America’s Productivity Surge Is Cooling Wage Inflation Without Killing Growth
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America’s Productivity Surge Is Cooling Wage Inflation Without Killing Growth
Key Points U.S. workers produced much more per hour in mid-2025, easing wage-driven inflation pressure. Companies raised output without adding many hours, even as hiring signals stayed mixed. If this trend holds, it reshapes the global interest-rate story, the dollar, and capital flows. The most important U.S. economic story this week is not about a […]
The productivity of American workers rose by an annualized 4.9 percent in the third quarter of last year, the US Department of Labor reported on Thursday. This is the fastest growth in the past two years.
The productivity of American workers grew at its fastest pace in two years during the third quarter, thanks to the fact that companies made significant investments in Artificial Intelligence (IA), which reduced labor costs.Non-agricultural productivity, which measures production per hour per worker, accelerated at an annualized rate of 4.9%, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday, January 08.This is the fastest rate…
U.S. economic growth advanced in the third quarter at the fastest pace since 2023, despite the slowdown in the labour market
6:30 PM US labor productivity rose by 4.9 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2025. The increasing use of artificial intelligence is likely one of the reasons.
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