Figure 1. U.S. job openings quarterly rates and euro area job vacancies quarterly rates, not seasonally adjusted
Year/Quarter |
Euro area |
United States |
2003 Q3
|
1.6 |
2.5 |
2003 Q4
|
1.4 |
2.3 |
2004 Q1
|
1.7 |
2.5 |
2004 Q2
|
1.7 |
2.7 |
2004 Q3
|
1.5 |
2.8 |
2004 Q4
|
1.5 |
2.5 |
2005 Q1
|
1.5 |
2.8 |
2005 Q2
|
1.5 |
3.0 |
2005 Q3
|
1.5 |
3.1 |
2005 Q4
|
1.9 |
2.9 |
2006 Q1
|
1.8 |
3.1 |
2006 Q2
|
2.0 |
3.2 |
2006 Q3
|
2.1 |
3.2 |
2006 Q4
|
2.3 |
3.0 |
2007 Q1
|
2.4 |
3.2 |
2007 Q2
|
2.1 |
3.3 |
2007 Q3
|
2.2 |
3.2 |
2007 Q4
|
2.2 |
2.8 |
2008 Q1
|
2.1 |
2.9 |
2008 Q2
|
2.0 |
2.8 |
2008 Q3
|
1.8 |
2.6 |
2008 Q4
|
1.8 |
2.1 |
2009 Q1
|
1.5 |
2.0 |
2009 Q2
|
1.5 |
1.8 |
2009 Q3
|
1.4 |
1.8 |
2009 Q4
|
1.3 |
1.7 |
2010 Q1
|
1.4 |
2.0 |
2010 Q2
|
1.4 |
2.3 |
2010 Q3
|
1.4 |
2.2 |
2010 Q4
|
1.6 |
2.1 |
2011 Q1
|
1.8 |
2.3 |
2011 Q2
|
1.7 |
2.4 |
2011 Q3
|
1.6 |
2.6 |
2011 Q4
|
1.7 |
2.3 |
2012 Q1
|
1.7 |
2.7 |
2012 Q2
|
1.6 |
2.8 |
2012 Q3
|
1.4 |
2.7 |
2012 Q4
|
1.6 |
2.5 |
2013 Q1
|
1.6 |
2.8 |
2013 Q2
|
1.5 |
2.9 |
2013 Q3
|
1.4 |
2.9 |
2013 Q4
|
1.6 |
2.7 |
2014 Q1
|
1.7 |
2.9 |
2014 Q2
|
1.7 |
3.3 |
2014 Q3
|
1.6 |
3.4 |
2014 Q4
|
1.8 |
3.2 |
2015 Q1
|
1.7 |
3.5 |