business productivity to slow to about 2% in the second quarter.
Unit labor costs -- a key measure of inflationary pressures from compensation -- increased 1.3% in the second quarter, after rising 3.6% in the first quarter.
Despite their moderation in the second quarter, unit labor costs have risen 4.3% in the past year, the fastest gain since the third quarter of 2000.
The pickup may add to inflation worries on Wall Street.
Fed chief Alan Greenspan has stressed that the central bank is watching labor costs closely for signs of emerging inflationary pressures.
Productivity has increased 2.3% in the past four quarters, the smallest year-over-year gain since the third quarter of 2004.
In the second quarter, output in the nonfarm sector rose 4.4%, while hours worked rose 2.1%, the government said.
Real hourly compensation, adjusted for inflation, fell 0.6%, the biggest drop since the second quarter of 2004.
In the manufacturing sector, productivity increased 4.1%, while unit labor costs increased 2.3%.
Productivity is measured by units of output per hour worked. It's an essential factor in long-term economic health but is extremely difficult to measure in the short run.