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Economic Co-operation: Summitry, Institutions, and Structural Change

by John Kirton

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TABLE D
Unemployment Rates, Civilian Labor Force Basis, Approximating U.S. Concepts,
Seasonally Adjusted, 1975-1997
US Japan Germany France Italy UK Canada
1975 8.5 1.9 3.4 4.2 3.4 4.6 6.9
1976 7.7 2.0 3.4 4.6 3.9 5.9 7.2
1977 7.1 2.0 3.4 5.2 4.1 6.4 8.1
1978 6.1 2.3 3.3 5.4 4.1 6.3 8.4
1979 5.8 2.1 2.9 6.1 4.4 5.4 7.5
1980 7.1 2.0 2.8 6.5 4.4 7.0 7.5
1981 7.6 2.2 4.0 7.6 4.9 10.5 7.6
1982 9.7 2.4 5.6 8.3 5.4 11.3 11.0
1983 9.6 2.7 6.9* 8.6 5.9 11.8 11.9
1984 7.5 2.8 7.1 10.0 5.9 11.8 11.3
1985 7.2 2.6 7.2 10.5 6.0 11.2 10.5
1986 7.0 2.8 6.6 10.6 7.5* 11.2 9.6
1987 6.2 2.9 6.3 10.8 7.9 10.3 8.9
1988 5.5 2.5 6.3 10.3 7.9 8.6 7.8
1989 5.3 2.3 5.7 9.6 7.8 7.3 7.5
1990 5.6* 2.1 5.0 9.1 7.0 7.0 8.1
1991 6.8 2.1 4.3 # 9.6 6.9* 8.9 10.4
1992 7.5 2.2 4.6 # 10.4* 7.3 # 10.1 11.3
1993 6.9 2.5 5.7 # 11.8 10.2* # 10.5 11.2
1994 6.1* 2.9 6.5 # 12.3 11.3 # 9.6 # 10.4
1995 5.6 3.2 6.5 # 11.7 12.0 # 8.8 # 9.5
1996 5.4 3.4 7.2 # 12.5 # 12.1 # 8.3 # 9.7
1997 - - - - - - -
I 5.3 NA NA NA 12.3 7.5 9.6
*Break in Series. U.S. (1990, 1994), France (1992), Germany (1983), Italy (1986, 1991, 1993). These breaks are reflective of changes in methods of calculations.
# Preliminary.
Source: Bureaus of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, May 1997.

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