Economic Data Revision History

This table shows macroeconomic datapoints and the history of their revisions by their respective government agencies. For more information about these revisions, see our blog post.

MetricPeriodRevision DateRevision #New ValuePrevious ValueChange
Unemployment RateMay 197302/03/19783rd4.94.80.1
CPI-U NA (All Items)December 197701/20/1978-6.8--
CPI-U SA (All Items)December 197701/20/1978-0.4--
Unemployment RateDecember 197701/11/1978-6.4--
CPI-U NA (All Items)November 197712/21/1977-6.7--
CPI-U SA (All Items)November 197712/21/1977-0.5--
Unemployment RateNovember 197712/02/1977-6.9--
CPI-U NA (All Items)October 197711/22/1977-6.5--
CPI-U SA (All Items)October 197711/22/1977-0.3--
Unemployment RateOctober 197711/04/1977-7.0--
CPI-U NA (All Items)September 197710/21/1977-6.6--
CPI-U SA (All Items)September 197710/21/1977-0.3--
Unemployment RateSeptember 197710/07/1977-6.9--
CPI-U SA (All Items)August 197709/21/1977-0.3--
CPI-U NA (All Items)August 197709/21/1977-6.6--
Unemployment RateAugust 197709/02/1977-7.1--
CPI-U NA (All Items)July 197708/19/1977-6.7--
CPI-U SA (All Items)July 197708/19/1977-0.4--
Unemployment RateJuly 197708/05/1977-6.9--
CPI-U SA (All Items)June 197707/21/1977-0.6--
CPI-U NA (All Items)June 197707/21/1977-6.9--
Unemployment RateJune 197707/08/1977-7.1--
CPI-U SA (All Items)May 197706/21/1977-0.6--
CPI-U NA (All Items)May 197706/21/1977-6.7--
Unemployment RateMay 197706/03/1977-6.9--
CPI-U SA (All Items)April 197705/20/1977-0.8--
CPI-U NA (All Items)April 197705/20/1977-6.8--
Unemployment RateApril 197705/06/1977-7.0--
CPI-U NA (All Items)March 197704/21/1977-6.4--
CPI-U SA (All Items)March 197704/21/1977-0.6--
Unemployment RateMarch 197704/01/1977-7.3--
CPI-U SA (All Items)February 197703/18/1977-1.0--
CPI-U NA (All Items)February 197703/18/1977-6.0--
Unemployment RateFebruary 197703/04/1977-7.5--
CPI-U SA (All Items)January 197702/18/1977-0.8--
CPI-U NA (All Items)January 197702/18/1977-5.2--
CPI-U SA (All Items)December 197602/18/19771st0.40.40.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)November 197602/18/19771st0.30.30.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)October 197602/18/19771st0.30.30.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)September 197602/18/19771st0.30.4-0.1
CPI-U SA (All Items)July 197602/18/19771st0.50.50.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)June 197602/18/19771st0.40.5-0.1
CPI-U SA (All Items)May 197602/18/19771st0.70.60.1
CPI-U SA (All Items)April 197602/18/19771st0.40.40.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)March 197602/18/19771st0.20.20.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)December 197502/18/19772nd0.50.50.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)November 197502/18/19772nd0.50.6-0.1
CPI-U SA (All Items)October 197502/18/19772nd0.60.60.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)September 197502/18/19772nd0.40.40.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)August 197502/18/19772nd0.30.4-0.1