The attached chart (Quits: Total Nonfarm) shows the quit rate (the number of who quit their job during the entire month as a percentage of total employment. What happens to the quit rate during the recession of 2007-08? Why?   What happened to the unemployment rate during the recession of 2007-08?  Use your answers to explain why the unemployment rate will never fall to zero and a certain amount of unemployment is desirable.

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The attached chart (Quits: Total Nonfarm) shows the quit rate (the number of who quit their job during the entire month as a percentage of total employment.

What happens to the quit rate during the recession of 2007-08? Why?  

What happened to the unemployment rate during the recession of 2007-08?

 Use your answers to explain why the unemployment rate will never fall to zero and a certain amount of unemployment is desirable.

 

 

FRED
Quits: Total Nonfarm
2.6
2.4
uw
2.2
2.0
1.8
1.6
1.4
mm mm
1.2
1.0
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
Shaded areas indicate U.S. recessions
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
fred.stlouisfed.org
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Transcribed Image Text:FRED Quits: Total Nonfarm 2.6 2.4 uw 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.4 mm mm 1.2 1.0 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 Shaded areas indicate U.S. recessions Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics fred.stlouisfed.org Rate
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