{"id":965,"date":"2018-08-16T13:31:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T17:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1db-blog.1db.com\/?p=965"},"modified":"2020-06-08T23:37:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T23:37:34","slug":"q2-2018-productivity-increased-at-a-2-9-annual-rate-the-highest-growth-rate-since-q2-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/?p=965","title":{"rendered":"Q2-2018 Productivity increased at a 2.9% annual rate, the highest growth rate since Q2-2015."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"ember5336\" class=\"hashtag-link ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/content\/?keywords=%23PositiveNews&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\" target=\"_self\" data-control-name=\"update_hashtag\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span id=\"ember5341\" class=\"hashtag-a11y ember-view\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span><span class=\"hashtag-a11y__name\">PositiveNews<\/span><\/span><\/a> Q2-2018 Productivity increased at a 2.9% annual rate, the highest growth rate since Q2-2015. The two most important criteria for economic growth, in my opinion, are employment expansion and productivity. Productivity growth, at 2.9%, stands well above its 1.1% five-year average. Productivity growth measures the average worker&#8217;s economic contribution; the higher the productivity the better the output. Sustained productivity ultimately raises standards of living.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-966 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Productivity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1181\" height=\"887\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Productivity.png 1181w, https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Productivity-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Productivity-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Productivity-768x577.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1181px) 100vw, 1181px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1181px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1181\/887;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#PositiveNews Q2-2018 Productivity increased at a 2.9% annual rate, the highest growth rate since Q2-2015. 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