Title:               Diffusion Index, Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance, Forty-Seven Areas, Inverted, Three Month Span for United States
Series ID:           M16081USM509SNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Monthly
Units:               Percent Expanding
Date Range:          1952-01-01 to 1958-12-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-20 9:32 AM CDT
Notes:               This Index Covers 47 Of The Largest Of 149 Labor Market Areas Listed
                     As "Labor Market And Employment Security." Source: G.H. Moore,
                     Business Cycle Indicators, Vol. 2, NBER, P. 157
                     
                     This NBER data series m16081 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 16
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter16.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m16081

DATE       VALUE
1952-01-01  51.1
1952-02-01  50.0
1952-03-01  28.9
1952-04-01  37.8
1952-05-01  40.0
1952-06-01  37.8
1952-07-01  71.1
1952-08-01  95.6
1952-09-01  90.0
1952-10-01  66.7
1952-11-01  51.1
1952-12-01  62.2
1953-01-01  33.3
1953-02-01  48.9
1953-03-01  44.4
1953-04-01  44.4
1953-05-01  48.9
1953-06-01  44.4
1953-07-01  26.7
1953-08-01  11.1
1953-09-01   6.7
1953-10-01   8.9
1953-11-01  28.9
1953-12-01  11.1
1954-01-01  33.3
1954-02-01  20.0
1954-03-01  48.9
1954-04-01  53.3
1954-05-01  55.6
1954-06-01  88.9
1954-07-01  46.7
1954-08-01  31.1
1954-09-01   6.7
1954-10-01  71.1
1954-11-01  86.7
1954-12-01  93.3
1955-01-01  75.6
1955-02-01  71.1
1955-03-01  75.6
1955-04-01  71.1
1955-05-01  46.7
1955-06-01  64.4
1955-07-01  60.0
1955-08-01  77.8
1955-09-01  60.0
1955-10-01  57.8
1955-11-01  26.7
1955-12-01  51.1
1956-01-01  35.6
1956-02-01  51.1
1956-03-01  60.0
1956-04-01  63.3
1956-05-01  62.2
1956-06-01  28.9
1956-07-01  51.1
1956-08-01  54.4
1956-09-01  61.1
1956-10-01  58.9
1956-11-01  37.8
1956-12-01  19.1
1957-01-01  36.2
1957-02-01  55.3
1957-03-01  46.8
1957-04-01  23.4
1957-05-01  42.6
1957-06-01  44.7
1957-07-01  29.8
1957-08-01  12.8
1957-09-01  14.9
1957-10-01  10.6
1957-11-01  34.0
1957-12-01  46.3
1958-01-01  23.4
1958-02-01  12.8
1958-03-01   8.5
1958-04-01  68.1
1958-05-01  68.1
1958-06-01  70.2
1958-07-01  54.3
1958-08-01  58.5
1958-09-01  48.9
1958-10-01  74.5
1958-11-01  66.0
1958-12-01  91.5