productivity slowdown in growth will limit profits, need sales!

The productivity of U.S. workers fell more than previously estimated in the second quarter, pushing up labor costs and showing the slowdown in growth will limit profits, another Labor Department report today showed.

The measure of employee output per hour dropped at a 1.8 percent annual rate, the biggest decline in almost four years, compared with the 0.9 percent decrease initially calculated, according to the revised figures. Labor expenses rose at a 1.1 percent pace, the most in more than a year.