Chapter 12.
Foreign Labor Statistics

Description of Measures
The emphasis of the current program is on the development of international comparisons of the labor force, employment, and unemployment; productivity and unit labor costs; hourly compensation costs of manufacturing production workers; indicators related to the family; real gross domestic product per capita and per employed person; and consumer prices and other measures. The measures compiled relate primarily to the major industrial countries, but other countries or areas of importance to U.S. foreign trade are included in some of the measures. Most of the series are prepared on an annual average basis; comparative figures on unemployment and consumer prices are prepared monthly.

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