By The Numbers

Manufacturing Productivity

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Chart Data

Manufacturing Nonmanufacturing
1950s2.1 %2.2 %
1960s2.6 %2.7 %
1970s2.6 %1.7 %
1980s3 %1.6 %
1990s4 %2 %

The presidential campaign has featured debate about where American manufacturing jobs are going. One cause of slower growth in manufacturing jobs, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, is higher productivity over the years in manufacturing vs. other sectors of the American economy.