Source:
National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:
NBER Macrohistory Database
Units:
Millions of Manhours, Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:
Monthly
Notes:
Coal And Steel Strikes Which Ended In November, 1949, Accounted For High Unemployment In October, 1949. Also, A Large Number Of Coal Miners And Steel Workers, Reported As Looking For Work In October, 1949, Were Later Classified As "With A Job But Not At Work," Which Led To The Decline In Unemployment In November (See Monthly Labor Review, December, 1949). Source: Data Was Estimated By NBER From The Monthly Report On The Labor Force, Bureau Of Labor Statistics.
This NBER data series m08356 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.
NBER Indicator: m08356
Suggested Citation:
National Bureau of Economic Research,
Potential Manhours Lost, Labor Force for United States [M08356USM420SNBR],
retrieved from FRED,
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis;
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M08356USM420SNBR,
March 6, 2021.