Figure Q

Total voluntary quits (in thousands), December 2000–February 2014

Total voluntary quits
2000/12/01 3044
2001/01/01 3390
2001/02/01 3284
2001/03/01 3178
2001/04/01 3191
2001/05/01 3116
2001/06/01 2993
2001/07/01 2945
2001/08/01 2823
2001/09/01 2729
2001/10/01 2843
2001/11/01 2621
2001/12/01 2627
2002/01/01 2894
2002/02/01 2675
2002/03/01 2526
2002/04/01 2710
2002/05/01 2722
2002/06/01 2602
2002/07/01 2688
2002/08/01 2607
2002/09/01 2608
2002/10/01 2563
2002/11/01 2497
2002/12/01 2647
2003/01/01 2489
2003/02/01 2498
2003/03/01 2428
2003/04/01 2387
2003/05/01 2394
2003/06/01 2365
2003/07/01 2341
2003/08/01 2380
2003/09/01 2468
2003/10/01 2508
2003/11/01 2495
2003/12/01 2503
2004/01/01 2423
2004/02/01 2467
2004/03/01 2662
2004/04/01 2623
2004/05/01 2482
2004/06/01 2666
2004/07/01 2670
2004/08/01 2639
2004/09/01 2593
2004/10/01 2585
2004/11/01 2818
2004/12/01 2772
2005/01/01 2830
2005/02/01 2675
2005/03/01 2854
2005/04/01 2765
2005/05/01 2842
2005/06/01 2796
2005/07/01 2747
2005/08/01 2938
2005/09/01 3053
2005/10/01 2943
2005/11/01 2928
2005/12/01 2823
2006/01/01 2853
2006/02/01 3013
2006/03/01 3037
2006/04/01 2808
2006/05/01 3049
2006/06/01 3034
2006/07/01 2943
2006/08/01 2950
2006/09/01 2914
2006/10/01 2936
2006/11/01 3096
2006/12/01 3083
2007/01/01 2975
2007/02/01 2995
2007/03/01 2985
2007/04/01 2890
2007/05/01 2978
2007/06/01 2829
2007/07/01 2898
2007/08/01 2890
2007/09/01 2638
2007/10/01 2853
2007/11/01 2823
2007/12/01 2823
2008/01/01 2818
2008/02/01 2809
2008/03/01 2619
2008/04/01 2839
2008/05/01 2639
2008/06/01 2620
2008/07/01 2495
2008/08/01 2375
2008/09/01 2417
2008/10/01 2443
2008/11/01 2083
2008/12/01 2129
2009/01/01 2040
2009/02/01 1959
2009/03/01 1804
2009/04/01 1731
2009/05/01 1711
2009/06/01 1737
2009/07/01 1710
2009/08/01 1642
2009/09/01 1644
2009/10/01 1670
2009/11/01 1786
2009/12/01 1690
2010/01/01 1683
2010/02/01 1735
2010/03/01 1818
2010/04/01 1906
2010/05/01 1779
2010/06/01 1910
2010/07/01 1846
2010/08/01 1864
2010/09/01 1888
2010/10/01 1877
2010/11/01 1821
2010/12/01 1943
2011/01/01 1814
2011/02/01 1872
2011/03/01 1988
2011/04/01 1933
2011/05/01 1990
2011/06/01 1946
2011/07/01 1971
2011/08/01 2043
2011/09/01 2029
2011/10/01 1965
2011/11/01 1970
2011/12/01 1973
2012/01/01 1978
2012/02/01 2090
2012/03/01 2191
2012/04/01 2097
2012/05/01 2162
2012/06/01 2141
2012/07/01 2092
2012/08/01 2119
2012/09/01 1941
2012/10/01 2043
2012/11/01 2095
2012/12/01 2138
2013/01/01 2301
2013/02/01 2268
2013/03/01 2103
2013/04/01 2238
2013/05/01 2198
2013/06/01 2199
2013/07/01 2305
2013/08/01 2346
2013/09/01 2381
2013/10/13 2426
2013/11/24 2448
2013/12/01 2417
2014/01/01 2375
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