Faster real wage growth has been followed by greater nonresidential fixed investment (NRFI) in the United States: Lagged change in average real wages and growth of NRFI, 1979–2016
| Lagged growth in real compensation | Annual growth in NRFI |
|---|---|
| 0.027114 | -0.05882 |
| 0.02104 | -0.10393 |
| 0.000931 | -0.13505 |
| -0.01438 | -0.06625 |
| 0.019264 | 0.050644 |
| 0.065042 | 0.192142 |
| 0.10433 | 0.20536 |
| 0.143293 | 0.140712 |
| 0.128254 | 0.065743 |
| 0.11438 | -0.00442 |
| 0.09277 | -0.01928 |
| 0.066756 | 0.01689 |
| 0.068985 | 0.020601 |
| 0.048449 | -0.06974 |
| 0.047629 | 0.029609 |
| 0.080023 | 0.074914 |
| 0.074306 | 0.068787 |
| 0.080314 | 0.185031 |
| 0.061077 | 0.078634 |
| 0.012237 | -0.00362 |
| -0.01575 | -0.02237 |
| -0.02927 | -0.0194 |
| -0.0194 | -0.01177 |
| 0.012251 | 0.032086 |
| 0.043663 | 0.103065 |
| 0.072702 | 0.12892 |
| 0.088874 | 0.164295 |
| 0.083837 | 0.130777 |
| 0.081561 | 0.086782 |
| 0.065976 | 0.045959 |
| 0.046139 | 0.015659 |
| 0.047343 | 0.033816 |
| 0.038492 | 0.013504 |
| 0.02672 | 0.023619 |
| 0.026654 | -8.9E-05 |
| -0.00153 | -0.0687 |
| -0.03264 | -0.10126 |
| -0.03639 | -0.12825 |
| -0.0105 | -0.07415 |
| 0.019229 | 0.019513 |
| 0.066906 | 0.089148 |
| 0.091754 | 0.130244 |
| 0.05634 | 0.08635 |
| 0.04252 | 0.090188 |
| 0.050547 | 0.075136 |
| 0.03489 | 0.028632 |
| 0.038397 | 0.029065 |
| 0.025936 | -0.0197 |
| -0.00046 | -0.01232 |
| 0.008714 | 0.015206 |
| 0.022196 | 0.04848 |
| 0.049251 | 0.085 |
| 0.063967 | 0.09007 |
| 0.064622 | 0.092832 |
| 0.057558 | 0.056669 |
| 0.044316 | 0.038406 |
| 0.040303 | 0.04249 |
| 0.038507 | 0.057999 |
| 0.042687 | 0.09288 |
| 0.048887 | 0.113127 |
| 0.050274 | 0.104828 |
| 0.055535 | 0.110005 |
| 0.062376 | 0.101558 |
| 0.061422 | 0.147604 |
| 0.062566 | 0.162537 |
| 0.057158 | 0.16715 |
| 0.058205 | 0.189296 |
| 0.072714 | 0.164977 |
| 0.081021 | 0.142213 |
| 0.086353 | 0.11666 |
| 0.086505 | 0.073014 |
| 0.069241 | 0.01313 |
| 0.056869 | -0.00564 |
| 0.045885 | -0.02029 |
| 0.0392 | -0.00056 |
| 0.043102 | 0.045873 |
| 0.051801 | 0.035466 |
| 0.060514 | 0.051536 |
| 0.065621 | 0.058871 |
| 0.063579 | 0.054875 |
| 0.057212 | 0.079654 |
| 0.053459 | 0.08923 |
| 0.054127 | 0.054785 |
| 0.049654 | 0.021256 |
| 0.04167 | 0.003643 |
| 0.027112 | -0.01524 |
| 0.013535 | -0.04401 |
| -0.00424 | -0.0293 |
| 0.009487 | -0.00965 |
| 0.018838 | -0.00875 |
| 0.021602 | 0.047457 |
| 0.043826 | 0.071989 |
| 0.052924 | 0.074875 |
| 0.060249 | 0.085816 |
| 0.064224 | 0.115009 |
| 0.076229 | 0.125888 |
| 0.070864 | 0.149029 |
| 0.059561 | 0.1499 |
| 0.052751 | 0.105581 |
| 0.034578 | 0.059997 |
| 0.002063 | 0.020208 |
| -0.0059 | -0.00551 |
| -0.01118 | -0.03885 |
| -0.02633 | -0.09277 |
| -0.03024 | -0.11303 |
| -0.02394 | -0.09433 |
| -0.01415 | -0.05883 |
| 0.007378 | 0.019527 |
| 0.04205 | 0.058487 |
| 0.052617 | 0.070232 |
| 0.05156 | 0.07805 |
| 0.048911 | 0.093897 |
| 0.036381 | 0.109412 |
| 0.040405 | 0.107299 |
| 0.046275 | 0.119423 |
| 0.053027 | 0.089506 |
| 0.056675 | 0.142312 |
| 0.057399 | 0.158002 |
| 0.054929 | 0.160091 |
| 0.052927 | 0.176508 |
| 0.05427 | 0.090884 |
| 0.031468 | 0.086224 |
| 0.024245 | 0.055055 |
| 0.01369 | 0.04248 |
| -0.0035 | -0.00474 |
| -0.00875 | -0.02686 |
| -0.01575 | -0.00904 |
| -0.00557 | 0.000489 |
| 0.002809 | 0.070256 |
| 0.015391 | 0.087488 |
| 0.024497 | 0.08915 |
| 0.010898 | 0.039425 |
| 0.006751 | -0.01366 |
| 0.00548 | -0.06376 |
| -0.00436 | -0.10031 |
| -0.00753 | -0.08987 |
| -0.00105 | -0.04674 |
| 0.008941 | 0.023276 |
| 0.02229 | 0.10425 |
| 0.046155 | 0.15636 |
| 0.058369 | 0.193389 |
| 0.061369 | 0.180205 |
| 0.066415 | 0.139075 |
| 0.057683 | 0.116415 |
| 0.046056 | 0.082046 |
| 0.040366 | 0.037902 |
| 0.036865 | 0.032397 |
| 0.039146 | 0.010835 |
| 0.040169 | -0.02367 |
| 0.04399 | -0.02378 |
| 0.044277 | -0.03186 |
| 0.043337 | -0.0453 |
| 0.04293 | -0.00589 |
| 0.03799 | 0.033612 |
| 0.036094 | 0.022441 |
| 0.03914 | 0.055582 |
| 0.041527 | 0.057874 |
| 0.046514 | 0.035729 |
| 0.043672 | 0.051471 |
| 0.036567 | 0.059666 |
| 0.031177 | 0.050607 |
| 0.017025 | 0.070755 |
| 0.0189 | 0.045559 |
| 0.018974 | 0.042251 |
| 0.020992 | 0.014904 |
| 0.03159 | -0.00361 |
| 0.023461 | -0.00917 |
| 0.003807 | -0.04123 |
| -0.00454 | -0.0335 |
| -0.00741 | -0.04829 |
| -0.00206 | -0.03389 |
| 0.013904 | -0.0178 |
| 0.033296 | 0.019299 |
| 0.037378 | 0.043968 |
| 0.036262 | 0.072067 |
| 0.037434 | 0.086683 |
| 0.015126 | 0.072967 |
| 0.014068 | 0.065227 |
| 0.01531 | 0.075203 |
| 0.017233 | 0.076792 |
| 0.024297 | 0.072364 |
| 0.031183 | 0.081632 |
| 0.02868 | 0.084697 |
| 0.029103 | 0.112519 |
| 0.034064 | 0.106329 |
| 0.022134 | 0.095217 |
| 0.026903 | 0.075139 |
| 0.023825 | 0.062329 |
| 0.023113 | 0.080566 |
| 0.030198 | 0.107205 |
| 0.033152 | 0.112979 |
| 0.034304 | 0.110662 |
| 0.041248 | 0.104143 |
| 0.043193 | 0.118053 |
| 0.047975 | 0.098029 |
| 0.059688 | 0.107702 |
| 0.067618 | 0.120765 |
| 0.071331 | 0.089242 |
| 0.070636 | 0.112987 |
| 0.065638 | 0.102365 |
| 0.060246 | 0.095148 |
| 0.049105 | 0.109155 |
| 0.044181 | 0.082079 |
| 0.048595 | 0.09661 |
| 0.060116 | 0.102329 |
| 0.057781 | 0.083556 |
| 0.062104 | 0.082493 |
| 0.044205 | 0.036826 |
| 0.028254 | -0.01778 |
| 0.019187 | -0.04073 |
| 0.002439 | -0.07098 |
| 0.002484 | -0.08245 |
| -0.00538 | -0.07359 |
| 0.00358 | -0.06687 |
| 0.005796 | -0.05055 |
| 0.005613 | -0.02856 |
| 0.000429 | 0.008299 |
| 0.011597 | 0.034617 |
| 0.020293 | 0.062167 |
| 0.032087 | 0.047868 |
| 0.03504 | 0.045897 |
| 0.033054 | 0.053212 |
| 0.039804 | 0.060395 |
| 0.027512 | 0.085564 |
| 0.032128 | 0.077216 |
| 0.024162 | 0.067934 |
| 0.015474 | 0.049925 |
| 0.01895 | 0.075353 |
| 0.033878 | 0.073356 |
| 0.028172 | 0.066621 |
| 0.02302 | 0.069257 |
| 0.038997 | 0.048922 |
| 0.033844 | 0.056337 |
| 0.031803 | 0.060062 |
| 0.030229 | 0.070989 |
| 0.011993 | 0.053209 |
| -0.00091 | 0.026962 |
| -0.00808 | -0.01602 |
| -0.01473 | -0.08883 |
| -0.00569 | -0.15506 |
| -0.03979 | -0.1775 |
| -0.03046 | -0.16549 |
| -0.03094 | -0.12181 |
| -0.04183 | -0.04337 |
| -0.01605 | 0.015475 |
| 0.002181 | 0.049406 |
| 0.016894 | 0.081119 |
| 0.019706 | 0.067541 |
| 0.034713 | 0.061291 |
| 0.011519 | 0.087454 |
| 0.010145 | 0.089722 |
| -0.00087 | 0.124128 |
| 0.010768 | 0.12079 |
| 0.018567 | 0.066587 |
| 0.014847 | 0.052183 |
| 0.043397 | 0.035389 |
| 0.008225 | 0.022958 |
| 0.019078 | 0.033711 |
| 0.02078 | 0.047897 |
| 0.006491 | 0.052355 |
| 0.032496 | 0.061609 |
| 0.021608 | 0.077408 |
| 0.030016 | 0.050231 |
| 0.039852 | 0.036037 |
| 0.039872 | 0.024837 |
| 0.047279 | 0.014081 |
| 0.043953 | 0.008345 |
| 0.044378 | -0.00375 |
| 0.031824 | -0.00991 |
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) series, Table 1.16, and unpublished data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Total Economy Productivity database