The Trend of Unemployment, Nominal Wages and the Cost of Living in Great Britain (1910-1922)

Year	Unemployment+ (in %)	Nominal Wages++ (1913=100)	Cost of Living+++ (1913=100)
1910	4,7	95	95,5
1911	3,0	96	95,5
1912	3,2	97	99
1913	2,1	100	100
1914	3,3	102	99
1915	1,1	110	122
1916	0,4	120	144
1917	0,7	141	174
1918	0,8	182	200
1919	2,4	235	215
1920	2,4	282	249
1921	16,7	280	226
1922	14,1	216	182

+ During the war men with the forces were excluded from the base in working the percentages. 1910-1920: Trade Union 'Unemployed’ percentage; 1921-1922: Ministry of Labour 'Unemployed1 Percentage.

++ 1910-1914: Board of Trade figures, 1914-1919; Prof. Bowley's figures; 1919-1922: London and Cambridge Economic Service figures,

+++ Ministry of Labour figures.

Source: Table III, The trend of production, Unemployment, Nominal Wages, Wholesale Prices, and the Cost of Living in Great Britain 1910-1930 in: F.C. Benham, Fluctuations in Unemployment in Great Britain pp.264-265 in: M.L. Pleddérus (ed), International Unemployment, A Study of Fluctuations in Employment and Unemployment in Several Countries 1910-1930, contributed to the World Social Economic Congress, Amsterdam August 1931, The Hague 1932, pp.229-277.