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
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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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