Tipster Topic Description Number: 147 Domain: U.S. Economics Topic: Productivity Trends in the U.S. Economy <desc> Description: Document will provide productivity statistics on the U.S. economy. <smry> Summary: Document will provide productivity statistics on the U.S. economy. <narr> Narrative: A relevant document will contain some macroeconomic datum useful in charting long-term productivity trends in the U.S. economy. Because useful in checking and calibrating aggregate figures, productivity statistics for specific sectors of the U.S. economy could be useful. However, statistics for individual enterprises, because not available in sufficient numbers, are NOT relevant. Also NOT relevant, unless containing confirmable productivity statistics, are reports on political discussions or press commentaries on the state of the U.S. economy. <con> Concept(s): 1. productivity plus United States 2. productivity plus trend, data, statistics, ratios, reports 3. productivity plus gains, growth, improvement, drop, decline, change 4. gross national product, GNP, growth rate, standard of living 5. recession, slump <fac> Factor(s): <nat> Nationality: U.S. </fac> <def> Definition(s):