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Potential Manhours Lost, Labor Force for United States (M08356USM420SNBR)

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Nov 1969: 130.5  
Updated: Aug 17, 2012

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Seasonally Adjusted

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(a) Potential Manhours Lost, Labor Force for United States, Millions of Manhours, Seasonally Adjusted (M08356USM420SNBR)
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

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NOTES

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, July 22, 2017.

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