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CIO May 15, 2001	The Great Debate: I.T. & Productivity Two sides of the heated debate over productivity increases due to information technology.
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 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 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 March 19, 2007 Michael Mandel	The Real Threat Isn't Housing If productivity growth keeps sliding, a widespread crisis could be next.
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Rich Miller	Workers May Be Slowing To A Trot Productivity growth is not as robust - and that could mean more interest-rate hikes.
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 24, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Kiss It Good-Bye More demand and smaller productivity gains will boost payrolls.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Productivity Isn't The Villain -- It's The Hero While some may blame increased productivity for a loss of jobs, productivity will ultimately make things better for everyone.
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Tom Keene	Tom Keene: A Chat with JPMorgan's Bruce Kasman A talk with JPMorgan Chase's chief economist about the economy and the outlook for jobs in the U.S.
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003	China Can Help the U.S. Tackle Its Social Security Crisis Much has been written about the looming pension crisis in the U.S., Europe and Japan, whose populations are aging. Wharton finance professor Jeremy J. Siegel argues that economic growth in China and the rest of the developing world holds the key to dealing with the impending crunch.
HBS Working Knowledge July 7, 2003 Jim Heskett	Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement? We tend to think of improvement in the productivity of labor and capital like safety; one can't have too much of it. But is that always the case? Is the U.S. in fact experiencing untimely increases in productivity now?
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.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Rich Smith	Picture of the Day: Help Wanted! Whether employers want to hire or not. Lower productivity may not be unqualifiedly good news, but by my count, that's at least two big cheers for it.
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.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004	Productivity: Who Wins, Who Loses The U.S. is reaping big -- but uneven -- gains from its highly efficient workforce
BusinessWeek September 30, 2010 Peter Coy	Why One Economist Predicts Slow Growth Northwestern's Robert Gordon predicts the U.S. will soon be generating the slowest GDP growth per capita in its history.
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 May 9, 2005 Rich Miller	The Economy: Why It's Not Deja Vu Wall Street is worried about '70s-style stagflation, but the Federal Reserve is counting on productivity to keep the threat at bay.
BusinessWeek April 2, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Say Goodbye To High Growth And Low Inflation The economic Eden of the late 1990s and early 2000s is slowly fading.
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 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?
CIO April 15, 2006 Ben Worthen	Credit Where Credit Is Due Productivity has been increasing steadily for years and CIOs think IT deserves a lot of the credit. But proving that hasn't been easy. That's where MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson comes in.
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 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.
Wired April 2002 Chris Anderson	Creative Disruption Productivity rates usually fall in a recession. Not this time...
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Michael J. Mandel	Productivity Can Make Up The Gap Demographics will not mean doom if we focus on fostering innovation.
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 Paula De Masi	Who Has a New Economy? IMF staff and other economists are conducting research into whether the relationship between information and communications technologies and productivity growth extends to other major industrial countries besides the U.S. The evidence so far is mixed...
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Michael Mandel	Bernanke's Dilemma The markets are clamoring for rate cuts, but weak U.S. productivity gains and strong global growth may limit the Fed's options.
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.
IndustryWeek January 24, 2012 Jonathan Katz	Midsize Firms Choose Technology Over Hiring Executives attribute productivity increases to business process improvements and tech investments.
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.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2010 Ed Salwin	Why the Stock Market Can Go Up Forever It's a thing called productivity.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Bruce Nussbaum	The You-Asked-For-It Economy Low inflation, soaring productivity, and a capitalist China. Why aren't we happy?
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Baily & Farrell	Breaking Down Barriers to Growth Encouraging competition is key to reviving stalled industrial economies.
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.
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 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 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.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Efficiency Boosts Productivity Increased employee output increases productivity.
HBS Working Knowledge June 6, 2005 Jim Heskett	Is a "Level Playing Field" a Good Thing? Who benefits most from a level playing field? A developing economy achieving productivity gains with volume increases achieved through low factor costs of production?
HBS Working Knowledge July 14, 2003	Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement? Readers Respond
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 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 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 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
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Robert J. Barro	The Stubborn Jobless Rate: Puzzling, but Far from Scary The Dems say the labor market is the worst since the Depression. But the drop in jobs has been milder than in many other recessions.
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	Is That a Whiff of Inflation? The forces that have held inflation back are starting to move in another direction. And 2005 will offer a crucial test of just how much our new age of global competition can continue to keep price pressures under wraps.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer	It's High Time for Companies to Start Adding Jobs Employment growth has been seriously disappointing so far, but the growth may be just getting started.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Jack Ewing	The Downside Of Higher Productivity A small jump in labor productivity may inspire complacency -- and slow the push for labor reform in Europe.