"Table B-106.--Civilian unemployment rate, and hourly compensation, "																
"              major industrial countries, 1965-92"																
(Quarterly data seasonally adjusted)																
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-									
Year or quarter	United	Canada	Japan	France	Germany	Italy	United									
	States				(1)		Kingdom									
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-									
	Civilian unemployment rate (percent) 2/															
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-									
																
1965	4.5 	3.6 	1.2 	1.6 	0.3 	3.5 	2.1 									
1966	3.8 	3.4 	1.4 	1.6 	0.3 	3.7 	2.3 									
1967	3.8 	3.8 	1.3 	2.1 	1.3 	3.4 	3.3 									
1968	3.6 	4.5 	1.2 	2.7 	1.1 	3.5 	3.2 									
1969	3.5 	4.4 	1.1 	2.3 	0.6 	3.5 	3.1 									
 																
1970	4.9 	5.7 	1.2 	2.5 	0.5 	3.2 	3.1 									
1971	5.9 	6.2 	1.3 	2.8 	0.6 	3.3 	3.9 									
1972	5.6 	6.2 	1.4 	2.9 	0.7 	3.8 	4.2 									
1973	4.9 	5.5 	1.3 	2.8 	0.7 	3.7 	3.2 									
1974	5.6 	5.3 	1.4 	2.9 	1.6 	3.1 	3.1 									
1975	8.5 	6.9 	1.9 	4.1 	3.4 	3.4 	4.6 									
1976	7.7 	7.1 	2.0 	4.5 	3.4 	3.9 	5.9 									
1977	7.1 	8.1 	2.0 	5.1 	3.4 	4.1 	6.4 									
1978	6.1 	8.3 	2.3 	5.3 	3.3 	4.1 	6.3 									
1979	5.8 	7.4 	2.1 	6.0 	2.9 	4.4 	5.4 									
 																
1980	7.1 	7.5 	2.0 	6.4 	2.8 	4.4 	7.0 									
1981	7.6 	7.5 	2.2 	7.6 	4.0 	4.9 	10.5 									
1982	9.7 	11.0 	2.4 	8.3 	5.6 	5.4 	11.3 									
1983	9.6 	11.8 	2.7 	8.5 	 3    6.9	5.9 	11.8 									
1984	7.5 	11.2 	2.8 	10.0 	7.1 	5.9 	11.8 									
1985	7.2 	10.5 	2.6 	10.4 	7.2 	6.0 	11.2 									
1986	7.0 	9.5 	2.8 	10.6 	6.6 	3   7.5	11.2 									
1987	6.2 	8.8 	2.9 	10.7 	6.3 	7.9 	10.3 									
1988	5.5 	7.8 	2.5 	10.2 	      6.3	7.9 	8.6 									
1989	5.3 	7.5 	2.3 	9.6 	      5.7	7.8 	    7.1									
 																
1990	5.5 	8.1 	2.1 	9.1 	 p    5.0	 p  7.0	    6.9									
1991 p	6.7 	10.3 	2.1 	9.6 	      4.4	 3  6.9	8.8 									
1992	7.4 															
																
1991: I	6.5 	10.2 	2.1 	9.1 	4.5 	6.9 	7.9 									
      II	6.7 	10.3 	2.1 	9.5 	4.4 	7.0 	8.6 									
      III	6.7 	10.4 	2.2 	9.7 	4.4 	6.7 	9.2 									
      IV	7.0 	10.3 	2.1 	9.9 	4.4 	6.9 	9.4 									

1992: I	7.3 	10.7 	2.1 	10.0 	4.4 	7.0 	9.6 									
      II	7.5 	11.3 	2.1 	10.2 	4.6 	6.9 	9.8 
      III	7.5 	11.5 	2.2 	10.2 	4.8 	6.9 	10.2 
							
  Manufacturing hourly compensation in U.S. dollars (1982=100) 4							

1965		22.8 	8.5 	15.5 	13.2 	15.1 	15.8 
1966		24.7 	9.3 	16.4 	14.3 	16.0 	17.1 
1967		26.1 	10.5 	17.6 	15.2 	17.7 	17.3 
1968		28.2 	12.2 	19.8 	16.3 	18.9 	16.2 
1969		30.4 	14.6 	20.1 	18.1 	20.6 	17.6 
 							
1970		33.9 	17.4 	21.2 	22.9 	25.1 	20.4 
1971		37.7 	20.7 	24.0 	27.0 	29.4 	24.0 
1972		41.3 	27.3 	28.9 	32.5 	34.9 	28.4 
1973		44.3 	37.4 	37.8 	44.2 	41.2 	31.7 
1974		52.2 	45.6 	41.4 	51.6 	48.1 	36.3 
1975		57.3 	52.1 	57.3 	59.7 	60.5 	45.9 
1976		67.7 	56.2 	59.3 	62.9 	59.0 	43.1 
1977	62.6 	69.5 	68.6 	65.6 	74.5 	65.7 	47.2 
1978	67.7 	69.8 	94.0 	81.0 	92.8 	78.8 	60.5 
1979	74.2 	74.8 	95.5 	97.3 	109.1 	97.4 	79.7 
 							
1980	83.1 	83.0 	98.3 	113.5 	119.3 	111.1 	106.1 
1981	91.4 	93.1 	107.6 	102.0 	102.2 	100.9 	105.9 
1982	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 	100.0 
1983	102.5 	106.2 	107.7 	95.3 	99.9 	104.3 	92.7 
1984	105.7 	105.9 	111.0 	90.4 	93.9 	103.5 	87.7 
1985	111.0 	105.6 	115.0 	95.6 	96.0 	107.0 	92.2 
1986	115.4 	107.8 	171.2 	129.3 	135.6 	142.7 	112.2 
1987	118.0 	116.3 	204.2 	154.7 	171.4 	173.3 	133.2 
1988	122.6 	130.9 	234.4 	162.4 	182.1 	179.9 	152.6 
1989	127.3 	143.2 	231.2 	158.0 	178.4 	188.5 	152.6 
 																																					
1990	133.8 	154.8 	238.1 	192.4 	222.2 	239.4 	184.6 																line for copying into zero lines														
1991 	140.6 	168.0 	272.2 	193.6 	231.4 	253.5 	199.3 																|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|

1/   Former West Germany																																					

"2/   Civilian unemployment rates, approximating U.S."																																					
"     concepts.  Quarterly data for France, Germany, and"																																					
     United Kingdom should be viewed as less precise																																					
     indicators of unemployment under U.S. concepts than																																					
     the annual data.  Many Italians reported as																																					
     unemployed did not actively seek work in the past																																					
"     30 days, and they have been excluded from"																																					
     comparability with U.S. concepts.  Inclusion of																																					
     such persons would about double the unemployment																																					
"     rate for Italy through 1985, and increase it to 11-"																																					
     12 percent for 1986 forward.

3/   There are breaks in the series for Germany (1983)
"     and Italy (1986 and 1991).  Based on the prior series, the"
     rate for Germany was 7.4 percent in 1983 and the
     rate for Italy was 6.3 percent in 1986. Based on the new series
"     beginning in 1991, the rate for Italy for 1990 would be"
     approximately 7.3 percent.


"4/   Hourly compensation in manufacturing, U.S. dollar"
     basis.  Data relate to all employed persons (wage
     and salary earners and the self-employed) in the
"     United States and Canada, and to all employees"
     (wage and salary earners) in the other countries. 
"     For France and United Kingdom, compensation"
     adjusted to include changes in employment taxes
"     that are not compensation to employees, but are"
     labor costs to employers.

"Source:   Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor"
          Statistics.