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BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Seekers' Foe Is Also Their Best Hope Productivity is lifting incomes and that, eventually, will boost hiring.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Kiss It Good-Bye More demand and smaller productivity gains will boost payrolls.
BusinessWeek December 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S: Can Productivity Keep Up The Good Work? U.S. productivity must stay on track with pay gains to hold inflation at bay.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Virtuous Cycle Is Finally Kicking In As the recovery takes hold, GDP growth may hit levels not seen since 2000.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: A Jobs Recovery, Yes. A Hiring Boom, No. Intense cost pressures and weak pricing will keep payrolls from surging
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: This Time, Fed Tightening Shouldn't Make You Tense With jobs strong and inflation low, the economy is in fine shape
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Growth Will Get Over Its January Blahs Bad weather helped cause a weak start to what will be a solid year.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Miller & Coy	The Power Of Productivity: Why This Recovery Will Roll On The economy is in a sweet spot that should keep inflation at bay for some time.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: The Signs Say: Job Growth Ahead Don't expect payrolls to turn around quickly, but economic trends are encouraging. Plus, heady productivity gains are not sustainable, and more workers will soon be needed.
BusinessWeek August 6, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: Greater Expectations for Second-Half GDP Growth Economists are raising their second-half forecasts to 2% to 3%, a pace that would increase the chances for a sustainable economic recovery.
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Doubts About The Productivity Slowdown What's the Federal Reserve to do about widely differing measures of productivity?
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: That Delicious Smell? It's The Economy Cooking Robust capital spending and profits, plus job growth, are now being served
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Growth That is Just Good Enough Despite a weak November, the labor market is giving a boost to the economy. November's hiring gains, while soft, were widespread across the economy.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004	Productivity: Who Wins, Who Loses The U.S. is reaping big -- but uneven -- gains from its highly efficient workforce
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Businesses are Betting on a Happy New Year Companies feel better about the future and are ready to expand. They seem to like what they see -- especially the rebound in consumer spending and the lower dollar, which will provide a boost to exports and profits.
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Weak Payrolls Mask A Tightening Job Market How companies handle rising labor costs will affect future inflation.
BusinessWeek October 8, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: Why the Earnings Forecast Is Upbeat With productivity skyrocketing and labor costs plunging, profits will post strong growth in coming quarters now that demand is beginning to turn up.
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Speed Bumps On The Road To More Jobs American businesses face powerful reasons not to hire
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Why Profits Are Defying Gravity A broader trend in corporate profits bears watching as the year develops. More pricing power and better foreign earnings will fuel the bottom line.
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Corporate America Reaches Its Fighting Weight Trim, flush, and productive, businesses are ready to answer growing demand.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Gary S. Becker	The Productivity Boom Is Just Warming Up In the past, productivity almost always fell during recessions because both labor and capital were underutilized as output sagged. But the apparent paradox of the past few years is that labor productivity has grown even more rapidly since 2000 than in the '90s.
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S. Economy: Is Corporate America Too Lean? After three years of cutbacks, it may not be ready for stronger demand.
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Low Unemployment Raises An Old Inflation Debate Should the Federal Reserve keep hiking rates in the face of a tighter labor market?
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: An Economy With Two Engines Firing Consumers and businesses are working in tandem to bolster economic growth in America.
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Michael Mandel	The Real Threat Isn't Housing If productivity growth keeps sliding, a widespread crisis could be next.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: Why Inflation Fears Are Unfounded The Fed will have plenty of time to reverse its huge stimulus, as unused labor and production capacity prevent price pressures from building.
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Coming Battle Between Profits And Prices Pricing power is rising, but so are costs, and that will soon squeeze margins.
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Strong Labor Markets Put The Fed On The Spot Weak productivity and rising labor costs could force more rate hikes.
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Job Market Is Stronger Than It Looks Growth in other employment measures belies the weak payroll numbers
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Business Takes A Turn At Powering The Recovery It's fueling growth by buying new equipment and rebuilding inventories.
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Mandel, Green & Arndt	Will The Miracle Last? How long can the economy sustain its remarkable gains in productivity? Quite a while, say some leading economists
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Deja Vu All over Again But unlike the early '90s, hiring now will take longer to turn around
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	Ready to Say "Help Wanted"? Surging demand should spur a second-half spike in hiring.
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Oh, What A Difference A Month Can Make With the March jobs report, the economy looks a lot stronger than expected
IndustryWeek January 24, 2012 Jonathan Katz	Midsize Firms Choose Technology Over Hiring Executives attribute productivity increases to business process improvements and tech investments.
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Michael J. Mandel	Where Wealth Lives The productivity boom has made asset owners rich -- and left many wage-earners behind.
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Those Soft Job Numbers: Cause For Alarm? Probably not -- business is still spending, and not all the data are so gloomy
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Know Your Numbers: Productivity Productivity figures released by the BLS provide a rare look at the quality of economic activity within the economy. Keeping track of changes in productivity levels can give you an indication of the sustainability of economic growth that other types of economic data can't duplicate.
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: One Big Reason To Expect A Decent Year For Jobs Companies can no longer meet demand with existing forces.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Economy Gets Some Get-Up-and-Go The recovery is gaining momentum as rate and tax cuts kick in
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Count On Consumers To Keep Spending Expect a more moderate pace as job growth and wealth gains slow.
CFO December 1, 2006 Edward Teach	A Productive Debate Significant or not, the gap between pay and productivity is a subject that won't go away, particularly now that control of Congress is passing to the labor-friendly Democratic Party.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Morgan Housel	Burnt-Out Workers Could Save the Economy What the fall in labor productivity means for our recovery.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outloook: The Waning Threat of Deflation The recovery is starting to reverse many trends putting downward pressure on prices and wages, paving the way for the Fed to begin tightening in 2010
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004	The Price Of Efficiency Stop blaming outsourcing. The drive for productivity gains is the real culprit behind anemic job growth
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: A Surprising Third-Quarter Pickup GDP is expected to show healthy growth -- and a broad rebound in demand is a key reason. That, plus exceptionally lean inventories, points to a continued upturn well into 2010.
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Creation Isn't A Problem, But Oil Might Be Job growth is positive but consumer spending may be down because of increasing gasoline prices.
BusinessWeek February 19, 2007 James Mehring	The Housing Drag Casts A Long Shadow During 2006, productivity growth was the weakest in nine years, while the labor cost required to produce a given unit of a good or service surged. But don't fret too much: The data on productivity and unit labor costs are being skewed by the housing downturn.
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 James C. Cooper	So Where Are The Jobs? They're On The Way Are things really as bad as the latest employment data imply? Probably not. The fact is, the recent payroll data are giving the wrong impression of the strength of the labor markets. It has happened before, especially during the early stages of the recovery from the 1990-91 recession.
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 Berner& Arndt	The Sales Engine Kicks In First-quarter earnings for the 900 companies in BusinessWeek's Corporate Scoreboard surged 25% from the year before. But what stood out even more was the Scoreboard's 12% increase in revenue, the largest gain in three years.