[Economic Report of the President (2004)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-109.--Civilian unemployment rate, and hourly compensation, major industrial countries, 1979-2003
[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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1979........................................       5.8       7.3      2.1      6.1        2.9     4.4        5.4

1980........................................       7.1       7.3      2.0      6.5        2.8     4.4        7.0
1981........................................       7.6       7.3      2.2      7.6        4.0     4.9       10.5
1982........................................       9.7      10.6      2.4      8.3        5.6     5.4       11.3
1983........................................       9.6      11.5      2.7      8.6    \3\ 6.9     5.9       11.8
1984........................................       7.5      10.9      2.8     10.0        7.1     5.9       11.7
1985........................................       7.2      10.2      2.6     10.5        7.2     6.0       11.2
1986........................................       7.0       9.2      2.8     10.6        6.6  \3\ 7.       11.2
5
1987........................................       6.2       8.4      2.9     10.8        6.3     7.9       10.3
1988........................................       5.5       7.3      2.5     10.3        6.3     7.9        8.6
1989........................................       5.3       7.1      2.3      9.6        5.7     7.8        7.2

1990........................................   \3\ 5.6       7.7      2.1      9.1        5.0     7.0        6.9
1991........................................       6.8       9.8      2.1      9.5    \3\ 5.6  \3\ 6.        8.8
9
1992........................................       7.5      10.6      2.2  \3\ 9.9        6.7     7.3       10.1
1993........................................       6.9      10.8      2.5     11.3        8.0  \3\ 10       10.4
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1994........................................   \3\ 6.1       9.5      2.9     11.8        8.5    11.2        9.5
1995........................................       5.6       8.6      3.2     11.3        8.2    11.8        8.7
1996........................................       5.4       8.8      3.4     11.9        9.0    11.7        8.1
1997........................................       4.9       8.4      3.4     11.8        9.9    11.9        7.0
1998........................................       4.5       7.7      4.1     11.3        9.3    12.0        6.3
1999........................................       4.2       7.0      4.7     10.6        8.6    11.5        6.0

2000........................................       4.0       6.1      4.8      9.1        8.1    10.7        5.5
2001........................................       4.7       6.4      5.1      8.4        8.0     9.6        5.1
2002........................................       5.8       7.0      5.4      8.7        8.4     9.1        5.2
2003........................................       6.0  ........  .......  .......  .........  ......  .........

2002: I.....................................       5.7       7.1      5.3      8.5        8.2     9.2        5.1
II....................................       5.8       6.9      5.4      8.6        8.3     9.2        5.2
III...................................       5.7       7.0      5.5      8.8        8.5     9.1        5.3
IV....................................       5.9       6.9      5.4      8.8        8.7     9.0        5.1

2003: I.....................................       5.8       6.7      5.4      9.0        9.0     9.0        5.1
II....................................       6.1       6.9      5.4      9.2        9.2     8.8        5.0
III...................................       6.1       7.2      5.2      9.3        9.1     8.7        5.0
IV....................................       5.9  ........  .......  .......  .........  ......  .........
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Manufacturing hourly compensation in U.S. dollars (Index,
1992=100)\4\

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1979........................................      49.6      44.0     32.0     44.6       42.0    38.6       31.8

1980........................................      55.6      49.1     32.8     51.7       46.1    43.8       42.2
1981........................................      61.1      54.2     36.0     46.7       39.3    39.1       42.8
1982........................................      67.0      59.7     33.5     45.6       38.8    38.4       40.8
1983........................................      68.8      64.0     36.0     43.5       38.6    39.4       38.1
1984........................................      71.2      64.4     37.1     41.2       36.3    39.1       36.5
1985........................................      75.1      63.6     38.5     43.4       37.2    40.7       38.9
1986........................................      78.5      63.5     57.3     58.5       52.4    54.4       47.9
1987........................................      80.7      68.1     68.2     69.8       66.0    66.0       59.7
1988........................................      84.0      76.2     78.3     72.8       70.4    70.6       69.3
1989........................................      86.6      84.3     77.2     71.4       69.1    72.7       68.4

1990........................................      90.8      91.5     79.2     88.3       86.4    90.1       83.7
1991........................................      95.6     100.1     90.9     90.4       86.1    93.5       93.9
1992........................................     100.0     100.0    100.0    100.0      100.0   100.0      100.0
1993........................................     102.7      95.5    117.2     95.8      100.4    82.8       89.3
1994........................................     105.6      91.7    129.9    101.1      107.6    81.7       93.7
1995........................................     107.9      93.3    146.1    116.8      128.3    84.2       97.8
1996........................................     109.4      94.8    127.2    116.0      128.0    95.0       98.4
1997........................................     111.5      95.3    117.9    101.5      113.2    88.9      107.2
1998........................................     117.4      90.0    111.7    101.0      113.3    86.7      115.0
1999........................................     122.1      91.4    128.0    100.0      111.1    84.2      118.7

2000........................................     131.1      92.6    133.7     90.0      101.1    75.1      118.0
2001........................................     134.3      91.9    119.4     91.7      101.1    75.4      117.2
2002........................................     140.6      94.8    114.1     99.9      109.1    81.6     126.4
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\1\ Prior to 1991 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). Also, for Italy, data reflect new estimation procedures and updated population
data introduced in July 1999. For details on break in series in 1990 and 1994 for United States, see footnote
5, Table B-35. For details on break in series for other countries, see U.S. Department of Labor Comparative
Civilian Labor Force Statistics, Ten Countries: 1959-2002, April 2003.
\4\ Hourly compensation in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis. Data relate to all employed persons (employees and
self-employed workers) in the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, and United Kingdom, and to
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.
Data for U.S. are as of early December 2003; other data are as of September 2003.

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.