Economy cooking along for now but what’s with the continued drop in productivity?

Economy cooking along for now but what’s with the continued drop in productivity?

Positive economic data today–for the short term. But some troubling longer term trends continue. Initial claims for unemployment fell more than expected to 230,000 for the week ended January 27 versus expectations for 238,000 initial claims among economists. On the positive side as well, the ISM Manufacturing Index came in at 59.1 for January against an expected 58.5 reading