After increasing at more than 2 percent per year between 1950 and 1973, the growth rate of average labor productivity ________ between 1973 and 1995, and ________ between 1996 to 2007.

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Between 1950 and 1973 output per employed worker increased by more than 2 percent per year. But from 1974 to 1995 the average rate of increase in output per worker was close to 1 percent per year. From 1996 to 2007 the pace of productivity growth picked up again, to nearly 2 percent per year before slowing down again to around 1 percent per year since 2008.

After Increasing at More Than 2 Percent Per Year Between