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Interesting piece of data that's seldom cited: Sep 2015 labor force participation rate: 62.4% August 2022 labor force participation rate: 62.4% https://fred.

Interesting piece of data that's seldom cited: Sep 2015 labor force participation rate: 62.4% August 2022 labor force participation rate: 62.4% https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART

cmdli 4y ago
I mean, you did pick a particularly low point on that series. It looks like the average pre-pandemic is closer to 63.0%.
- vxNsr 4y ago
  0.6% accounts for all the open positions?
  - brookst 4y ago
    That’s about 1.5m people, so. . . Maybe?