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Stanley Lebergott

American economist (1918-2009)

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Jan 11, 2026
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What were the official U.S. unemployment rates by year from 1929 to 1936 according to BLS and historical reconstructions?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ reconstructed annual unemployment series for 1929–1939—published in a 1948 technical note and later loaded into BLS databases—provides the “official” annual unemploymen...

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Did the unemoloyment rate in the early 1930s dip to around 9 and then to 6 and then up after the tarrifs

The short answer is: no—there is no robust evidence that U.S. unemployment in the early 1930s dipped to “around 9” then to “6” before rising again after tariffs; instead, accepted historical series sh...