Quarterly quit rate, 1990–2019

date Quit rate
1990Q2 7.9%
1990Q3 7.1%
1990Q4 7.3%
1991Q1 7.2%
1991Q2 7.0%
1991Q3 6.9%
1991Q4 6.6%
1992Q1 6.6%
1992Q2 6.5%
1992Q3 6.6%
1992Q4 6.6%
1993Q1 6.6%
1993Q2 6.8%
1993Q3 6.9%
1993Q4 7.0%
1994Q1 7.1%
1994Q2 7.5%
1994Q3 7.6%
1994Q4 7.8%
1995Q1 7.8%
1995Q2 7.6%
1995Q3 7.6%
1995Q4 7.5%
1996Q1 7.5%
1996Q2 7.5%
1996Q3 7.9%
1996Q4 7.5%
1997Q1 7.9%
1997Q2 8.0%
1997Q3 7.8%
1997Q4 8.1%
1998Q1 8.0%
1998Q2 8.2%
1998Q3 8.2%
1998Q4 8.2%
1999Q1 8.5%
1999Q2 8.0%
1999Q3 8.4%
1999Q4 8.7%
2000Q1 8.6%
2000Q2 8.5%
2000Q3 8.4%
2000Q4 8.3%
2001Q1 8.1%
2001Q2 8.1%
2001Q3 8.0%
2001Q4 7.5%
2002Q1 7.1%
2002Q2 6.9%
2002Q3 7.2%
2002Q4 6.8%
2003Q1 6.8%
2003Q2 6.5%
2003Q3 6.2%
2003Q4 6.3%
2004Q1 6.5%
2004Q2 6.7%
2004Q3 6.7%
2004Q4 7.0%
2005Q1 7.2%
2005Q2 7.2%
2005Q3 7.7%
2005Q4 7.2%
2006Q1 7.2%
2006Q2 7.3%
2006Q3 7.6%
2006Q4 7.7%
2007Q1 7.5%
2007Q2 7.1%
2007Q3 7.0%
2007Q4 6.9%
2008Q1 6.7%
2008Q2 6.8%
2008Q3 6.0%
2008Q4 5.5%
2009Q1 4.8%
2009Q2 4.4%
2009Q3 4.3%
2009Q4 4.4%
2010Q1 4.8%
2010Q2 5.0%
2010Q3 4.8%
2010Q4 5.0%
2011Q1 5.0%
2011Q2 5.0%
2011Q3 5.1%
2011Q4 5.2%
2012Q1 5.3%
2012Q2 5.2%
2012Q3 5.1%
2012Q4 5.0%
2013Q1 5.5%
2013Q2 5.5%
2013Q3 5.6%
2013Q4 5.7%
2014Q1 5.7%
2014Q2 6.0%
2014Q3 6.2%
2014Q4 6.2%
2015Q1 6.4%
2015Q2 6.3%
2015Q3 6.5%
2015Q4 6.7%
2016Q1 6.7%
2016Q2 6.9%
2016Q3 6.8%
2016Q4 6.8%
2017Q1 6.9%
2017Q2 6.9%
2017Q3 7.1%
2017Q4 6.9%
2018Q1 6.9%
2018Q2 7.4%
2018Q3 7.6%
2018Q4 7.3%
2019Q1 7.4%
2019Q2 7.5%
2019Q3 7.6%
2019Q4 7.2%

Source: Extended version of Davis, Faberman, and Haltwanger (2012a).

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