The Beveridge Curve (job openings rate vs. unemployment rate), seasonally adjusted

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The Beveridge Curve (job openings rate vs. unemployment rate), seasonally adjusted
Month	Job openings rate	Unemployment rate
Dec 2000	3.7%	3.9%
Jan 2001	3.8%	4.2%
Feb 2001	3.7%	4.2%
Mar 2001	3.5%	4.3%
Apr 2001	3.4%	4.4%
May 2001	3.2%	4.3%
June 2001	3.2%	4.5%
July 2001	3.3%	4.6%
Aug 2001	3.0%	4.9%
Sept 2001	3.0%	5.0%
Oct 2001	2.7%	5.3%
Nov 2001	2.8%	5.5%
Dec 2001	2.7%	5.7%
Jan 2002	2.7%	5.7%
Feb 2002	2.6%	5.7%
Mar 2002	2.7%	5.7%
Apr 2002	2.6%	5.9%
May 2002	2.6%	5.8%
June 2002	2.5%	5.8%
July 2002	2.5%	5.8%
Aug 2002	2.6%	5.7%
Sept 2002	2.5%	5.7%
Oct 2002	2.6%	5.7%
Nov 2002	2.6%	5.9%
Dec 2002	2.4%	6.0%
Jan 2003	2.6%	5.8%
Feb 2003	2.4%	5.9%
Mar 2003	2.3%	5.9%
Apr 2003	2.3%	6.0%
May 2003	2.5%	6.1%
June 2003	2.5%	6.3%
July 2003	2.2%	6.2%
Aug 2003	2.4%	6.1%
Sept 2003	2.3%	6.1%
Oct 2003	2.5%	6.0%
Nov 2003	2.5%	5.8%
Dec 2003	2.5%	5.7%
Jan 2004	2.6%	5.7%
Feb 2004	2.6%	5.6%
Mar 2004	2.6%	5.8%
Apr 2004	2.6%	5.6%
May 2004	2.7%	5.6%
June 2004	2.5%	5.6%
July 2004	2.8%	5.5%
Aug 2004	2.6%	5.4%
Sept 2004	2.8%	5.4%
Oct 2004	2.9%	5.5%
Nov 2004	2.6%	5.4%
Dec 2004	3.0%	5.4%
Jan 2005	2.8%	5.3%
Feb 2005	2.9%	5.4%
Mar 2005	2.9%	5.2%
Apr 2005	3.0%	5.2%
May 2005	2.8%	5.1%
June 2005	2.9%	5.0%
July 2005	3.1%	5.0%
Aug 2005	3.0%	4.9%
Sept 2005	3.1%	5.0%
Oct 2005	3.0%	5.0%
Nov 2005	3.1%	5.0%
Dec 2005	3.1%	4.9%
Jan 2006	3.1%	4.7%
Feb 2006	3.1%	4.8%
Mar 2006	3.4%	4.7%
Apr 2006	3.4%	4.7%
May 2006	3.2%	4.6%
June 2006	3.3%	4.6%
July 2006	3.1%	4.7%
Aug 2006	3.3%	4.7%
Sept 2006	3.3%	4.5%
Oct 2006	3.2%	4.4%
Nov 2006	3.3%	4.5%
Dec 2006	3.3%	4.4%
Jan 2007	3.3%	4.6%
Feb 2007	3.3%	4.5%
Mar 2007	3.5%	4.4%
Apr 2007	3.3%	4.5%
May 2007	3.3%	4.4%
June 2007	3.4%	4.6%
July 2007	3.2%	4.7%
Aug 2007	3.2%	4.6%
Sept 2007	3.3%	4.7%
Oct 2007	3.2%	4.7%
Nov 2007	3.3%	4.7%
Dec 2007	3.2%	5.0%
Jan 2008	3.2%	5.0%
Feb 2008	3.0%	4.9%
Mar 2008	3.0%	5.1%
Apr 2008	2.8%	5.0%
May 2008	3.0%	5.4%
June 2008	2.7%	5.6%
July 2008	2.7%	5.8%
Aug 2008	2.6%	6.1%
Sept 2008	2.3%	6.1%
Oct 2008	2.4%	6.5%
Nov 2008	2.3%	6.8%
Dec 2008	2.3%	7.3%
Jan 2009	2.0%	7.8%
Feb 2009	2.1%	8.3%
Mar 2009	1.9%	8.7%
Apr 2009	1.7%	9.0%
May 2009	1.9%	9.4%
June 2009	1.9%	9.5%
July 2009	1.7%	9.5%
Aug 2009	1.8%	9.6%
Sept 2009	1.9%	9.8%
Oct 2009	1.8%	10.0%
Nov 2009	1.9%	9.9%
Dec 2009	1.9%	9.9%
Jan 2010	2.1%	9.8%
Feb 2010	2.0%	9.8%
Mar 2010	2.0%	9.9%
Apr 2010	2.4%	9.9%
May 2010	2.2%	9.6%
June 2010	2.1%	9.4%
July 2010	2.3%	9.4%
Aug 2010	2.2%	9.5%
Sept 2010	2.2%	9.5%
Oct 2010	2.4%	9.4%
Nov 2010	2.4%	9.8%
Dec 2010	2.3%	9.3%
Jan 2011	2.3%	9.1%
Feb 2011	2.4%	9.0%
Mar 2011	2.4%	9.0%
Apr 2011	2.4%	9.1%
May 2011	2.4%	9.0%
June 2011	2.6%	9.1%
July 2011	2.7%	9.0%
Aug 2011	2.5%	9.0%
Sept 2011	2.8%	9.0%
Oct 2011	2.7%	8.8%
Nov 2011	2.6%	8.6%
Dec 2011	2.8%	8.5%
Jan 2012	2.8%	8.3%
Feb 2012	2.6%	8.3%
Mar 2012	2.9%	8.2%
Apr 2012	2.8%	8.2%
May 2012	2.8%	8.2%
June 2012	2.8%	8.2%
July 2012	2.7%	8.2%
Aug 2012	2.8%	8.1%
Sept 2012	2.8%	7.8%
Oct 2012	2.7%	7.8%
Nov 2012	2.8%	7.7%
Dec 2012	2.9%	7.9%
Jan 2013	2.8%	8.0%
Feb 2013	2.9%	7.7%
Mar 2013	2.9%	7.5%
Apr 2013	2.9%	7.6%
May 2013	3.0%	7.5%
June 2013	3.0%	7.5%
July 2013	2.8%	7.3%
Aug 2013	2.9%	7.2%
Sept 2013	2.9%	7.2%
Oct 2013	3.0%	7.2%
Nov 2013	2.9%	6.9%
Dec 2013	2.9%	6.7%
Jan 2014	2.9%	6.6%
Feb 2014	3.1%	6.7%
Mar 2014	3.1%	6.7%
Apr 2014	3.2%	6.2%
May 2014	3.3%	6.3%
June 2014	3.5%	6.1%
July 2014	3.4%	6.2%
Aug 2014	3.7%	6.1%
Sept 2014	3.4%	5.9%
Oct 2014	3.5%	5.7%
Nov 2014	3.3%	5.8%
Dec 2014	3.5%	5.6%
Jan 2015	3.7%	5.7%
Feb 2015	3.7%	5.5%
Mar 2015	3.6%	5.4%
Apr 2015	3.8%	5.4%
May 2015	3.8%	5.6%
June 2015	3.6%	5.3%
July 2015	4.1%	5.2%
Aug 2015	3.7%	5.1%
Sept 2015	3.7%	5.0%
Oct 2015	3.9%	5.0%
Nov 2015	3.8%	5.1%
Dec 2015	3.9%	5.0%
Jan 2016	4.0%	4.8%
Feb 2016	3.9%	4.9%
Mar 2016	4.1%	5.0%
Apr 2016	3.9%	5.1%
May 2016	3.9%	4.8%
June 2016	3.8%	4.9%
July 2016	4.0%	4.8%
Aug 2016	3.8%	4.9%
Sept 2016	3.9%	5.0%
Oct 2016	3.7%	4.9%
Nov 2016	4.0%	4.7%
Dec 2016	3.9%	4.7%
Jan 2017	3.7%	4.7%
Feb 2017	3.9%	4.6%
Mar 2017	3.8%	4.4%
Apr 2017	4.0%	4.4%
May 2017	3.8%	4.4%
June 2017	4.1%	4.3%
July 2017	4.1%	4.3%
Aug 2017	4.1%	4.4%
Sept 2017	4.1%	4.3%
Oct 2017	4.2%	4.2%
Nov 2017	4.1%	4.2%
Dec 2017	4.1%	4.1%
Jan 2018	4.3%	4.0%
Feb 2018	4.2%	4.1%
Mar 2018	4.4%	4.0%
Apr 2018	4.4%	4.0%
May 2018	4.5%	3.8%
June 2018	4.6%	4.0%
July 2018	4.6%	3.8%
Aug 2018	4.6%	3.8%
Sept 2018	4.7%	3.7%
Oct 2018	4.7%	3.8%
Nov 2018	4.8%	3.8%
Dec 2018	4.8%	3.9%
Jan 2019	4.8%	4.0%
Feb 2019	4.5%	3.8%
Mar 2019	4.6%	3.8%
Apr 2019	4.6%	3.7%
May 2019	4.6%	3.6%
June 2019	4.6%	3.6%
July 2019	4.5%	3.7%
Aug 2019	4.5%	3.6%
Sept 2019	4.5%	3.5%
Oct 2019	4.6%	3.6%
Nov 2019	4.3%	3.6%
Dec 2019	4.2%	3.6%
Jan 2020	4.5%	3.6%
Feb 2020	4.4%	3.5%
Mar 2020	3.8%	4.4%
Apr 2020	3.4%	14.8%
May 2020	4.0%	13.2%
June 2020	4.3%	11.0%
July 2020	4.5%	10.2%
Aug 2020	4.3%	8.4%
Sept 2020	4.4%	7.8%
Oct 2020	4.6%	6.8%
Nov 2020	4.6%	6.7%
Dec 2020	4.5%	6.7%
Jan 2021	4.8%	6.4%
Feb 2021	5.2%	6.2%
Mar 2021	5.6%	6.1%
Apr 2021	6.0%	6.1%
May 2021	6.4%	5.8%
June 2021	6.6%	5.9%
July 2021	7.0%	5.4%
Aug 2021	6.9%	5.1%
Sept 2021	6.9%	4.7%
Oct 2021	7.1%	4.5%
Nov 2021	7.0%	4.1%
Dec 2021	7.1%	3.9%
Jan 2022	7.0%	4.0%
Feb 2022	7.2%	3.8%
Mar 2022	7.4%	3.6%
Apr 2022	7.2%	3.7%
May 2022	7.0%	3.6%
June 2022	6.9%	3.6%
July 2022	7.0%	3.5%
Aug 2022	6.2%	3.6%
Sept 2022	6.6%	3.5%
Oct 2022	6.4%	3.6%
Nov 2022	6.5%	3.6%
Dec 2022	6.7%	3.5%
Jan 2023	6.3%	3.4%
Feb 2023	6.0%	3.6%
Mar 2023	5.8%	3.5%
Apr 2023	6.0%	3.4%
May 2023	5.6%	3.7%
June 2023	5.5%	3.6%
July 2023	5.3%	3.5%
Aug 2023	5.6%	3.8%
Sept 2023	5.6%	3.8%
Oct 2023	5.2%	3.8%
Nov 2023	5.4%	3.7%
Dec 2023	5.3%	3.7%
Jan 2024	5.3%	3.7%
Feb 2024	5.3%	3.9%
Mar 2024	5.0%	3.8%
Apr 2024	4.8%	3.9%
May 2024	4.9%	4.0%
June 2024	4.8%	4.1%
July 2024	4.6%	4.3%
Aug 2024	4.7%	4.2%
Sept 2024	4.4%	4.1%
Oct 2024	4.6%	4.1%