productivity

Only last year, many Fed officials were talking about improvements in productivity tied to AI that could lower inflation in the long run.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

"The biggest risk for European equities is potentially stagflationary: climate change could simultaneously weaken productivity and growth, at the same time pushing food, energy, insurance costs, infrastructure spending and ultimately inflation structurally higher," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Tencent said it’s making “substantial progress” toward being AI-empowered, through its Hy3 LLM, WorkBuddy AI office productivity service and Core Buddy AI coding tool.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Disruption may be a dirty word in Japan, but without it the productivity gains the country needs could remain elusive.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

What is important is that shouting “Eureka!” is both enjoyable and a spur to productivity.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

That, in turn, allowed firms to meet a given level of demand by using more workers less intensively—at lower productivities.

From Economist ● Feb. 17, 2014

Over the long run, technology sets potential productivities, which govern the wages workers can earn.

From Economist ● Jan. 22, 2014

For instance, Japanese steel, metal, car, car parts, camera, and consumer electronic companies compete fiercely and have higher productivities than their U.S. counterparts.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Of course, there are also the famous differences between the productivities of the economies of whole countries, such as Japan, the United States, France, and Germany.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

For expository reasons we can take social subsistence and productivities as purely constant.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus