WASHINGTON—The productivity of U.S. workers increased last year at the slowest pace since 2011, a sign the economy continues to be plagued by long-term ailments despite recent momentum. Productivity, or how many goods and services U.S. workers produced per hour, grew 0.2% last year compared with the prior year, the Labor Department said Wednesday. It expanded 0.9% in 2015 and 0.8% in 2014. Productivity picked up at the end of...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 08, 2017 13:30 UTC