BLS Begins Collecting Unemployment Data

Isador Lubin, Chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, presents labor statistics to the Special Senate Committee on Employment, 1937. Visit BLS at http://www.bls.gov.

When the Great Depression hits, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is only collecting information on employment. In 1930, Congress authorizes BLS to collect unemployment data - just as unemployment is about to hit an all-time high.

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