Figure 5R

Voluntary quits, Dec. 2000–June 2014

Month Unemployed job seekers per job opening
2000/12/01 3.0
2001/01/01 3.3
2001/02/01 3.2
2001/03/01 3.1
2001/04/01 3.1
2001/05/01 3.1
2001/06/01 2.9
2001/07/01 2.9
2001/08/01 2.8
2001/09/01 2.7
2001/10/01 2.8
2001/11/01 2.6
2001/12/01 2.6
2002/01/01 2.8
2002/02/01 2.6
2002/03/01 2.5
2002/04/01 2.7
2002/05/01 2.7
2002/06/01 2.6
2002/07/01 2.6
2002/08/01 2.6
2002/09/01 2.6
2002/10/01 2.5
2002/11/01 2.4
2002/12/01 2.6
2003/01/01 2.4
2003/02/01 2.4
2003/03/01 2.4
2003/04/01 2.3
2003/05/01 2.3
2003/06/01 2.3
2003/07/01 2.3
2003/08/01 2.3
2003/09/01 2.4
2003/10/01 2.5
2003/11/01 2.4
2003/12/01 2.5
2004/01/01 2.4
2004/02/01 2.4
2004/03/01 2.6
2004/04/01 2.6
2004/05/01 2.4
2004/06/01 2.6
2004/07/01 2.6
2004/08/01 2.6
2004/09/01 2.5
2004/10/01 2.5
2004/11/01 2.8
2004/12/01 2.7
2005/01/01 2.8
2005/02/01 2.6
2005/03/01 2.8
2005/04/01 2.7
2005/05/01 2.8
2005/06/01 2.7
2005/07/01 2.7
2005/08/01 2.9
2005/09/01 3.0
2005/10/01 2.9
2005/11/01 2.9
2005/12/01 2.8
2006/01/01 2.8
2006/02/01 3.0
2006/03/01 3.0
2006/04/01 2.8
2006/05/01 3.0
2006/06/01 3.0
2006/07/01 2.9
2006/08/01 2.9
2006/09/01 2.9
2006/10/01 2.9
2006/11/01 3.0
2006/12/01 3.0
2007/01/01 2.9
2007/02/01 2.9
2007/03/01 2.9
2007/04/01 2.8
2007/05/01 2.9
2007/06/01 2.8
2007/07/01 2.8
2007/08/01 2.8
2007/09/01 2.6
2007/10/01 2.8
2007/11/01 2.8
2007/12/01 2.8
2008/01/01 2.8
2008/02/01 2.8
2008/03/01 2.6
2008/04/01 2.8
2008/05/01 2.6
2008/06/01 2.6
2008/07/01 2.4
2008/08/01 2.3
2008/09/01 2.4
2008/10/01 2.4
2008/11/01 2.0
2008/12/01 2.1
2009/01/01 2.0
2009/02/01 1.9
2009/03/01 1.8
2009/04/01 1.7
2009/05/01 1.7
2009/06/01 1.7
2009/07/01 1.7
2009/08/01 1.6
2009/09/01 1.6
2009/10/01 1.6
2009/11/01 1.7
2009/12/01 1.6
2010/01/01 1.6
2010/02/01 1.7
2010/03/01 1.8
2010/04/01 1.9
2010/05/01 1.7
2010/06/01 1.9
2010/07/01 1.8
2010/08/01 1.8
2010/09/01 1.8
2010/10/01 1.8
2010/11/01 1.8
2010/12/01 1.9
2011/01/01 1.8
2011/02/01 1.8
2011/03/01 1.9
2011/04/01 1.9
2011/05/01 1.9
2011/06/01 1.9
2011/07/01 1.9
2011/08/01 2.0
2011/09/01 2.0
2011/10/01 1.9
2011/11/01 1.9
2011/12/01 1.9
2012/01/01 1.9
2012/02/01 2.0
2012/03/01 2.1
2012/04/01 2.0
2012/05/01 2.1
2012/06/01 2.1
2012/07/01 2.0
2012/08/01 2.1
2012/09/01 1.9
2012/10/01 2.0
2012/11/01 2.0
2012/12/01 2.1
2013/01/01 2.3
2013/02/01 2.2
2013/03/01 2.1
2013/04/01 2.2
2013/05/01 2.1
2013/06/01 2.1
2013/07/01 2.3
2013/08/01 2.3
2013/09/01 2.3
2013/10/01 2.4
2013/11/01 2.4
2013/12/01 2.4
2014/01/01 2.3
2014/02/01 2.4
2014/03/01 2.4
2014/04/01 2..4
2014/05/01 2.4
2014/06/01 2.5
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