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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, apparel worker Misti Keeton sews military apparel in Fayette, Ala. The government reports on worker productivity and labor costs in the October-December quarter of 2012, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 file photo, Charlie Kline, left, works on a machine affixed with a "Made in the U.S.A." plate at the FesslerUSA apparel manufacture in Orwigsburg, Pa. The government reports on worker productivity and labor costs in the October-December quarter of 2012, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, Bark Aro works on an assembly line at Generac Power Systems, Inc., one of the largest makers of residential generators in the country, in Whitewater, Wis. The government reports on worker productivity and labor costs in the October-December quarter of 2012, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
WASHINGTON — U.S. worker productivity shrank in the final three months of 2012 although the decline was caused by temporary factors. Productivity contracted at an annual rate of 2 percent in the October-December quarter, the biggest drop since the first quarter of 2011, the Labor …
