Table V.B2.--Additional Economic Factors
Calendar Years 1960-2002
Historical Period

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		Average annual percentage increase in--
Calendar year	Average annual unemployment rate 1 (percent)	Labor force 3	Total Employment 4	Real GDP 5	Average annual interest rate 2 (percent)
1960	5.5	1.9	1.7	2.5	2.9
1961	6.7	1.1	.0	2.3	3.8
1962	5.6	.2	1.8	6.0	3.9
1963	5.6	1.7	1.4	4.3	3.9
1964	5.2	1.7	2.2	5.8	4.1
1965	4.5	1.9	2.4	6.4	4.2
1966	3.8	1.8	3.0	6.6	4.9
1967	3.8	2.1	2.4	2.5	5.0
1968	3.6	1.8	2.1	4.8	5.5
1969	3.5	2.5	2.4	3.0	6.6
1970	5.0	2.6	.6	.2	7.3
1971	6.0	1.9	.4	3.3	6.0
1972	5.6	3.1	2.9	5.4	5.9
1973	4.9	2.7	3.3	5.8	6.6
1974	5.6	2.9	1.9	-.6	7.5
1975	8.5	2.0	-1.1	-.4	7.4
1976	7.7	2.5	3.3	5.6	7.1
1977	7.1	2.9	3.6	4.6	7.1
1978	6.1	3.3	4.3	5.5	8.2
1979	5.9	2.7	2.8	3.2	9.1
1980	7.2	1.9	.5	-.2	11.0
1981	7.6	1.6	1.1	2.4	13.3
1982	9.7	1.4	-.8	-2.0	12.8
1983	9.6	1.2	1.3	4.3	11.0
1984	7.5	1.8	4.1	7.3	12.4
1985	7.2	1.7	2.0	3.8	10.8
1986	7.0	2.1	2.2	3.4	8.0
1987	6.2	1.7	2.6	3.4	8.4
1988	5.5	1.5	2.2	4.2	8.8
1989	5.3	1.8	2.0	3.5	8.7
1990	5.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	8.6
1991	6.9	.4	-.9	-.5	8.0
1992	7.5	1.4	.5	3.1	7.1
1993	6.9	.8	1.3	2.7	6.1
1994	6.1	1.4	2.2	4.0	7.1
1995	5.6	1.0	1.4	2.7	6.9
1996	5.4	1.2	1.4	3.6	6.6
1997	4.9	1.8	2.2	4.4	6.6
1998	4.5	1.0	1.4	4.3	5.6
1999	4.2	1.2	1.5	4.1	5.9
2000	4.0	1.1	1.2	3.8	6.2
2001	4.8	.7	-.1	.3	5.2
2002	5.8	.5	-.6	2.4	4.9

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¹Unadjusted civilian unemployment rates are shown.
²The average annual interest rate is the average of the nominal interest rates, which, in practice, are compounded semiannually, for special public-debt obligations issuable to the trust funds in each of the 12 months of the year.
³The U.S. civilian labor force concept is used here.
⁴Total of civilian and military employment in the U.S. economy.
⁵The real GDP (gross domestic product) is the value of total output of goods and services, expressed in 1996 dollars.

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