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US worker productivity up modestly in April-June

By Paul Wiseman
Published August 16, 2013 1:08pm ET
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US worker productivity up modestly in April-June
FILE - In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013, file photo, Jeff Caldwell, 29, right, a chassis assembly line supervisor, checks a vehicle on the assembly line at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit. The government reports on worker productivity and labor costs in the April-June quarter on Friday,Aug. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) | Paul Sancya

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. worker productivity accelerated to a still-modest 0.9 percent annual pace between April and June after dropping the previous quarter.

The second-quarter gain beat economists’ expectations and reversed a decline in the January-March quarter, when the Labor Department’s revised numbers show productivity shrank at a 1.7 percent annual pace.

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