[Economic Report of the President (2000)]
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Table B-107.--Civilian unemployment rate, and hourly compensation, major industrial countries, 1975-99
[Quarterly data seasonally adjusted]
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United                                 Ger-              United
Year or quarter                States     Canada    Japan    France   many\1\    Italy   Kingdom
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Civilian unemployment rate (Percent)\2\

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1975........................................       8.5       6.9      1.9      4.2        3.4     3.4        4.6
1976........................................       7.7       7.2      2.0      4.6        3.4     3.9        5.9
1977........................................       7.1       8.1      2.0      5.2        3.4     4.1        6.4
1978........................................       6.1       8.4      2.3      5.4        3.3     4.1        6.3
1979........................................       5.8       7.5      2.1      6.1        2.9     4.4        5.4

1980........................................       7.1       7.5      2.0      6.5        2.8     4.4        7.0
1981........................................       7.6       7.6      2.2      7.6        4.0     4.9       10.5
1982........................................       9.7      11.0      2.4      8.3        5.6     5.4       11.3
1983........................................       9.6      11.9      2.7      8.6     \3\6.9     5.9       11.8
1984........................................       7.5      11.3      2.8     10.0        7.1     5.9       11.7
1985........................................       7.2      10.5      2.6     10.5        7.2     6.0       11.2
1986........................................       7.0       9.6      2.8     10.6        6.6  \3\7.5       11.2
1987........................................       6.2       8.9      2.9     10.8        6.3     7.9       10.3
1988........................................       5.5       7.8      2.5     10.3        6.3     7.9        8.6
1989........................................       5.3       7.5      2.3      9.6        5.7     7.8        7.2

1990........................................    \3\5.6       8.1      2.1      9.1        5.0     7.0        6.9
1991........................................       6.8      10.4      2.1      9.6     \3\5.6  \3\6.9        8.8
1992........................................       7.5      11.3      2.2  \3\10.4        6.7     7.3       10.1
1993........................................       6.9      11.2      2.5     11.8        7.9  \3\10.       10.5
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1994........................................    \3\6.1      10.4      2.9     12.3        8.5    11.3        9.7
1995........................................       5.6       9.5      3.2     11.8        8.2    12.0        8.7
1996........................................       5.4       9.7      3.4     12.5        8.9    12.1        8.2
1997........................................       4.9       9.2      3.4     12.4        9.9    12.3        7.0
1998........................................       4.5       8.3      4.1     11.7        9.4    12.3        6.3
1999........................................       4.2  ........  .......  .......  .........  ......  .........

1998:I......................................       4.7       8.6      3.7     12.0        9.9    12.2        6.4
II......................................       4.4       8.4      4.2     11.7        9.5    12.3        6.3
III.....................................       4.5       8.3      4.3     11.7        9.1    12.4        6.3
IV......................................       4.4       8.0      4.4     11.5        9.1    12.4        6.3

1999:I......................................       4.3       7.8      4.7     11.3        9.0    12.3        6.3
II......................................       4.3       8.0      4.8     11.2        9.0    12.1        6.1
III.....................................       4.2       7.6      4.8     11.1        9.1  ......        5.9
IV......................................       4.1  ........  .......  .......  .........  ......  .........
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Manufacturing hourly compensation in U.S. dollars (Index,
1992=100)\4\

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1975........................................      35.5      34.6     17.5     26.3       23.1    22.1       19.0
1976........................................      38.4      40.8     18.8     27.0       24.3    21.6       17.9
1977........................................      41.8      42.0     23.0     29.8       28.8    24.0       19.6
1978........................................      45.2      42.1     31.5     36.7       35.8    28.8       25.1
1979........................................      49.6      44.5     32.0     44.0       42.0    35.6       33.0

1980........................................      55.6      49.2     32.8     51.1       46.1    40.5       43.7
1981........................................      61.1      53.7     36.1     46.0       39.3    36.9       44.1
1982........................................      67.0      58.6     33.5     45.1       38.8    36.5       42.0
1983........................................      68.8      62.5     36.1     43.0       38.6    38.1       39.0
1984........................................      71.2      61.7     37.2     40.7       36.3    37.8       37.2
1985........................................      75.1      61.8     38.5     42.9       37.2    39.1       39.0
1986........................................      78.5      63.0     57.3     57.9       52.4    52.1       47.8
1987........................................      80.7      68.6     68.3     69.2       66.0    63.3       60.2
1988........................................      84.0      76.4     78.4     72.5       70.4    65.5       68.3
1989........................................      86.6      84.1     77.3     71.4       69.1    68.1       67.7

1990........................................      90.8      92.7     79.3     88.0       86.4    86.8       81.7
1991........................................      95.6      99.9     90.3     90.2       89.4    92.9       90.5
1992........................................     100.0     100.0    100.0    100.0      100.0   100.0      100.0
1993........................................     102.7      93.3    119.3     96.0      100.0    84.2       88.7
1994........................................     105.6      88.8    132.4    100.2      107.6    82.4       92.3
1995........................................     107.9      91.2    147.7    114.3      128.3    85.3       95.9
1996........................................     109.3      91.1    129.3    113.2      128.4    96.5       95.6
1997........................................     113.4      93.1    119.5    101.9      114.0    91.1      104.6
1998........................................     119.4      90.3    111.3    102.3      113.3    88.5      111.9
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\1\For unemployment rate, data beginning 1991 are for unified Germany; for prior years, data are for West
Germany. For manufacturing hourly compensation, data are for West Germany only.
\2\Civilian unemployment rates, approximating U.S. concepts. Quarterly data for France and Germany should be
viewed as less precise indicators of unemployment under U.S. concepts than the annual data.
\3\There are breaks in the series for Germany (1983 and 1991), France (1992), Italy (1986, 1991, and 1993), and
United States (1990 and 1994). Based on the prior series, the rate for Germany was 7.2 percent in 1983, and
4.3 percent in 1991 for West Germany only, the rate for France was 10.5 in 1992, 11.9 in 1993, 12.7 in 1994
and 12.3 in 1995, and the rate for Italy was 6.3 percent in 1986 and 6.6 in 1991. The break in 1993 raised
Italy's rate by approximately 1 percentage point. For details on break in series in 1990 and 1994 for United
States, see footnote 5, Table B-33.
\4\Hourly compensation in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis. Data relate to all employed persons (wage and salary
earners and the self- employed) in the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, and United Kingdom, and
to all employees (wage and salary earners) in Italy. For Canada, France and United Kingdom, compensation
adjusted to include changes in employment taxes that are not compensation to employees, but are labor costs to
employers.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.