Durable-goods manufacturing and retail trade were among the leading contributors to the upturn in U.S. economic growth in 2010, according to preliminary statistics on the breakout of real gross domestic product (GDP) by industry from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The economic recovery was widespread: 20 of 22 industry groups contributed to real GDP growth.

• Manufacturing value addeda measure of an industrys contribution to GDProse 5.8 percent in 2010, a sharp return to growth after declining two consecutive years. Durable-goods manufacturing turned up, increasing 9.9 percent after declining 12.7 percent in 2009. Nondurable-goods manufacturing rose 0.8 percent, after declining 3.4 percent in 2009.
• Retail trade value added grew 5.2 percent in 2010, reflecting increased consumer purchases following two consecutive years of contraction.
• Information-communications-technology-producing industries increased 16.3 percent in 2010, returning to double-digit growth for the first time since 2005.

Prices:

Growth in value added prices for mining and agriculture were among the largest contributors to the slight acceleration in the GDP price index for 2010. Value added prices measure changes in an industrys unit costs of labor inputs, as well as the profits per unit of output, and reflect differences in growth rates between the industrys output prices and the prices it faces for inputs such as energy, materials, and purchased services.

• Value added prices for mining rose sharply in 2010, increasing 13.4 percent after decreasing 40 percent in 2009, primarily reflecting increases in prices for oil and gas.
• Value added prices for agriculture rose 14.7 percent in 2010, after decreasing 21 percent in 2009, primarily reflecting increases in prices for crops and livestock.
• Value added prices for the private services-producing sector, which accounts for more than two-thirds of GDP, decelerated in 2010, increasing 0.7 percent after increasing 1.4 percent in 2009. Value added prices for the goods-producing sector turned up in 2010, increasing 3.2 percent.

Other highlights:

• Real value added in the private goods-producing sector recovered in 2010, rising 3.2 percent, after decreasing 6.4 percent in 2009 and 4.2 percent in 2008.
• Information industry group value added, which includes publishing and telecommunications, rose 4.9 percent in 2010, after decreasing 2.5 percent in 2009.
• Real value added for the construction industry fell 3.7 percent in 2010, the slowest rate of decline since 2006.

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