Employment growth rates in the United States, Canada, Japan, and 
Europe (G4), selected periods, 1960–2000	

			
			       Annual percent growth	
		
		United States  	  Canada     Japan     Europe (G4)

1960–73		2.0		  2.9	     1.4       0.3
1973–90		2.0		  2.3	     1.0       0.5
1990–2000	1.3		  1.4	     0.3       0.3

				
Note:				
Europe (G4) consists of France, Germany, Italy, and 				
the United Kingdom.  Germany is former West Germany				
through 1990 and unified Germany thereafter.