Figure A
Share of newly employed workers who said that they were not actively searching for work in the previous month
month | Share of newly employed workers who said that they were not actively searching for work in the previous month |
---|---|
Apr-1990 | 0.619061194 |
May-1990 | 0.625533242 |
Jun-1990 | 0.619756181 |
Jul-1990 | 0.620126203 |
Aug-1990 | 0.615639087 |
Sep-1990 | 0.623043384 |
Oct-1990 | 0.610341025 |
Nov-1990 | 0.612361224 |
Dec-1990 | 0.603578473 |
Jan-1991 | 0.598715189 |
Feb-1991 | 0.58966126 |
Mar-1991 | 0.585126773 |
Apr-1991 | 0.57675391 |
May-1991 | 0.575825407 |
Jun-1991 | 0.572040718 |
Jul-1991 | 0.580338661 |
Aug-1991 | 0.577503534 |
Sep-1991 | 0.577201348 |
Oct-1991 | 0.57270561 |
Nov-1991 | 0.5693876 |
Dec-1991 | 0.570487114 |
Jan-1992 | 0.568121352 |
Feb-1992 | 0.570804357 |
Mar-1992 | 0.571116955 |
Apr-1992 | 0.571645648 |
May-1992 | 0.573030314 |
Jun-1992 | 0.565799941 |
Jul-1992 | 0.564165415 |
Aug-1992 | 0.561335041 |
Sep-1992 | 0.559472882 |
Oct-1992 | 0.557399784 |
Nov-1992 | 0.558307562 |
Dec-1992 | 0.561379573 |
Jan-1993 | 0.566100124 |
Feb-1993 | 0.57703722 |
Mar-1993 | 0.582507595 |
Apr-1993 | 0.584086615 |
May-1993 | 0.582408241 |
Jun-1993 | 0.580649987 |
Jul-1993 | 0.57543839 |
Aug-1993 | 0.575111185 |
Sep-1993 | 0.580261424 |
Oct-1993 | 0.589172582 |
Nov-1993 | 0.584806622 |
Dec-1993 | 0.583045217 |
Jan-1994 | 0.587623858 |
Feb-1994 | 0.59237314 |
Mar-1994 | 0.590882581 |
Apr-1994 | 0.586643952 |
May-1994 | 0.583134239 |
Jun-1994 | 0.584735637 |
Jul-1994 | 0.58582061 |
Aug-1994 | 0.59035676 |
Sep-1994 | 0.591369107 |
Oct-1994 | 0.597964368 |
Nov-1994 | 0.600867629 |
Dec-1994 | 0.603204349 |
Jan-1995 | 0.60352445 |
Feb-1995 | 0.59530718 |
Mar-1995 | 0.596899473 |
Apr-1995 | 0.597369416 |
May-1995 | 0.592238489 |
Jun-1995 | 0.595424824 |
Jul-1995 | 0.594957781 |
Aug-1995 | 0.599668397 |
Sep-1995 | 0.60216048 |
Oct-1995 | 0.598553768 |
Nov-1995 | 0.606095585 |
Dec-1995 | 0.598981231 |
Jan-1996 | 0.597841927 |
Feb-1996 | 0.602802436 |
Mar-1996 | 0.606867321 |
Apr-1996 | 0.609937253 |
May-1996 | 0.60705307 |
Jun-1996 | 0.608479413 |
Jul-1996 | 0.614605227 |
Aug-1996 | 0.607839155 |
Sep-1996 | 0.609199714 |
Oct-1996 | 0.602445308 |
Nov-1996 | 0.605637549 |
Dec-1996 | 0.596219465 |
Jan-1997 | 0.590754667 |
Feb-1997 | 0.589335483 |
Mar-1997 | 0.602803617 |
Apr-1997 | 0.613959377 |
May-1997 | 0.617748049 |
Jun-1997 | 0.611254191 |
Jul-1997 | 0.603536194 |
Aug-1997 | 0.612552596 |
Sep-1997 | 0.618873145 |
Oct-1997 | 0.624973669 |
Nov-1997 | 0.626925883 |
Dec-1997 | 0.628275031 |
Jan-1998 | 0.63338948 |
Feb-1998 | 0.626990945 |
Mar-1998 | 0.628814261 |
Apr-1998 | 0.623806653 |
May-1998 | 0.634938781 |
Jun-1998 | 0.63245812 |
Jul-1998 | 0.641843526 |
Aug-1998 | 0.639762834 |
Sep-1998 | 0.65235502 |
Oct-1998 | 0.651439055 |
Nov-1998 | 0.650647242 |
Dec-1998 | 0.649278477 |
Jan-1999 | 0.655927306 |
Feb-1999 | 0.655433688 |
Mar-1999 | 0.642017531 |
Apr-1999 | 0.652836647 |
May-1999 | 0.66117043 |
Jun-1999 | 0.674181008 |
Jul-1999 | 0.663778677 |
Aug-1999 | 0.656527773 |
Sep-1999 | 0.653479399 |
Oct-1999 | 0.655027051 |
Nov-1999 | 0.652587719 |
Dec-1999 | 0.651058862 |
Jan-2000 | 0.643748049 |
Feb-2000 | 0.654027629 |
Mar-2000 | 0.656550776 |
Apr-2000 | 0.658680264 |
May-2000 | 0.655964503 |
Jun-2000 | 0.659234802 |
Jul-2000 | 0.653901934 |
Aug-2000 | 0.654675574 |
Sep-2000 | 0.655973831 |
Oct-2000 | 0.665116907 |
Nov-2000 | 0.673867295 |
Dec-2000 | 0.680895519 |
Jan-2001 | 0.690268352 |
Feb-2001 | 0.685529592 |
Mar-2001 | 0.679095249 |
Apr-2001 | 0.668769981 |
May-2001 | 0.657618397 |
Jun-2001 | 0.653238473 |
Jul-2001 | 0.657461895 |
Aug-2001 | 0.661781736 |
Sep-2001 | 0.665688516 |
Oct-2001 | 0.654644195 |
Nov-2001 | 0.643887722 |
Dec-2001 | 0.629163795 |
Jan-2002 | 0.625570921 |
Feb-2002 | 0.623252327 |
Mar-2002 | 0.616761814 |
Apr-2002 | 0.619352312 |
May-2002 | 0.6281364 |
Jun-2002 | 0.644322555 |
Jul-2002 | 0.645081577 |
Aug-2002 | 0.640422961 |
Sep-2002 | 0.630539716 |
Oct-2002 | 0.630722088 |
Nov-2002 | 0.63702404 |
Dec-2002 | 0.640892434 |
Jan-2003 | 0.642074567 |
Feb-2003 | 0.641866502 |
Mar-2003 | 0.644924113 |
Apr-2003 | 0.64280601 |
May-2003 | 0.636522922 |
Jun-2003 | 0.635369374 |
Jul-2003 | 0.630533563 |
Aug-2003 | 0.632354043 |
Sep-2003 | 0.634280645 |
Oct-2003 | 0.643246002 |
Nov-2003 | 0.647302622 |
Dec-2003 | 0.636562444 |
Jan-2004 | 0.636160683 |
Feb-2004 | 0.634295528 |
Mar-2004 | 0.648753896 |
Apr-2004 | 0.6431547 |
May-2004 | 0.642886513 |
Jun-2004 | 0.637251597 |
Jul-2004 | 0.642144518 |
Aug-2004 | 0.645396844 |
Sep-2004 | 0.640996463 |
Oct-2004 | 0.642332737 |
Nov-2004 | 0.639802561 |
Dec-2004 | 0.644414175 |
Jan-2005 | 0.646355348 |
Feb-2005 | 0.647678336 |
Mar-2005 | 0.648724636 |
Apr-2005 | 0.651202145 |
May-2005 | 0.657557919 |
Jun-2005 | 0.660921628 |
Jul-2005 | 0.665708658 |
Aug-2005 | 0.658747765 |
Sep-2005 | 0.665393326 |
Oct-2005 | 0.661679311 |
Nov-2005 | 0.659546579 |
Dec-2005 | 0.65920845 |
Jan-2006 | 0.65788895 |
Feb-2006 | 0.672929406 |
Mar-2006 | 0.672584473 |
Apr-2006 | 0.676422197 |
May-2006 | 0.673081074 |
Jun-2006 | 0.671832347 |
Jul-2006 | 0.667112905 |
Aug-2006 | 0.664033875 |
Sep-2006 | 0.658984809 |
Oct-2006 | 0.669052906 |
Nov-2006 | 0.67632238 |
Dec-2006 | 0.683011922 |
Jan-2007 | 0.680309971 |
Feb-2007 | 0.670084946 |
Mar-2007 | 0.664751141 |
Apr-2007 | 0.658188675 |
May-2007 | 0.661973717 |
Jun-2007 | 0.676039759 |
Jul-2007 | 0.676849741 |
Aug-2007 | 0.67560003 |
Sep-2007 | 0.668732799 |
Oct-2007 | 0.669893002 |
Nov-2007 | 0.674906961 |
Dec-2007 | 0.665956123 |
Jan-2008 | 0.663951923 |
Feb-2008 | 0.654468259 |
Mar-2008 | 0.656005818 |
Apr-2008 | 0.647445881 |
May-2008 | 0.651408561 |
Jun-2008 | 0.649366406 |
Jul-2008 | 0.652727202 |
Aug-2008 | 0.642415261 |
Sep-2008 | 0.629132056 |
Oct-2008 | 0.621308055 |
Nov-2008 | 0.619062092 |
Dec-2008 | 0.623007046 |
Jan-2009 | 0.62216489 |
Feb-2009 | 0.616412421 |
Mar-2009 | 0.607859766 |
Apr-2009 | 0.598017638 |
May-2009 | 0.596437335 |
Jun-2009 | 0.582744032 |
Jul-2009 | 0.574578688 |
Aug-2009 | 0.569886312 |
Sep-2009 | 0.567640731 |
Oct-2009 | 0.576422451 |
Nov-2009 | 0.567487537 |
Dec-2009 | 0.576904393 |
Jan-2010 | 0.578612485 |
Feb-2010 | 0.58771748 |
Mar-2010 | 0.586724228 |
Apr-2010 | 0.573916413 |
May-2010 | 0.564273575 |
Jun-2010 | 0.565742891 |
Jul-2010 | 0.572291852 |
Aug-2010 | 0.584419237 |
Sep-2010 | 0.588089925 |
Oct-2010 | 0.588881872 |
Nov-2010 | 0.589282423 |
Dec-2010 | 0.584288678 |
Jan-2011 | 0.591446207 |
Feb-2011 | 0.594682967 |
Mar-2011 | 0.601370942 |
Apr-2011 | 0.603527524 |
May-2011 | 0.602166259 |
Jun-2011 | 0.596796343 |
Jul-2011 | 0.597806935 |
Aug-2011 | 0.595821002 |
Sep-2011 | 0.606436542 |
Oct-2011 | 0.5975336 |
Nov-2011 | 0.598332595 |
Dec-2011 | 0.590721661 |
Jan-2012 | 0.591505031 |
Feb-2012 | 0.59128999 |
Mar-2012 | 0.594276128 |
Apr-2012 | 0.602751533 |
May-2012 | 0.609131436 |
Jun-2012 | 0.615909451 |
Jul-2012 | 0.617823394 |
Aug-2012 | 0.623327732 |
Sep-2012 | 0.622822225 |
Oct-2012 | 0.61989484 |
Nov-2012 | 0.618395014 |
Dec-2012 | 0.625088959 |
Jan-2013 | 0.622186823 |
Feb-2013 | 0.615452882 |
Mar-2013 | 0.616257172 |
Apr-2013 | 0.630587158 |
May-2013 | 0.634563561 |
Jun-2013 | 0.631615777 |
Jul-2013 | 0.6229478 |
Aug-2013 | 0.629017234 |
Sep-2013 | 0.634890375 |
Oct-2013 | 0.642887082 |
Nov-2013 | 0.641139281 |
Dec-2013 | 0.63552314 |
Jan-2014 | 0.639281932 |
Feb-2014 | 0.634808783 |
Mar-2014 | 0.638695667 |
Apr-2014 | 0.62669401 |
May-2014 | 0.640432689 |
Jun-2014 | 0.643762397 |
Jul-2014 | 0.660208928 |
Aug-2014 | 0.656453334 |
Sep-2014 | 0.6536489 |
Oct-2014 | 0.649484992 |
Nov-2014 | 0.654020558 |
Dec-2014 | 0.658726702 |
Jan-2015 | 0.673065296 |
Feb-2015 | 0.677885594 |
Mar-2015 | 0.68366105 |
Apr-2015 | 0.678239842 |
May-2015 | 0.682306705 |
Jun-2015 | 0.680812513 |
Jul-2015 | 0.690145717 |
Aug-2015 | 0.687777067 |
Sep-2015 | 0.688177061 |
Oct-2015 | 0.686184303 |
Nov-2015 | 0.68796299 |
Dec-2015 | 0.691382594 |
Jan-2016 | 0.688694109 |
Feb-2016 | 0.697439354 |
Mar-2016 | 0.703791277 |
Apr-2016 | 0.70435502 |
May-2016 | 0.693008578 |
Jun-2016 | 0.690739329 |
Jul-2016 | 0.690825783 |
Aug-2016 | 0.696934597 |
Sep-2016 | 0.691895414 |
Oct-2016 | 0.681299413 |
Nov-2016 | 0.678956888 |
Dec-2016 | 0.689265435 |
Jan-2017 | 0.696840649 |
Feb-2017 | 0.690350762 |
Mar-2017 | 0.68692994 |
Apr-2017 | 0.690272501 |
May-2017 | 0.697057883 |
Jun-2017 | 0.706149611 |
Jul-2017 | 0.704329156 |
Aug-2017 | 0.709058513 |
Sep-2017 | 0.703788751 |
Oct-2017 | 0.705423927 |
Nov-2017 | 0.710066318 |
Dec-2017 | 0.709179659 |
Jan-2018 | 0.71534514 |
Feb-2018 | 0.710053927 |
Mar-2018 | 0.705621317 |
Apr-2018 | 0.703008745 |
Note: Because of volatility in these data, the line reflects three month moving averages
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Force Flows: Unemployed to Employed (16 Years and Over) [LNS17400000], and Not in Labor Force to Employed (16 years and over) [LNS17200000], retrieved from FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), March 28, 2018
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