“Unit labor costs ... is up only 1.4% on a year-over-year basis”
Closing Bell · Closing Bell 10/12/26
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reported unit labor costs were up only 1.4% YoY
1.4% YoY increase in unit labor costs
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“Carnegie also insisted on railroad-style cost accounting… His monthly reports carefully spread labor costs… tracked all raw material inputs and percentage of waste… competitors literally had no idea what was going on inside their own company.”