Title: Potential Manhours Lost, Labor Force for United States Series ID: M08356USM420SNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Millions of Manhours Date Range: 1947-01-01 to 1969-11-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:23 PM CDT 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 DATE VALUE 1947-01-01 117.8 1947-02-01 111.0 1947-03-01 118.3 1947-04-01 138.6 1947-05-01 123.4 1947-06-01 135.8 1947-07-01 136.2 1947-08-01 130.2 1947-09-01 125.3 1947-10-01 120.0 1947-11-01 103.6 1947-12-01 104.8 1948-01-01 107.2 1948-02-01 122.5 1948-03-01 127.1 1948-04-01 128.1 1948-05-01 109.7 1948-06-01 117.3 1948-07-01 117.6 1948-08-01 123.4 1948-09-01 122.0 1948-10-01 119.0 1948-11-01 120.6 1948-12-01 126.4 1949-01-01 134.4 1949-02-01 147.7 1949-03-01 156.6 1949-04-01 169.1 1949-05-01 193.8 1949-06-01 193.6 1949-07-01 209.3 1949-08-01 216.1 1949-09-01 207.7 1949-10-01 251.1 1949-11-01 205.5 1949-12-01 208.7 1950-01-01 206.3 1950-02-01 203.0 1950-03-01 200.5 1950-04-01 183.2 1950-05-01 175.2 1950-06-01 174.1 1950-07-01 162.5 1950-08-01 145.5 1950-09-01 146.2 1950-10-01 136.3 1950-11-01 133.5 1950-12-01 135.3 1951-01-01 119.5 1951-02-01 109.7 1951-03-01 111.0 1951-04-01 100.1 1951-05-01 97.5 1951-06-01 102.8 1951-07-01 101.8 1951-08-01 100.4 1951-09-01 107.9 1951-10-01 114.1 1951-11-01 111.1 1951-12-01 101.7 1952-01-01 101.7 1952-02-01 102.0 1952-03-01 94.5 1952-04-01 93.7 1952-05-01 97.3 1952-06-01 97.3 1952-07-01 102.8 1952-08-01 107.7 1952-09-01 103.4 1952-10-01 95.5 1952-11-01 90.0 1952-12-01 86.7 1953-01-01 95.3 1953-02-01 84.5 1953-03-01 84.8 1953-04-01 88.7 1953-05-01 81.7 1953-06-01 83.0 1953-07-01 85.0 1953-08-01 85.3 1953-09-01 94.4 1953-10-01 101.4 1953-11-01 113.5 1953-12-01 145.0 1954-01-01 156.8 1954-02-01 168.5 1954-03-01 182.7 1954-04-01 189.4 1954-05-01 188.2 1954-06-01 179.0 1954-07-01 183.4 1954-08-01 193.9 1954-09-01 198.1 1954-10-01 184.4 1954-11-01 170.9 1954-12-01 161.3 1955-01-01 159.3 1955-02-01 149.8 1955-03-01 148.9 1955-04-01 153.3 1955-05-01 138.4 1955-06-01 134.4 1955-07-01 134.3 1955-08-01 142.4 1955-09-01 137.2 1955-10-01 139.7 1955-11-01 140.4 1955-12-01 138.1 1956-01-01 135.6 1956-02-01 134.2 1956-03-01 136.5 1956-04-01 138.5 1956-05-01 144.1 1956-06-01 149.8 1956-07-01 146.8 1956-08-01 138.9 1956-09-01 136.4 1956-10-01 136.4 1956-11-01 140.9 1956-12-01 140.6 1957-01-01 142.9 1957-02-01 142.0 1957-03-01 130.1 1957-04-01 137.8 1957-05-01 142.9 1957-06-01 149.7 1957-07-01 145.4 1957-08-01 143.4 1957-09-01 150.6 1957-10-01 156.4 1957-11-01 166.1 1957-12-01 171.2 1958-01-01 197.8 1958-02-01 215.7 1958-03-01 224.7 1958-04-01 250.1 1958-05-01 244.9 1958-06-01 228.8 1958-07-01 231.1 1958-08-01 234.6 1958-09-01 227.6 1958-10-01 220.0 1958-11-01 196.1 1958-12-01 205.3 1959-01-01 203.6 1959-02-01 196.4 1959-03-01 190.1 1959-04-01 182.8 1959-05-01 170.7 1959-06-01 170.2 1959-07-01 176.1 1959-08-01 179.8 1959-09-01 187.8 1959-10-01 192.9 1959-11-01 190.2 1959-12-01 180.4 1960-01-01 180.2 1960-02-01 171.4 1960-03-01 177.0 1960-04-01 185.8 1960-05-01 178.4 1960-06-01 191.5 1960-07-01 187.3 1960-08-01 194.0 1960-09-01 192.8 1960-10-01 205.5 1960-11-01 211.6 1960-12-01 225.4 1961-01-01 230.4 1961-02-01 240.7 1961-03-01 234.8 1961-04-01 240.0 1961-05-01 239.5 1961-06-01 233.4 1961-07-01 234.6 1961-08-01 229.3 1961-09-01 222.6 1961-10-01 222.3 1961-11-01 203.0 1961-12-01 203.3 1962-01-01 195.4 1962-02-01 194.6 1962-03-01 199.1 1962-04-01 192.2 1962-05-01 194.1 1962-06-01 187.6 1962-07-01 188.7 1962-08-01 196.5 1962-09-01 197.5 1962-10-01 190.2 1962-11-01 196.4 1962-12-01 190.4 1963-01-01 191.3 1963-02-01 190.1 1963-03-01 185.2 1963-04-01 187.3 1963-05-01 188.6 1963-06-01 186.4 1963-07-01 186.6 1963-08-01 182.5 1963-09-01 178.0 1963-10-01 181.5 1963-11-01 184.2 1963-12-01 177.9 1964-01-01 179.7 1964-02-01 175.4 1964-03-01 173.7 1964-04-01 175.2 1964-05-01 172.1 1964-06-01 176.5 1964-07-01 168.6 1964-08-01 168.8 1964-09-01 166.9 1964-10-01 168.3 1964-11-01 154.2 1964-12-01 160.8 1965-01-01 159.2 1965-02-01 161.9 1965-03-01 156.0 1965-04-01 158.7 1965-05-01 157.5 1965-06-01 159.1 1965-07-01 157.7 1965-08-01 154.2 1965-09-01 141.1 1965-10-01 139.2 1965-11-01 136.6 1965-12-01 134.8 1966-01-01 131.2 1966-02-01 121.4 1966-03-01 124.6 1966-04-01 125.3 1966-05-01 133.0 1966-06-01 148.4 1966-07-01 141.8 1966-08-01 131.7 1966-09-01 128.5 1966-10-01 125.3 1966-11-01 119.7 1966-12-01 123.2 1967-01-01 129.2 1967-02-01 127.8 1967-03-01 127.0 1967-04-01 124.5 1967-05-01 116.8 1967-06-01 137.3 1967-07-01 132.0 1967-08-01 135.7 1967-09-01 146.4 1967-10-01 148.5 1967-11-01 132.9 1967-12-01 130.0 1968-01-01 128.7 1968-02-01 133.7 1968-03-01 127.2 1968-04-01 119.9 1968-05-01 117.4 1968-06-01 130.9 1968-07-01 134.4 1968-08-01 127.9 1968-09-01 128.2 1968-10-01 125.1 1968-11-01 121.4 1968-12-01 114.9 1969-01-01 116.4 1969-02-01 114.3 1969-03-01 119.9 1969-04-01 119.7 1969-05-01 112.8 1969-06-01 126.3 1969-07-01 133.1 1969-08-01 134.3 1969-09-01 144.7 1969-10-01 143.7 1969-11-01 130.5