Productivity and costs of the third quarter show that, in both business and non-farm sectors, the productivity increases were larger, at 4.0 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively, than in the same sectors during the second quarter.

For anyone looking for very detailed up-to-date statistics on just about any facet of the U.S. labor market and economy, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics webpage should be the first place to look. The site contains information on inflation and consumer spending, productivity, occupations, industries, business costs, and demographics. Of course, within each broad topical division, there are...