Observations

Jul 1939: 11.9

Updated: Aug 17, 2012 2:26 PM CDT

Units:

Percent,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Percentage Unemployed, Building Trades, Insured Workers for United Kingdom	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Release

NBER Macrohistory Database	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Units

Percent	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Frequency

Monthly	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Notes

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1888-1926 (2)--Original Data, 1921-1939. The Following Adjustments Were Made To The Data By NBER: Linear Interpolation For Monthly Total Insured Figures; May, 1921-February, 1922--Short-Time Workers Added In; Figures For Great Britain And Ireland Lowered To Great Britain And Northern Ireland Basis. March, 1922-October, 1922 Data Have Short-Time Workers Added In. November 1922-October 1923 Data Have NBER Adjustments For Short-Time Workers. November 1923-July 1939 Data Have Short-Time Workers Added In. September 1937-July 1939 Data Have An NBER Adjustment To Make Continuous Computation Of The Number Of Unemployed. Source: Ministry Of Labour Gazette, Monthly Issues . This NBER data series m08004b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08004b	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Percentage Unemployed, Building Trades, Insured Workers for United Kingdom (M08F4BGBM156NNBR)