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DescriptionUS Unemployment 1890-2008.gif	English: selfmade image of U.S. Unemployment rate from 1890-2008
Date	7 March 2009
Source	See 2009 update. Complete raw data are on (talk) page for Peace01234. 1930-2009 data are from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1940 to date ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/aat1.txt, retrieved March 6, 2009 and [1] retrieved February 12, 2010. Data prior to 1948 are for persons age 14 and over. Data beginning in 1948 are for persons age 16 and over. See also "Historical Comparability" under the Household Data section of the Explanatory Notes at http://www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf. 1890-1930 data are from Christina Romer (1986). "Spurious Volatility in Historical Unemployment Data", The Journal of Political Economy, 94(1): 1-37. 1930-1940 data are from Robert M. Coen (1973). "Labor Force and Unemployment in the 1920's and 1930's: A Re-Examination Based on Postwar Experience", The Review of Economics and Statistics, 55(1): 46-55.
Author	Peace01234 (talk)

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Peace01234, selfmade image of U.S. Unemployment rate from 1890-2008 see notes and sources, 03:15, 7 March 2009 (UTC), Peace01234 (talk)

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	04:10, 7 March 2009	799 × 446 (21 KB)	Peace01234	Blue dot for 2008. Data and source informaiton is available on talk page for peace01234.
	03:15, 7 March 2009	799 × 446 (21 KB)	Peace01234	Peace01234, selfmade image of U.S. Unemployment rate from 1890-2008 see notes and sources, ~~~~~, ~~~