Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
03/04/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/04/2026 09:32
SORCE Insights: Tracking Productivity in the Fourth District
Cleveland Fed District Data Brief
SORCE Insights: Tracking Productivity in the Fourth District
The Cleveland Fed's latest edition of the Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE), administered during February 5-12, 2026, included a set of special questions focused on worker productivity among Fourth District firms. This District Data Brief discusses the top-line results from these questions.
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Jayme V. GerringResearch Analyst
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Brett HuettnerSenior Research Analyst
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The Cleveland Fed's latest edition of the Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE), administered during February 5-12, 2026, included a set of special questions alongside the standard question set that informs the SORCE indexes. These special questions focused on the productivity of firms' workers. If respondents reported that their worker productivity had changed over the past year, they were then asked to identify the factors behind these changes.
The share of respondents who reported no change in worker productivity over the past year (51 percent) was similar to the share who reported an increase (47 percent). A much smaller share of respondents reported a decrease in worker productivity (2 percent) during this period.
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