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POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, AND PRODUCTIVITY:PageB–32. Population by age group, 1929–99 .................................................... 345B–33. Civilian population and labor force, 1929–99 .................................. 346B–34. Civilian employment and unemployment by sex and age, 1950–99 ..................................................................................................... 348B–35. Civilian employment by demographic characteristic, 1955–99 ...... 349B–36. Unemployment by demographic characteristic, 1955–99 ............... 350B–37. Civilian labor force participation rate and employment/populationratio, 1950–99 ...................................................................... 351B–38. Civilian labor force participation rate by demographic characteristic,1955–99 .......................................................................... 352B–39. Civilian employment/population ratio by demographic characteristic,1955–99 .......................................................................... 353B–40. Civilian unemployment rate, 1950–99 ............................................. 354B–41. Civilian unemployment rate by demographic characteristic,1955–99 ........................................................................................... 355B–42. Unemployment by duration and reason, 1950–99 ........................... 356B–43. Unemployment insurance programs, selected data, 1967–99 ........ 357B–44. Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1950–99 ..................................................................................................... 358B–45. Hours and earnings in private nonagricultural industries, 1959–99 ..................................................................................................... 360B–46. Employment cost index, private industry, 1980–99 ........................ 361B–47. Productivity and related data, business sector, 1959–99 ................ 362B–48. Changes in productivity and related data, business sector, 1960–99 ..................................................................................................... 363PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY:B–49. Industrial production indexes, major industry divisions, 1950–99 364B–50. Industrial production indexes, market groupings, 1950–99 ........... 365B–51. Industrial production indexes, selected manufactures, 1950–99 ... 366B–52. Capacity utilization rates, 1950–99 .................................................. 367B–53. New construction activity, 1959–99 .................................................. 368B–54. New housing units started and authorized, 1959–99 ..................... 369B–55. Manufacturing and trade sales and inventories, 1954–99 ............. 370B–56. Manufacturers’ shipments and inventories, 1954–99 ..................... 371B–57. Manufacturers’ new and unfilled orders, 1954–99 .......................... 372PRICES:B–58. Consumer price indexes for major expenditure classes, 1958–99 373B–59. Consumer price indexes for selected expenditure classes, 1958–99 ..................................................................................................... 374B–60. Consumer price indexes for commodities, services, and specialgroups, 1958–99 .............................................................................. 376B–61. Changes in special consumer price indexes, 1960–99 ..................... 377B–62. Changes in consumer price indexes for commodities and services,1929–99 ........................................................................................... 378B–63. Producer price indexes by stage of processing, 1954–99 ................. 379B–64. Producer price indexes by stage of processing, special groups,1974–99 ........................................................................................... 381B–65. Producer price indexes for major commodity groups, 1954–99 ...... 382B–66. Changes in producer price indexes for finished goods, 1960–99 .... 384302