"productivity drops" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a decrease in the efficiency or output of a person or group. Here is an example: "After implementing the new policies, we noticed that productivity drops were becoming a frequent occurrence among our employees."
Similarly, older and less productive workers in industrialized societies stop working altogether once their productivity drops substantially, whereas under the different labor market conditions of traditional societies they continue to be economically active as long as they produce something valuable.
As productivity drops, inflation tends to rise, putting pressure on the Fed to continue raising rates.
If hypothetically someone said to you we all must change to organic across the board, you wave your wand and everyone does it, your productivity drops by 18%.
According to the new report, employee productivity drops by 4% when an office is too cold, and by 6% when it's too hot.
The meagre mineral reserves in most soils imply an inherently low fertility; under cultivation, productivity drops rapidly after a few years.
It's that time of year again: when blood pressure rises and productivity drops; when the health of 20-something athletes whom you've never met means more than your own; when fantasy football is the focal point of your life.
Transport was hit with an 11 per cent drop in productivity while the manufacturing sector productivity dropped 5.6 per cent.
Productivity dropped sharply in the early 1970's for reasons that economists still do not fully understand, and has rebounded only in the past few years.
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The number of durable orders, a key measure of productivity, dropped 1.7% on the back of low transportation orders.
Unlike processor productivity, there is no clear trend for harvester productivity declining at a faster rate for big trees than small trees with longer working hours; the productivity drop for big trees (up to 26%) is similar to the productivity drop for small trees (up to 28%), but larger than the productivity drop for mid-size trees (up to 19%).
