Figure H

DHI-DFH measure of National mean vacancy duration, January 2001 to June 2017

Date Vacancy Duration Vacancy to Unemployment Ratio
Jan-01 23.0 0.89
Feb-01 23.4 0.76
Mar-01 21.2 0.73
Apr-01 23.2 0.79
May-01 22.6 0.73
Jun-01 22.6 0.66
Jul-01 22.2 0.68
Aug-01 22.1 0.58
Sep-01 21.3 0.55
Oct-01 19.4 0.47
Nov-01 18.4 0.43
Dec-01 18.5 0.42
Jan-02 19.3 0.46
Feb-02 18.7 0.41
Mar-02 19.5 0.42
Apr-02 18.4 0.40
May-02 18.6 0.43
Jun-02 18.6 0.40
Jul-02 17.6 0.41
Aug-02 18.5 0.42
Sep-02 18.1 0.40
Oct-02 18.6 0.43
Nov-02 18.3 0.40
Dec-02 16.5 0.34
Jan-03 18.2 0.44
Feb-03 19.6 0.39
Mar-03 18.7 0.35
Apr-03 17.9 0.38
May-03 18.5 0.36
Jun-03 18.0 0.36
Jul-03 18.2 0.37
Aug-03 18.3 0.37
Sep-03 16.8 0.34
Oct-03 16.7 0.37
Nov-03 17.5 0.37
Dec-03 16.6 0.39
Jan-04 18.1 0.41
Feb-04 18.9 0.42
Mar-04 16.9 0.39
Apr-04 17.9 0.44
May-04 19.2 0.45
Jun-04 18.5 0.42
Jul-04 19.8 0.49
Aug-04 19.1 0.45
Sep-04 19.3 0.47
Oct-04 19.3 0.47
Nov-04 17.3 0.41
Dec-04 17.3 0.46
Jan-05 18.3 0.47
Feb-05 18.6 0.48
Mar-05 19.1 0.49
Apr-05 20.1 0.55
May-05 19.8 0.51
Jun-05 19.3 0.54
Jul-05 20.7 0.58
Aug-05 20.1 0.55
Sep-05 20.0 0.56
Oct-05 22.2 0.57
Nov-05 20.8 0.56
Dec-05 21.0 0.56
Jan-06 21.0 0.61
Feb-06 20.8 0.59
Mar-06 21.2 0.63
Apr-06 23.4 0.66
May-06 21.4 0.63
Jun-06 21.5 0.62
Jul-06 20.5 0.58
Aug-06 21.9 0.64
Sep-06 22.6 0.65
Oct-06 22.5 0.67
Nov-06 20.7 0.63
Dec-06 21.4 0.63
Jan-07 22.2 0.65
Feb-07 22.7 0.64
Mar-07 22.1 0.69
Apr-07 24.0 0.71
May-07 23.0 0.67
Jun-07 23.0 0.66
Jul-07 23.3 0.63
Aug-07 23.1 0.65
Sep-07 22.9 0.63
Oct-07 21.9 0.60
Nov-07 21.2 0.57
Dec-07 21.6 0.54
Jan-08 22.4 0.56
Feb-08 21.7 0.54
Mar-08 21.9 0.51
Apr-08 21.6 0.54
May-08 22.7 0.47
Jun-08 21.1 0.44
Jul-08 22.1 0.43
Aug-08 21.4 0.39
Sep-08 20.7 0.34
Oct-08 19.2 0.33
Nov-08 20.3 0.28
Dec-08 17.8 0.25
Jan-09 17.5 0.23
Feb-09 18.0 0.22
Mar-09 18.2 0.18
Apr-09 16.3 0.17
May-09 16.5 0.17
Jun-09 17.2 0.17
Jul-09 15.4 0.15
Aug-09 15.7 0.16
Sep-09 16.2 0.16
Oct-09 16.8 0.16
Nov-09 15.4 0.15
Dec-09 16.3 0.16
Jan-10 17.1 0.17
Feb-10 17.9 0.17
Mar-10 16.4 0.17
Apr-10 19.1 0.21
May-10 18.0 0.20
Jun-10 17.6 0.19
Jul-10 18.0 0.21
Aug-10 19.5 0.20
Sep-10 18.5 0.19
Oct-10 18.7 0.21
Nov-10 18.8 0.19
Dec-10 18.0 0.20
Jan-11 19.3 0.21
Feb-11 19.3 0.22
Mar-11 18.8 0.23
Apr-11 19.9 0.23
May-11 20.1 0.22
Jun-11 19.2 0.23
Jul-11 21.2 0.25
Aug-11 20.6 0.23
Sep-11 20.2 0.25
Oct-11 21.2 0.25
Nov-11 20.0 0.24
Dec-11 20.1 0.26
Jan-12 21.7 0.29
Feb-12 21.1 0.27
Mar-12 21.5 0.30
Apr-12 22.5 0.29
May-12 21.5 0.29
Jun-12 22.0 0.30
Jul-12 22.8 0.29
Aug-12 21.6 0.30
Sep-12 22.0 0.29
Oct-12 22.0 0.30
Nov-12 21.3 0.29
Dec-12 21.2 0.29
Jan-13 21.7 0.30
Feb-13 22.5 0.33
Mar-13 23.7 0.33
Apr-13 22.5 0.34
May-13 22.2 0.33
Jun-13 23.0 0.33
Jul-13 22.4 0.34
Aug-13 21.6 0.35
Sep-13 22.0 0.35
Oct-13 23.7 0.37
Nov-13 22.4 0.36
Dec-13 21.9 0.36
Jan-14 21.9 0.39
Feb-14 22.8 0.40
Mar-14 22.6 0.40
Apr-14 23.8 0.47
May-14 24.8 0.47
Jun-14 25.1 0.49
Jul-14 24.2 0.48
Aug-14 26.1 0.53
Sep-14 24.6 0.50
Oct-14 24.3 0.54
Nov-14 24.7 0.52
Dec-14 23.9 0.55
Jan-15 25.7 0.57
Feb-15 26.6 0.59
Mar-15 26.2 0.60
Apr-15 27.6 0.66
May-15 27.9 0.62
Jun-15 26.6 0.63
Jul-15 28.3 0.72
Aug-15 28.6 0.68
Sep-15 27.4 0.69
Oct-15 26.7 0.69
Nov-15 26.1 0.66
Dec-15 25.1 0.67
Jan-16 28.3 0.73
Feb-16 26.9 0.71
Mar-16 28.1 0.73
Apr-16 29.6 0.71
May-16 28.3 0.74
Jun-16 27.9 0.71
Jul-16 28.2 0.77
Aug-16 28.0 0.70
Sep-16 28.1 0.72
Oct-16 28.1 0.72
Nov-16 27.7 0.76
Dec-16 27.4 0.73
Jan-17 26.8 0.74
Feb-17 28.0 0.76
Mar-17 28.1 0.81
Apr-17 30.3 0.85
May-17 27.7 0.83
Jun-17 28.9 0.89
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Notes: * Based on unemployment rate peaks and troughs. Employment switches evaluated at end date employment level.

** Seasonally adjusted quarterly average based on monthly rates, multiplied by twelve to annualize.

Source: Employer switching data from Fujita, Moscarini and Postel-Vinay (2021), unemployment data from BLS.

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