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The Labor Department said labor productivity crept up by 0.2 percent in the first quarter compared to the previously reported 0.3 percent increase. Economists had expected the uptick in productivity to be downwardly revised to 0.1 percent.
The report said the surge in unit labor costs in the first quarter was also downwardly revised to 4.0 percent from the previously reported 4.7 percent. Unit labor costs were expected to spike by an upwardly revised 4.9 percent.
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