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October 1995, Vol. 118, No.
10
John E. Bregger
Assistant Commissioner for Current Employment
Analysis (Retired), Bureau of Labor Statistics
Steven E. Haugen
Economist, Division of Labor Force Statistics,
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Some of the original BLS unemployment indicators, U-1 through U-7, have been retained as part of the new range, U-1 through U-6; several new measures make use of data heretofore unavailable from the CPS. This article provides a brief history of the old range of alternative measures and reviews the impact of the redesigned CPS on the pre-1994 series, before introducing the new set of unemployment measures.
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