Observations

Dec 1944: -5,962

Updated: Aug 17, 2012 2:17 PM CDT

Units:

Thousands of Persons,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Unemployment for United States	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

Thousands of Persons	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 Three Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1929-1944 (2)--Original Data, 1940-1957 (3)--Original Data, 1947-1966. Unemployment Means The Difference Between The Number Of Persons In The Labor Force And The Number Of Persons Working. Negative Unemployment Arises During Periods Of High Industrial Activity When There Are Persons At Work Who Are Not Ordinarily Counted As Members Of The Labor Force (Economic Almanic, 1946-1947, P. 269). " Source: National Industrial Conference Board, Data For 1929: The Conference Board Economic Record, March 20, 1940; Data For 1930-1944: The Economic Almanac For 1945-1946. This NBER data series m08084a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08084a	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Unemployment for United States (M08I4AUSM175NNBR)